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Mining & the mines, 1953

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Gold Premium Rise Unlikely

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 6

A greater premium over the standard price of gold than 15/ to 20/ a fine oz could not be expected under existing conditions, said the…

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Modern coal-handling plant boosts Sydney's trade This new equipment will step-up western NSW mine production and ship loading

The World's News · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 8

AN important step in the development of Sydney as a port and in the fostering of a greater demand for western NSW minefields' coal…

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Builders Protest On Coal Board Tender

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 3

The secretary of the Master Builders' Association of New South Wales, Mr. W. D. Ford, said yesterday his organisation had lodged a complaint with the chairman of the Joint Coal Board, Mr. S. F. Cochran, concerning the letting of a tender for the…

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Less for timber, more for gold

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 16

Timber profits were likely to fall considerably but earnings from the Golden Ridges section with the cyanide plant in operation would be substantially higher…

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Gold clippings of the Golden Fleece

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 1 February 1953 · page 42

DINNY MACONOGHIE (that's not his real name) has shorn more sheep than you'd count in a year of insomnia. Hand shears, swag and billy, mutton and damper, and a 100-mile walk to the next shearing shed--that's the kind of shearer Dinny used to be…

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Reds Expected To Lose Grip On Mine Union

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 1 February 1953 · page 4

Right-wing members of the Miners' Federation believe they will win control of the federation from the…

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Fireside Fashion Embroidered Slippers... Gay With Gold

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 1 February 1953 · page 16

MATERIALS: 3oz Patons Totem wool; 1 pr. felt soles (size 5); 3yds gold silk cord; 4 doz. gold studs; 1 pr No. 9…

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Us to Check Gold, Silver Washington, Sat

The Sun · Sunday 1 February 1953 · page 2

The Treasury has announced that it will make a survey of the US gold and silver supply…

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Union may oust Reds Fight for control of Miners' Federation

The Sun · Sunday 1 February 1953 · page 11

COMMUNISTS may lose control of the Miners' Federation at the annual meeting of the union's central council in Sydney tomorrow…

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Miners' Council Contest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 4

The newly-elected central council of the Miners' Federation will hold its first meeting in Sydney…

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Right Wing Control Mine Union

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 1

Right Wing members of the Miners' Federation are confident that at today's meeting of the…

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Right Wing May Control Mine Union

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 8

Right Wing members of the Miners' Federation are confident that at today's meeting of the…

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Right Wing May Control Mine Union

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 1

Right Wing members of the Miners' Federation are confident that at today's meeting of the…

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£40,000 Swindle in Gold Share Forgeries

The Sun · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 3

CIB detectives are searching for a man who, they say, has disappeared from his Sydney home with at least £40,000 in cash--proceeds of one of the most amazing swindles ever perpetrated in…

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Four Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 February 1953 · page 20

Newcastle, Tues. -- Four mines were idle on the northern coalfields today, for a production loss…

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Four Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 February 1953 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Tues. -- Four mines were idle on northern coalfields today for a production loss…

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Four Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 February 1953 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Tues. -- Pour mines were idle on the northern coalfields todays for a production loss…

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Four Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 February 1953 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Tues. -- Four mines were idle on he northern coalfields todayfi for a production loss…

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Four Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 February 1953 · page 20

NEWCASTLE, Tues.-- Four mines were idle on the northern coalfields today, for a production loss…

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Four Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 February 1953 · page 20

NEWCASTLE, Tues. -- four mines were idle on the northern coalfields today, for a production loss…

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