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Mining & the mines, 1951

4,219 stories in Sydney's papers · page 77 of 211

Eight Coal Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 March 1951 · page 11

Eight northern mines are idle today for a loss of 5400 tons of coal, but all southern and western mines are…

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Eight Coal Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 March 1951 · page 11

Eight northern mines are idle today for a loss of 5400 tons of coal, but all southern and western mines are…

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Gold Yields

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 March 1951 · page 14

Mt. Morgan (four weeks ended Mar. 11), 71,600 tons, 5188oz. gold. 320 tons copper…

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Better Jobs Available Say Miners

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 March 1951 · page 4

There would be a big drift of mine workers from western coal fields to better-paid…

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Better Jobs Available, Say Miners

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 March 1951 · page 2

There would be a big drift of mine workern from western coal fields to better-paid…

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Better Jobs Available, Say Miners

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 March 1951 · page 2

There would be a big drift of mine workers from western coal fields to better-paid…

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Coal Award Suspended: For Review

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 March 1951 · page 3

The Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr. F. Gallagher, yesterday suspended the miners' attendance…

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Court hears of miners' drift to city

The Sun · Wednesday 28 March 1951 · page 3

Wages offered to Sydney factory laborers were much higher than the base rate for miners, a Western District mining union official declared today…

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Miners to vote today on N.Z. dockers' strike

The Sun · Wednesday 28 March 1951 · page 4

WELLINGTON (NZ), Wednesday. -- Miners will vote today on whether support for…

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Nine Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 3

Eight northern coal mines are again idle today because of domestic disputes, while an open cut…

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Nine Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 3

Eight northern coal mines are again idle today because of domestic disputes, while an open cut…

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Nine Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 3

Eight northern coal mines are again idle today because of domestic disputes, while an open cut…

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Nine Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 3

Eight northern coal mines are again idle today because of domestic disputes, while an open cut…

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Nine Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 2

Eight northern coal mines are again idle today because of domestic disputes, while an open cut…

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Nine Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 2

Eight northern c o a mines are again idle today because of domestic disputes, while an open cut…

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Vote boycott by miners

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 7

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wed. -- Only 1000 N.Z. coalminers voted in a secret ballot on a strike in sympathy with the…

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Mineowners Inhumanity Stops Mine

Tribune · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 6

NEWCASTLE. — Approximately 200 tons of coal were lost in a BHP mine last week because the management refused a proposal by workers…

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Centenary of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 3

BATHURST, Wednesday.— The Governor-General, Mr. W. J. McKell, to-day opened the celebrations marking the…

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Miners Earn £4 A Day

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 3

Earnings of contract miners at a big northern mine during a recent four-week period…

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Miners "don't get top pay"

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 10

Factory jobs in the city paid better than work in coal mines, Mr. R. Shirlaw said yesterday. Mineworkers would…

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