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Mining & the mines, 1951

4,219 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 211

Miners Threaten Two-day Strikes

The Sun · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 1

A threat was made by the Miners' Central Council today to increase nation-wide coal stoppages to two a week if legal action were taken…

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Heat in Cabinet over coal

The Sun · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 2

State Cabinet is meeting to discuss Miners' Central Council's decision yesterday to begin weekly…

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Advice on Coal Cut Defended

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 5

The Joint Coal Board last night defended the advice it gave the State Government on the coal…

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Miners on the job in Britain

The Sun · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 1

Miners at 700 pits out of a possible 835 in Britain have been working a voluntary Saturday shift in…

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Criticism of miners' attitude Towards ACTU

The Sun · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 11

Reluctance of the Miners' Central Council to refer the incentive payment dispute unconditionally to the…

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Gold Co. May Make Issue

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 22

The directors of Norseman Gold Mines, N.L., are considering a new capital issue to increase production of pyrite for…

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Pits Idle: 9000 Tons Coal Loss

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 7

Fourteen mines in New South Wales are idle today, and there is a loss of more than 9000 tons…

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Pits Idle: 9000 Tons Coal Loss

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 3

Fourteen mines in New South Wales are idle today, and there is a loss of more than 9000 tons…

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Pits Idle: 9000 Tons Coal Loss

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 7

Fourteen mines in New South Wales are idle today, and there is a loss of more than 9000 tons…

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Pits Idle: 9000 Tons Coal Loss

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 3

Fourteen mines in New South Wales are Idle today, and there is a loss of more than 9000 tons off coal…

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Pits Idle: 9000 Tons Coal Loss

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 3

Fourteen mines in New South Wales are idle today, and there is a loss of more than 9000 tons…

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A.l.p. Chief. 'Suspicious' of Miners

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 9

There were "too, many strings" attached to the Miners' Federation's decision to refer to the…

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A.l.p. Chief 'Suspicious' of Miners

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 9

There were "too many strings" attached to the Miners' Federation's decision to refer to the…

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A.l.p. Chief 'Suspicious' of Miners

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 9

There were "too many strings" attached to "the Miners' Federation's decision to refer to the…

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Monk Flying For Talks About Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 3

The president of the A.C.T.U., Mr. A. E. Monk, will fly from Melbourne to Sydney to-morrow morning for…

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Miners to Strike Next Week Council decides

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 1

The Miners' Federation Central Council decided yesterday to begin weekly one-day stoppages on the…

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A.l.p. Chief 'Suspicious' of Miners

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 9

There were "too many strings" attached to the Miners' Federation's decision to refer to the…

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Pits Idle: 9000 Tons Coal Loss

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 7

Fourteen mines in New South Wales are idle today, and there is a loss of more than 9000 tons…

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Promises To Miners ...And What They Got!

Tribune · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 8

Coal miners returned to work following their 1949 coal strike on the solemn promise of leading ALP politicians and Rightwing trade union officials that their claims were “waiting for them in arbitration.”…

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A.l.p. Chief 'Suspicious' of Miners

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 9

There were "too many strings" attached to the Miners' Federation's decision to refer to the…

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