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Mining & the mines, 1953

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M.p. Alleges Arthur Had Mine 'Interest': Hot Reply by Martin

The Sun · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 1

Fresh allegations that Mines Minister Arthur was concerned in dealings with the building trade and had an interest in a certain open-cut coal-mining company were made today by Mr. W. C. Wentworth, MHR. Attorney-General Martin later strongly attacked Wentworth for having engaged in a…

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UP and Down King Street Voice From the Coal Mine

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 3

The January 31 issue of the Miners’ Federation paper “Common Cause” carried the following story:…

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Record 1952 Coal Output

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 2

Output of coal for 1952 was a record, exceeding the previous highest production by more than 11 per…

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"Lies Told" About Mines Man

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 9

A woman and her husband had perjured themselves by swearing "a concoction of lies" Mr. Gordon Wallace, Q.C.,…

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Mines Director Denies He Lived Rent-free

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 5

A claim that the Director of State Coal Mines, John Marcus Baddeley, had paid no rent for three years was a story concocted with fiendish and diabolical ingenuity, Mr. Gordon…

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History crops up in odd places Monuments to an insect and a gold nugget tell Australia's picturesque story

The World's News · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 12

THOUGH Australia is only 165 years old historically, already it has a crop of statues and unusual memorials that trace, directly and…

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Gold Coast Post For Australian

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 15 February 1953 · page 6

LONDON, February 14 (A.A.P.).—The Colonial Office announced to day that Commander R.G.A. Jackson had…

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Mount Isa Mines Ltd

The Sun · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 15

--January, milled 50.730 tons for 3225 tons bullion and 3434 tons zinc concentrates…

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Coal Shortage Causes Illness

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 5

LONDON, Mon. (Kemsley). --Hard in the wake of fog, floods, and tempest that made the winter one of the most disastrous in living memory comes the breakdown of coal…

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Coal Shortage Causes Illness

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 5

LONDON, Mon. (Kemsley). -- Hard in the wake of fog, floods, and tempest that made the winter one of the most disastrous in living memory comes the breakdown of coal…

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Czech Coal Output Drops Some Mines Close Down

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 8

VIENNA, Tues. (B.U.P.).--Coal production in Czechoslovakia is falling so badly that if has already caused the closing of a number off important…

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Czech Coal Output Drops Some Mines Close Down

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 8

VIENNA, Tues. (B.U.P.).-- Coal production in Czechoslovakia is falling so badly that it has already caused the closing of a number of important…

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Rich Mine 'Strike'

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 11

OTTAWA, (Kemsley).-- Prospectors are rushing to stake their claims in a…

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Rich Mine 'Strike'

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 11

OTTAWA, (Kemsley).-- Prospectors are rushing to stake their claims in a…

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Rich Mine 'Strike'

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 11

OTTAWA, (Kemsley).-- Prospectors are rushing to stake their claims in a…

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Britons Get Coal Ration

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 7

LONDON, Tues.-- Coal deliveries are being rationed to six cwt. per consumer to ease the present…

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Britons Get Coal Ration

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 3

LONDON, Tues.--Coal deliveries are being rationed to six cwt. per consumer to ease the present…

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Britons Get Coal Ration

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 7

LONDON, Tues.-- Coal deliveries are being rationed to six cwt. per consumer to ease the present…

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Britons Get Coal Ration

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 7

LONDON, Tues.-- Coal deliveries are being rationed to six cwt. per consumer to ease the present…

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Britons Get Coal Ration

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 3

LONDON, Tues.-- Coal deliveries are being rationed to six cwt. per consumer to ease the present…

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