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Mining & the mines, 1954

2,282 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 115

Miners’ claims link with the general struggle for margins

Tribune · Wednesday 7 April 1954 · page 9

The struggle of the Australian mineworkers for improved conditions, now coming to a head, links with the demand of the whole trades union movement for increased margins. The Miners’ Federation is claiming £2 increase in wages and has presented…

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Jobs scarce: warning to coal miners

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 15

The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. Gallagher) today warned miners that unless they stopped striking they would not have jobs because of the…

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Jobs scarce: warning to coal miners

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 15

The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. Gallagher) today warned miners that unless they stopped striking they would not have jobs because of the…

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Jobs scarce: warning to coal miners

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 15

The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. Gallagher) today warned miners that unless they stopped striking they would not have jobs because of the…

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Princess Margaret Does a Little Coal Mining

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Thurs.--Princess Margaret yesterday groped her way, bent double, along a coal mine. With a miner's pick she hacked out a piece of coal…

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Princess Margaret Does a Little Coal Mining

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Thurs.--Princess Margaret yesterday groped her way, bent double, along a coal mine. With a miner's pick she hacked out a piece of coal…

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Princess Margaret Does a Little Coal Mining

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Thurs.--Princess Margaret yesterday groped her way, bent double, along a coal mine. With a miner's pick she hacked out a piece of coal…

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Princess Margaret Does a Little Coal Mining

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Thurs.--Princess Margaret yesterday groped her way, bent double along a coal mine. With a miner's pick she hacked out a piece of coal…

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Uranium Mines Issue Claim

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 8

Uranium Mines N.L. reports that Mr. F. R. M. Drummond, one of the vendors to the company, has claimed the right to exercise an…

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U.k. Gold Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 8

The London price of sold, fine, on Tuesday, was £stg.l2/8/7½ an oz. (up [?]d)…

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Plans for Gold Scheme

The Sun · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 64

Sydney Cup favorite Gold Scheme was scratched today from the Rawson Stakes at…

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Warning to Miners on Strike Risks

The Sun · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 5

Northern miners' leaders could expose themselves to risk of heavy penalties,…

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Board says coal market declining alarmingly

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 9

CANBERRA, Wed. -- The Joint Coal Board reported today that the market for coal was declining alarmingly…

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Oil Fuel Threat To N.S.W. Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Joint Coal Board to-day warned that the New South Wales coal industry…

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Coal Strike Big Loss for Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 11

Current strikes on Northern coalfields had cost miners £40,000 in wages, Mr. H. G. Wybrow said yesterday…

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Princess visits mine

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 5

PRINCESS MARGARET leaving an elevator after visiting one of England's biggest coalmines at Nottingham yesterday. The Princess, who is wearing a miners' coat and…

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Coal outlook not so black

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 16

CANBERRA, Thurs. -- The Minister for National Development (Senator Spooner) said today the…

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Mine Descent by Princess Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 3

LONDON, April 8 (A.A.P.). —Princess Margaret laughed and shouted, "It's delicious," as she got coal dust in her…

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Miners Warned On Time Lost By Strikes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 6

The Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr. F. H. Gallagher, said yesterday that in no country in the world did an industry lose as much time by strikes as the coal…

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Escalator of giant size for coal load

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 12

NEWCASTLE, Fri.-- Railway engineers are reviewing a proposal to provide a giant…

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