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Mining & the mines, 1951

4,219 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 211

Rapid Gold Expenditure by America

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 24

WASHINGTON, Thursday.--Gold is now going out of the United States at the rate of about…

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Miners Bid To Settle War Award Dispute

Tribune · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 1

Miners merit the widest support for their patient and positive efforts for a speedy settlement of their fight against what they term “an award to harness miners to Menzies’ war plans.” MINERS’ general president…

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No collusion as miners fight war preparations award

Tribune · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 6

The shocking award miners are lighting is a warning on how far the Menzies Government is prepared to go in crushing basic industrial principles under the chariot wheels of war A FUNDAMENTAL industrial is…

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Coal Output Steady: Power Will Stay On

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 1

No further restrictions on the use of gas or electricity were likely while coal stocks continued to…

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Three Killed in Mines Two Falls And Loco. Mishap

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 4

Three mine-workers were killed in accidents in New South Wales yesterday. John Carr, 29, married, of…

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Xmas card gift won £1000 gold emblem prize

The Sun · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 15

A Christmas greeting card sent by friends today won a gold emblem valued at £1000, first prize in the Red Cross…

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Australian Jesuits for India Will Take Over Mining Area, jungle District In Hills

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 1

FIRST Australian Jesuits destined for work in India received Missionary Crucifixes at a ceremony in St. Ignatius' Church, Richmond ((Vic.), recently. Australian members of the Society of Jesus will eventually take over two…

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Four Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 2

Four N.S.W. mines--three in the north and one in the west--were idle today for a loss of about 2500 tons of coal…

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Four Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 6

Four N.S.W. mines--three in the north and one in the west--were idle today for a loss of about 2500 tons of coal…

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Four Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 6

Four N.S.W. mines--three in the north and one in the west--were idle today for a loss of about 2500 tons of coal…

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Four Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 2

Four N.S.W. mines--three in the north and one in the west--were idle today for a loss of about 2500 tons of coal…

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Four Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 6

Four N.S.W. mines--three in the north and one in the west--were idle today for a loss of about 2500 tons of coal…

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Coal at a price

The Sun · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 11

The miners' general president (Mr. I. Williams) will gain a signal victory for Communist policy if the coal…

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Holt Makes Appeal to Miners

The Sun · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday. -- Labor Minister (Mr. Holt) appealed to the miners today to return to the Coal Industry Tribunal…

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To Commemorate Gold Find

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 8

Orange Historical Society has arranged a public excursion to Ophir on Saturday, March 3, to commemorate the discovery of…

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Miners Meet A.C.T.U.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 1

After their conference with the Coal Board the executive of the A.C.T.U. and the central council of the Miners'…

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Mine men gave no undertaking says Evatt

The Sun · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Leaders of the Miners' Federation had not given an undertaking to the Arbitration Court in 1949. when they were released from gaol for…

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Coal Parleys Fail Owners Refuse To Attend

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 1

No settlement of the one-day-a-week coal strike was reached yesterday at a conference convened by the Joint Coal Board…

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COAL CO.'s INT. 2 P.C.

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 15

Newcastle Wallsend Coal Co. Will pay an interim dividend of 4 a £10 share (2 p.c.) on March 16…

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Holt Criticises Mine Owners 'Complicated Crisis By Conference Boycott'

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 8

CANBERRA, Friday.--Colliery proprietors had "added additional complications" to the coal crisis by refusing to be represented at yesterday's Joint Coal Board conference, the Minister for Labor (Mr. Holt) said today…

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