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Mining & the mines, 1950

4,021 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 202

Sesame Gold Loses £1523

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 20

Sesame Gold, N.L., lost £1523 for the year ended October 31, after charging £1432, for plant and machinery depreciation…

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Pickets Blow Up Coal Dock

Daily Mirror · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 7

PITTSBURGH. Friday. -- Coal strike pickets yesterday I dynamited two non-union coal-loading docks at…

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Pickets Blow Up Coal Dock

Daily Mirror · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 21

PITTSBURGH, Friday. -- Coal strike pickets yesterday dynamited two non-union coal-loading docks at Broad…

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Coal Shortage Would Injure Farmers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 5

Any major hold-up on the coal fields could have a serious effect on farmers, the general manager of Australian Fertilisers,…

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Pickets Blow Up Coal Dock

Daily Mirror · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 6

PITTSBURGH. Friday. -- Coal strike pickets yesterday dynamited two non-union codl-loading docks at…

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Pickets Blow Up Coal Dock

Daily Mirror · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 6

PITTSBURGH, Friday. -- Coal strike pickets yesterday dynamited two non-union coal-loading docks at…

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Coal skips kill man, crush boy's leg

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 9

LITHGOW, Thurs.--A man died and a boy had his right leg amputated after accidents at western mines today. The miner was Sydney--…

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Production Cut in U.S. Coal Strike Effects

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 3

NEW YORK, Feb. 23 (A.A.P.).—The United States is approaching economic stagnation as a result of the strike…

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Jersey Bull Wins Gold Medal In "Photo Finish"

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 4

FIRST living Jersey bull to qualify for the Gold Medal under the English Jersey Cattle Society's scheme is Mr. H. L. Webb's Ronald's Oxford King. Oxford King won in n "photo finish," for on the day following his own…

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Coal Advances In USSR Amazed Scottish Miners LONDON.——

Tribune · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 2

The report of a group of Scottish miners recently returned from the USSR records amazements at the tremendous rate of reconstruction in war-ravaged Soviet coal mines. THEIR report, published as a…

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[?]Alks on Coal Dispute

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Friday.—The [?] Industry Tribunal, Mr. F. [?]her, has called a compu[?] [?] conference of parties to the…

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Miners Warn on Owners’ Move

Tribune · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 8

THE coalowners’ application to virtually deprive miners of all annual leave and paid holidays has been adjourned until March 3. but miners…

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The Gold in Fleece

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 32

SHEARERS are asking for £9 a day. Nice work, when you can get it, at such a nice wage. Anyway, the important point to consider is the…

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Coal Town on Barton Estate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 9

LITHGOW, Friday. — The Chairman of the Joint Coal Board, Mr. K. A. Cameron, said at Wallerawang to-day that the…

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U.s. Miners Facing Contempt Charges

Daily Mirror · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Saturday.-- The Federal Court ruled yesterday that the United Mine Workers' Union must stand trial…

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U.s. Miners Facing Contempt Charges

Daily Mirror · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Saturday.-- The Federal Court ruled yesterday that the United Mine Workers' Union must stand trial…

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U.s. Miners Facing Contempt Charges

Daily Mirror · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Saturday.-- The Federal Court ruled yesterday that the United Mine Workers' Union must stand trial…

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U.s. Miners Facing Contempt Charges

Daily Mirror · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Saturday.-- The Federal Court ruled yesterday that the United Mine Workers' Union must stand trial…

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U.s. Miners Facing Contempt Charges

Daily Mirror · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Saturday.-- The Federal Court ruled yesterday that the United Mine Workers' Union must stand trial…

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U.s. Miners Facing Contempt Charges

Daily Mirror · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Saturday.--The Federal Court ruled yesterday that the United Mine Workers' Union must stand trial…

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