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Mining & the mines, 1949

6,231 stories in Sydney's papers · page 73 of 250

Four Trapped In Burning U.S. Coal Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 3

NEW YORK, May 5 (A.A.P.).—Four men are trapped 800 feet underground in a burning colliery of the…

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Wonthaggi Mine Strike

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.-- An indefinite strike was begun by Wonthaggi coal miners yesterday until a…

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Wonthaggi Mine Strike

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--An indefinite strike was begun by Wonthaggi coal miners yesterday until a…

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Miners' Armed Blockade

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 1

QUEBEC, Friday.--Five thousand armed miners have blockaded an asbestos field which produces…

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Miners' Armed Blockade

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 1

QUEBEC, Friday.--Five thousand armed miners have blockaded an asbestos field which produces…

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Miners' Armed Blockade

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 1

QUEBEC, Friday.--Five thousand armed miners have blockaded an asbestos field which produces…

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Miners' Armed Blockede

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 1

QUEBEC, Friday.--Five thousand armed miners have blockaded an asbestos field which produces…

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Hope for Trapped Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 3

NEW YORK, Thurs.--State mine inspector Timothy A. Ryan believes, that four men trapped 800…

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Rescue Bid For Miners

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 2

NEW YORK, Friday -- Rescue workers will make a last attempt today to reach the four men who…

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Inverell's Big Coal Prospect

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 2

A COAL discovery which opens up great possibilities for the whole of north-west New South Wales, has been…

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Stoppage Threat Coal Wages

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 3

The central council of the Miners' Federation yesterday decided to call stop-work meetings on all…

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Coal Board Letter Soon

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 11

The Acting-Federal Attorney-General (Senator McKenna) denied yesterday, that he had sent a letter to the Coal Board…

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Inverell's Big Coal Prospect

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 8

A COAL discovery which opens up great possibilities for the whole of north-west New South Wales has been…

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Inverell's Big Coal Prospect

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 2

A COAL discovery which opens up great possibilities for the whole of north-west New South Wales, has been…

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Big Coal Hopes At Inverell

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 3

A coal discovery which opens up great possibilities for the whole of northwest New South Wales,…

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Big Coal Hopes At Inverell

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 3

A coal discovery which opens up great possibilities for the whole of northwest New South Wales,…

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New coal seam near Inverell

The Sun · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 2

INVERELL, Friday.--An extensive new coal seam has been discovered at Bashford, 35 miles NW of Inverell. County clerk of the…

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50-hour struggle to save miners

The Sun · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 21

GIRARDVILLE (Pennsylvania), Thursday).--After 50 hours of ceaseless toil, rescue crews are still trying to reach…

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Keys of Gold for Prince

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Thurs.-- Prince Charles may learn his alphabet an a golden keyed typewriter…

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Miners Declare War On Arbitration Federation to Rely on 'Militancy'

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 5

The Central Council of the Miners' Federation yesterday condemned the Arbitration Court and the Australian system of arbitration…

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