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Mining & the mines, 1951

4,219 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 211

Labour Council Debate on Coal

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

The N.S.W. Labour Council will to-night discuss the coal dispute. The council will be asked to…

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DRC rallies show support for miners

Tribune · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 3

RANK and file miners are receiving enthusiastic support when speak from the Democratic Council stump in Sydney…

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Wide Powers in New Coal Proposal

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 4

CANBERRA, Thursday. -- Emergency legislation to deal with striking coalminers will be based on the Taft-Hartley law passed by…

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Wide Powers in New Coal Proposal

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 4

CANBERRA, Thursday. -- Emergency legislation to deal with striking coalminers will be based on the 'Taft-Hartley law passed by…

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Wide Powers in New Coal Proposal

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 4

CANBERRA, Thursday. -- Emergency legislation to deal with striking coalminers will be based on the Taft-Hartley Bow passed by…

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Wide Powers in New Coal Proposal

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 4

CANBERRA, Thursday. -- Emergency legislation to deal with striking coalminers will be based on the Taft-Hartley law passed by…

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Aborigines’ Fight Is Our Fight, Miners Declare

Tribune · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 7

THE Miners’ Central Council has declared that it views disgust the shocking treatment meted out to Darwin Aborigines…

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Spanish Miners To Attend Beatification Of Bishop

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 2

ROME.—Ten thousand Spanish miners are expected in Rome for the beatification of Bishop Melchior Garcia Sampedro, a Dominican who was hacked to pieces for his faith in Tonkin, Indo-China, in 1859. The miners will come from…

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Crimes Act Threat to Wharfies Parlt. move on miners

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wed.--The Government next Monday will invoke the Crimes Act against waterside workers who refuse to lift their overtime ban…

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Is coal stockpile being built for war purposes

Tribune · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 8

Are Australian monopolists already stockpiling for war at the expense of the public while they and blame miners for needless power, gas and travel restrictions?…

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Secret Check on Coal Decision To-day On Power Cuts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 1

Officers of the Auditor-General's department secretly visited Sydney power stations yesterday to check coal stocks…

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Emergency Coal Strike Legislation Wide Powers Proposed In "Rush" Bill

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thursday.-- Emergency legislation to deal with striking coalminers will be based on the Taft-Hartley law passed by…

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Emergency Coal Strike Legislation Wide Powers Proposed In "Rush" Bill

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thursday. -- Emergency legislation to deal with striking coalminers will be based on the Taft-Hartley law passed by…

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Gold Mining Centenary

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 7

The Governor - General (Mr. W. J. McKell) has accepted an invitation to open the Bathurst Gold…

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N.z. Waterfront Hold-up Backed by Coal Miners

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 17

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday.--New Zealand miners have now gone on strike officially in support of the striking watersiders and freezing works employees are expected to strike "soon" in…

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N.z. Waterfront Hold-up Backed by Coal Miners

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 17

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday.--New Zealand miners have now gone on strike officially in support of the striking watersiders and freezing works employees are expected to strike "soon" in…

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N.z. Waterfront Hold-up Backed by Coal Miners

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 17

WELLINGTON. (N.Z.), -Friday.--New Zealand miners have now gone on strike officially in support- of fhe striking watersidlers and freezing works employees are expected to strike "soon" in…

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N.z. Waterfront Hold-up Backed by Coal Miners

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 17

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday. --New Zealand miners have now gone on strike officially in support of the striking watersiders and freezing works employees are expected to strike "soon" in…

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N.z. Waterfront Hold-up Backed by Coal Miners

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 17

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday,--New Zealand miners have now gone on strike officially in support of the sfriking watersiders and freezing works employees are expected to strike "soon" in…

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Today's Developments on the Wharf and Mines Crises Talks ordered tomorrow on coal deadlock

The Sun · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 2

In an effort to end the deadlock in the coal crisis the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) today called a compulsory conference of colliery proprietors and the miners…

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