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Mining & the mines, 1951

4,219 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 211

Treatt's Ultimatum to McGIRR on Coal

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 6

The Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Treatt) said today that unless the Premier (Mr. McGirr) acceded to his request that Parliament he assembled to discuss the coal…

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Miners to Stop Work Monday Defiance Of Order

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 1

The Central Council of the nets Federation decided in Sydney today that the first one-day-a-week stoppages to be held as a protest against a wages…

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U.K. Firm To Open Aust. Goal Mine

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 9

An English engineering firm will open a new open-cut mine on the Ben Bullen field, near Lithgow, and by April should be producing 10,000 tons of good quality coal a week…

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Miners to Stop Work Monday Defiance Of Order

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 1

The Central Council of the Miners' Federation decided in Sydney today, that the first one-day-a-week stoppages to be held as a protest against a wages…

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Treatt's Ultimatum to McGIRR on Coal

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 6

The Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Treatt) said today that unless the Premier (Mr. McGirr) acceded to his request that Parliament be assembled to discuss the coal…

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Fadden's Threat to Miners Jail move in Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 1

The Federal Government will move to hove miners' leaders jailed if miners go on with strike plans…

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Miners to Stop Work Monday Defiance Of Order

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 1

The Central Council of the Miners' Federation decide din Sydney today that the first one-day-a-week stoppages be held as a protest against a wage…

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Treatt's Ultimatum to McGIRR on Coal

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 6

The Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Treatt) said today that unless the Premier (Mr. MeGirr) acceded to his request that Parliament be assembled to discuss the coal…

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Fadden Warns Miners' Leaders Strike Will Mean Court Action

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 1

If the miners hold once-a-week general stoppages the Commonwealth Government will immediately ask the Federal Arbitration Court to deal with the three members of the central…

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Prosecutions If Stoppages Held: Final Warning by Miners' Leader

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 4

CANBERRA, Friday. --The Government will take action against miners' leader if threats of a one-day-a-week strike against a new award are put into effect. This was made clear in a statement…

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Miners Demanding Blank Cheque From A.c.t.u

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 2

The miners' leaders, with salutary memories of their rout in 1949, are trying to get the moderate unions "on side" in the…

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'Gutlessness' in Coal Crisis Treatt Denounces McGirr

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 4

The statement by the Premier, Mr. McGirr, that the coal crisis was solely one for the Federal Government was "the worst exhibition of political gutlessness yet staged by the…

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Prosecutions If Stoppages Held: Final Warning by Fadden to Miners' Leaders

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 4

CANBERRA, Friday. --The Government will take action miners' leaders if threats of a one-day-a-week strike against a new award are put into effect. This was made clear in a statement…

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Treatt's Ultimatum to McGIRR on Coal Crisis Reopening Of Parlt. Sought

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 6

The Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Treatt) said today that unless the Premier (Mr. McGirr) acceded to his request that Parliament he assembled to…

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Treatt's Ultimatum to McGIRR on Coal Crisis Reopening Of Parlt. Sought

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 6

The Leader of the Opposition (Mr, Treats) said today that unless the Premier (Mr. McGirr) acceded to his request that Parliament be assembled to…

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British Miners Respond To Call For Higher Output By a Staff Correspondent in London

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 2

As Britain's battle for coal this winter enters a critical stage, miners there are responding to the Government's appeal for increased production…

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Coal Dispute History

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 4

Miners' officials—the majority of whom are Communists or Communist-supporters—claim that the planned weekly tie-ups will be held in protest against an award which the Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr. F. Gallagher, made on December 20…

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Gold Co. to Reconstruct

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 12

Sterling Gold Mines, N.L., will reconstruct into a new company styled New Sterling Gold Mines, N.L., with nominal…

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Conference fails to halt mine stoppage

The Sun · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 3

Last-minute attempts to avert the 24-hour coal stoppage on Monday tailed today at a special meeting of ACTU NSW Labor Council, and Miners Federation officials…

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Party Politics And The Coal Crisis

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 2

Mr. McGirr's ostentatious disavowal of State responsibility for action in the coal crisis would deserve the sharp…

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