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Mining & the mines, 1950

4,021 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 202

Owners’ Move To Provoke Coal Strike

Tribune · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 6

Coalowners have moved to deprive miners of their holiday rights and provoke a State-wide coal Industry upheaval next week. This will provide Menzies with an excuse to invoke the repressive legislation…

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Greedy “Profits First” Methods Waste Millions Of Tons Of Coal

Tribune · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 6

While coalowners, backed by the Menzies Government, seek more coal through ruthless speed-up of miners, their wasteful “profits first” methods threaten to destroy millions of tons of coal in the Cessnock area. AT least six pits in the…

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Miners Solid As U.s. Scrapes Coal Bin

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 5

PITTSBURGH, Monday. -- With 50,000 men already laid off following the refusal of striking coalminers to return to work, industrialists warned…

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Twelve Mines Held Up

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 6

Coal output dropped seriously today because of strikes, flooding, and other stoppages at 12 N.S.W…

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Twelve Mines Held Up

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 6

Coal output dropped seriously today because of strikes, flooding, and other stoppages at 12 N.S.W…

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U.s. Miners Staying Out

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 3

NEW YORK, Sun. (A.A.P.). -- Striking U.S. miners at a mass meeting yesterday rejected an order…

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Sen. Shares Gold Strike

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 3

HOBART, Monday.--Tasmanian Labor Senator W. E. Aylett and three partners have struck gold near Launceston, a few feet from where a mine shaft was abandoned in 1936. The newly discovered lode is…

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Higher Value of Gold Output

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 5

Production of gold in Australia in November was 80,547oz fine, valued at £1.247,810, compared with 78,094oz, valued at…

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Aust. output of gold rises

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 13

Gold earned Australia £407,324 more last November than in November, 1948. Production last November…

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Coal Lack Felt in U.s

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 8

PITTSBURGH, Monday. -- With 50,000 men already laid off following the refusal of striking coalminers to return to work, industrialists warned…

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Coal Lack Felt in U.s

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 8

PITTSBURGH, Monday. -- With 50,000 men already laid off following the refusal of striking coalminers to return to work, industrialists warned…

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U.S. Miners Stay Out Talks Recessed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 3

NEW YORK, Feb. 19 (A.A.P.).—Most of America's 370,000 striking soft-coal miners of the United Mine…

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E.c.a. Plan for German Mines

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 7

FRANKFURT. -- The Economic Co-operation Administration has announced that 68,470,000 marks (about £7,075,000)…

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Senator Digs Up Gold In Tasmania

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 3

HOBART, Sunday.—Labour Senator W. E. Aylett and Mr. A. Pratt, of Launceston, believe they may have struck one…

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Union Censure Expected Sequel to coal strike

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 12

Railway Union officials expect the A.R.U. State Council this week to…

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Mine holiday penalty wanted

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 4

The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. P. Gallagher) yesterday adjourned until March 3 hearing of an application for…

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Threatto gas coal supplies

The Sun · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 11

Supplies of gas coal from the South Maitland field are threatened by a dispute which…

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Stop Press Compulsory Coal Talks

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 28

With a view to averting an ex- teision of the strike at Richmond Main and Abermain No.2 pits the Coal Industy Tribunal (Mr…

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Coal Strike Wave Hits Output

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 3

A wave of unofficial strikes in New South Wales yesterday caused a heavy loss of coal output…

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