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Mining & the mines, 1952

3,110 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 156

Tiny Fox Gold Beats Check To Take Welter

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 11 May 1952 · page 3

Champion mud-runner Fox Gold, one of the smallest horses racing, showed the utmost grameness to win the Welter Handicap at Canterbury yesterday. Disappointed for a run between…

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Stay-down Pit Strike Is Ended Band leads miners back from tunnel

The Sun · Sunday 11 May 1952 · page 5

WITH a band playing, 127 "staydown" Collinsville (Qld.) miners yesterday left the pit where they had been for nine days…

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Fox Gold's Lucky Win Cheered Crowd Apprentice Faces Stewards After Welter Ride

Truth · Sunday 11 May 1952 · page 16

Up and coming apprentice Jim Deely earned the plaudits of the multitude when he extricated favorite Fox Gold from an…

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Miners' Strike

The Sun · Monday 12 May 1952 · page 14

NEWCASTLE. Monday. ---Miners at Bloomfield Main colliery staged a 24hour protest strike today…

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Mine holiday decision is reserved

The Sun · Monday 12 May 1952 · page 5

Coal Industry Tribunal F. H. Gallagher today reserved decision on the Northern Miners'…

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Why canaries go down mines

The Sun · Monday 12 May 1952 · page 9

Ever wondered why a canary is taken down a mine? There's an important reason --a canary enables officials to test the purity of the air…

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Stay-down Miners Come to Surface

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 May 1952 · page 3

"Stay-down" striking miners at the Col linsville colliery (Queensland) with an injured companion, after the 10-day strike had ended on Saturday. The injured man, M. Walker, who fell in the darkness, fractured two ribs. The men were pallid and dishevelled after their underground protest…

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Stay-down Miners Come to Surface

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 May 1952 · page 3

"Stay-down" striking miners at the Collinsville colliery (Queensland) with an injured companion, after the 10-day strike had ended on Saturday. The injured man, M. Walker, who fell in the darkness, fractured two ribs. The men were pallid and dishevelled after their underground protest…

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Stay-down Miners Come to Surface

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 May 1952 · page 3

"Stay-down" striking miners at the Col linsville colliery (Queensland) with an injured companion, after the 10-day strike had ended on Saturday. The injured man, M. Walker, who fell in the darkness, fractured two ribs. The men were pallid and dishevelled after their underground protest…

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Stay-down Miners Come to Surface

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 May 1952 · page 3

"Stay-down" striking miners at the Col linsville colliery (Queensland) with an injured companion, after the 10-day strike had ended on Saturday. The injured man, M. Walker, who fell in the darkness, fractured two ribs. The men were pallid and dishevelled after their underground protest…

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Stay-down Miners Come to Surface

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 May 1952 · page 3

"Stay-down" striking miners at the Collinsville colliery (Queensland) with an injured companion, after the 10-day strike had ended on Saturday. The injured man, M. Walker, who fell in the darkness, fractured two ribs. The men were pallid and dishevelled after their underground protest…

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Bid to Raise Sunken Gold

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 May 1952 · page 15

LONDON (D.M.W.S.).-- Attempts are to be resumed in the summer on salvaging the wreck of the…

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Bid to Raise Sunken Gold

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 May 1952 · page 15

LONDON (D.M.W.S.).-- Attempts are to be resumed in the summer on salvaging the wreck of the…

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Bid to Raise Sunken Gold

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 May 1952 · page 18

LONDON (D.M.W.S.).-- Attempts are to be resumed in the summer on salvaging the wreck of the…

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Coal for Export Plan in Britain

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 May 1952 · page 16

LONDON (Kemsley). --More output of engineering equipment and coal for export is recommended in…

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Coal for Export Plan in Britain

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 May 1952 · page 16

LONDON (Kemsley). --More output of engineering equipment and coal for export is recommended in…

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5s Coal Money

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 1

The Department of Railways has received an amount of 5s, stated to be conscience money for coal…

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5s Coal Money

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 1

The Department of Railways has received, an amount of 5s, stated to be conscience money for coal…

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5s Coal Money

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 1

The Department of Railways has received an amount of 5s, stated to be conscience money for coal…

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Wage Rise For Mine Shiftmen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 4

The Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr. F. Gallagher, yesterday awarded an extra 7/6 a week to first-class shiftmen…

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