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Mining & the mines, 1951

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How coal crisis affects you

The Sun · Sunday 28 January 1951 · page 2

THE coal crisis has already caused:--Closing down of industry next Tuesday and Wednesday…

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More British miners work Saturday shifts

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 28 January 1951 · page 7

LONDON, Sat.--The National Coal Board yesterday estimated that 785 pits would work voluntary shifts today--the most since the introduction of the five-day week in 1947…

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U.S. Miners Get Big Pay Rise

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 28 January 1951 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (A.A.P.). — Anthracite coalowners yesterday agreed to give miners the same increase…

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100 Years Ago "Able And Willing" Miners Wanted

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 28 January 1951 · page 5

The following items were published in "The Sydney Morning Herald" during the week ended January 25, 1851: THE Cholera.— Whilst…

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Rich Gold Find in West by Prospector

Truth · Sunday 28 January 1951 · page 2

KALGOORLIE, Saturday.—A rich gold strike from which he recovered 248½ oz. from one hundredweight of stone has been made by Jock Walls, well-known prospector of the Eundynie district, near Higginsville…

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Miners' leaders risk jail over strikes Government ready to act

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 28 January 1951 · page 7

The Federal Government will prosecute miners' leaders if they fix a one-day strike this week and incite or order miners to observe it…

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Coal Crisis 'Like Keg Of Dynamite'; Big Strike Threat

Truth · Sunday 28 January 1951 · page 2

The coal crisis facing the State is expected to come to a head at Tuesday's meeting in Sydney of the Communist-dominated central council of the Miners'…

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Prosecution threat to miners' leaders Attempts to Stop Day-a-week Stri[?]

The Sun · Sunday 28 January 1951 · page 2

MINERS' leaders will be prosecuted next week if their central council refuses to obey the Coal Tribunal order to call off the one-day weekly stoppages…

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Political Ins and Outs The Chifley Coal Industry Act gave Cabinet its answer

The Sun · Sunday 28 January 1951 · page 29

The Cabinet agreed this week it would probably have to meet what Acting-Prime Minister Fadden and Labor Minister Holt said could become the most serious industrial crisis in Australia's history. Ministers believed that…

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Inside Story Of Coal Conference Holt Tells Vast Red Plot To W[?] Aust

Truth · Sunday 28 January 1951 · page 2

The Fed[?] has [?] information confirmed by reports from overseas that the Communist Party is working to a plan to sabotage Australia industrially, militarily and economically…

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Grim Jubilee Winter Food will be dearer and you won't have any coal

The Sun · Sunday 28 January 1951 · page 8

DURING the coming winter of this Jubilee year more than 160,000 people in Sydney will shiver in leaky tenements, balcony rooms and overcrowded houses…

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This Is Jubilee Year For Verdi, A— Music and the Theatre Mountebank Who Sold Dreams For Gold

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 28 January 1951 · page 7

WHEN he died in 1901 at the age of 87, Giuseppe Verdi knew without caring a tittle that the music of his passionate operas had a peculiar capacity for testing out and unmasking snobs. EVEN now, when the 50th…

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Readers' Views On Coal And Power

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 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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£11,200 Gold Yield at Kalgoolie Mine

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 5

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--A parcel of 336 tons of ore from Altona Mine, Kookynie, crushed at the State Battery, Kalgoorlie, yesterday, yielded gold worth £11,200…

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£11,200 Gold Yield at Kalgoolie Mine

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 5

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--A parcel of 336 tons of ore from Altona Mine, Kookynie, crushed at the State Battery, Kalgoorlie, yesterday, yielded gold worth £11,200…

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£11,200 Gold Yield at Kalgoolie Mine

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 4

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--A parcel of 336 tons of ore from Altona Mine, Kookynie, crushed at the State Battery, Kalgoorlie, yesterday, yielded gold worth £11,200…

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£11,200 Gold Yield at Kalgoolie Mine

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 19

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--A parcel of 336 tons of ore from Altona Mine, Kookynie, crushed at the State Battery, Kalgoorlie, yesterday, yielded gold worth £11,200…

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£11,200 Gold Yield at Kalgoolie Mine

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 5

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--A parcel of 336 tons of ore from Altona Mine, Kookynie, crushed at the State Battery, Kalgoorlie, yesterday, yielded gold worth £11,200…

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£11,200 Gold Yield at Kalgoolie Mine

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 5

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--A parcel of 336 tons of ore-from Altona Mine, Kookynie, crushed at the State Battery, Kalgoorlie, yesterday, yielded gold worth £11,200…

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Victoria's Gold Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 8

Victoria's gold yield for 1950 was 59.487oz. valued at £921,563. The yield was 8,939oz lower than in 1949…

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