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Mining & the mines, 1951

4,219 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 211

British miners take "overtime"

The Sun · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday. -- The National Coal Board estimated 785 pits would be working the voluntary shift today -- the…

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Dispute on coal award

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 6

The present dispute arises from an award Which Mr. Gallagher announced on…

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Rise for U.s. Miners

The Sun · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Friday.--The anthracite coal owners today agreed to give miners the same 160 cents (171d)…

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Fires in Mines Solve Problem

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 5

LONDON.--Burning in Britain today are two underground fires producing gas. By the middle of 1952 there will be…

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Readers' Views On Coal Crisis

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 2

AMONG letters to the Editor on the subject of the coal shortage and the electricity crisis are the…

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Miners Can Appeal, Gallagher Says Strike Plans Denounced

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 4

The Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr. F. Gallagher, said yesterday that constitutional action was open to the Miners' Federation in its opposition to his incentive pay award and the rejection of federation claims…

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No Decision on Coal Crisis Ministers disagree

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 1

An emergency conference of Federal and State Ministers in Sydney yesterday failed to agree on joint…

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Miners "Will Defy Tribunal" Fight on strike ban predicted

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 6

The general president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. I. Williams) told the Coal Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) yesterday that the Federation would…

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No Decisions in Coal Talks Two Governments Confer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 1

Federal and New South Wales Ministers failed to reach a decision in a big inter- Government conference in Sydney yesterday on the threatened one-day-a-week coal strike…

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Miners' Council to Meet on Tuesday Final Decision On Stoppages

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 2

Next move in the coal crisis which is crippling industry throughout the State will be the meeting of the Central Council of the Miners' Federation in…

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Miners' Council to Meet on Tuesday Final Decision On Stoppages

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 2

Next move in the coal crisis which is crippling industry throughout the State will be the meeting of the Central Council of the Miners' Federation in…

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Miners' Council to Meet on Tuesday Final Decision On Stoppages

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 2

Next move in the coal crisis which is Crippling industry throughout the state will be the meeting of the Central council of the Miners' Federation in…

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Miners' Council to Meet on Tuesday Final Decision On Stoppages

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 2

Next move in the cool crisis which is crippling industry throughout the State will be the meetihg of the Central Council of the Miners' Federation in…

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Miners' Council to Meet on Tuesday Final Decision On Stoppages

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 2

Next move in the coal crisis which is crippling industry throughout the State will be the meeting of the Central Council of the Miners' federation in…

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Miners' Council to Meet on Tuesday Final Decision On Stoppages

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 2

Next move in the cool crisis which is crippling industry throughout the State will be the meeting of the Centred Council of the Miners' Federation in…

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Miners' Council to Meet on Tuesday Final Decision On Stoppages

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 2

Next move in the coal crisis which is crippling industry throughout the State will be the meeting of the Central council of the Miners' Federation in…

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Miners' Council to Meet on Tuesday Final Decision On Stoppages

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 2

Next move in the coal crisis which is crippling industry throughout the State will be the meeting of the Central Council of the Miners' Federation in…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Saturday, January 27, 1951 Miners Must Obey Law or Take Consequences

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 2

The first firm step in resistance to the miners' attempt to blackmail the Courts and the community was taken…

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Reds fool miners

The Sun · Sunday 28 January 1951 · page 2

MINERS had agreed to one-day weekly strikes after being told [?] "pack of lies," a leading…

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McGIRR: Miners Hurt Workers

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 28 January 1951 · page 1

Speaking at the Portland Show Society's annual dinner last night, the Premier, Mr. McGirr, said:…

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