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Mining & the mines, 1950

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Coal output "30 per cent" below target

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 12

Coal production for the first five weeks of 1950 was at a rate 30 per cent, below Coal Board estimates of the year's requirements, according to…

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Premier Attacked by Cramer on Coal Production

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 7

CANBERRA, Friday.--Coal production in Australia was an indictment of the people and of previous Governments, Mr. Cramer (Lib., N.S.W.) said last night in the House of Representatives…

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Official's warning on risk of winter coal rationing

The Sun · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 6

Coal rationing appeared inevitable this winter unless production improved, Mr. W. S. Winning (of the Coal Board) told the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher)…

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What Will Happen To Our Coal This Year?

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 2

Are the miners again going to keep us short of coal when winter comes? Ominous trends are beginning to make themselves felt. In the first 29 working days…

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"Justice For All" Is Object Of Federal Coal Policy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 4

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Government's coal policy did justice to the coal-owner, the miner and the public, the Minister for Social Services, Senator W. H. Spooner, said to-night…

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Fowls Prefer Their Drinking Water Gold, Even In Winter

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 21

POULTRY prefer cold rather than tepid water, even in winter, and this should be clean and unadulterated to encourage…

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Industry Slows Ln U.S.A. Coal Strike Continues From Our Staff Correspondent And A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 1

NEW YORK, March 2. — A creeping paralysis caused by the continued strike of 370,000 coal-miners is bringing large sections…

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Gold Company Buys Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 12

New Coolgardie Gold Mines, N.L., has bought from Western Mining Corporation, Ltd., its Callion property, 70 miles north…

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Czech Miners Aid British Mine Victims

Tribune · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 2

LONDON. — British Mineworkers’ General Secretary Arthur Horner has just returned from Prague, where he discussed disposal of £42,000 raised…

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Shortage of Coal New Mines Need

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 9

The Premier, Mr. McGirr, said last night that a lasting solution to the N.S.W. coal position could only be achieved…

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Coal shortage in U.S. "serious" Plan Ready to Seize Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Fri. (A.A.P.).--The coal shortage was "a very serious notional emergency," President Truman said last night…

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Overseas coal "needed"

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Fri.--The Commonwealth Immigration Planning Council has…

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Truman to Work Striking Mines

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Saturday. -- President Truman yesterday asked Congress for authority to seize strike-bound coal mines. The President declared that…

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Truman to Work Striking Mines

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Saturday. -- President Truman yesterday asked Congress for authority to seize strike-bound coal mines. The President declared that…

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Truman to Work Striking Mines

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Saturday. -- President Truman yesterday asked Congress for authority to seize strike-bound coal mines. The President declared that…

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Truman to Work Striking Mines

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Saturday. -- President Truman yesterday asked Congress for authority to seize strike-bound coal mines, and power to fix wages for miners and…

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Truman to Work Striking Mines

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Saturday. -- President Truman yesterday asked Congress for authority to seize strike-bound coal mines. The President declared that…

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Truman to Work Striking Mines

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Saturday. -- President Truman yesterday asked Congress for authority to seize strike-bound coal mines. The President declared that…

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Warning of Winter Coal Famine

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 11

Winter hardships for householders and industrialists are inevitable on present coal production rates, Mr. W. S. Winning said yesterday…

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Militant Wins New Miners Union Post

Tribune · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 7

BRISBANE. — By a large majority Mr. R. Morris, who already held the position of treasurer, won the ballot…

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