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Mining & the mines, 1954

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Three More Gold Medals For Australians From Our Special Reporter And A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 August 1954 · page 1

VANCOUVER, Aug. 6.—Australia gained three gold medals at the Empire Games yesterday to make its total 15 for the first five days…

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Gold Medals

Truth · Sunday 8 August 1954 · page 29

Marjorie Jackson, Women's 100 yards sprint (10.7s. Games Record). Swim relay 4 x 220 yards, G Chapman, R. Aubrey, D. Hawkins, J. Henricks…

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18 Gold Medals

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 8 August 1954 · page 32

Australia now has won 18 gold medals at the British Empire Games in Vancouver…

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Did They Breathe Gold?

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 8 August 1954 · page 41

MAYBE it was something in the air the Rothschild family breathed. For while the finance giants were…

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There's Gold in Them Thar Chimneys

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 8 August 1954 · page 44

WHILE geiger-carrying, get-rich-quick prospectors comb the bush for uranium ores, a group of Australian scientists roves Australia for equally tantalising treasure…

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2 More Gold Medals

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 20

VANCOUVER, Sun.--Australia yesterday won two more gold medals on the last day…

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U.k. Gold Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 6

The London price of gold, fine, was unchanged last Friday at £slgl2/8/11[?] on oz…

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Australians at Games Gold Medals

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 9

Kevan Gosper, won 440yds sprint. Gwen Wallace, Winsome Cripps, Nancy Fogarty,…

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Big Mine Talks Women to meet at same time

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Mon. -- The North will be well represented at the Triennial National…

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Big Mine Talks Women to meet at same time

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Mon. -- The North will be well represented at the Triennial National…

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Workman buried alive in coal

The Sun · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 3

LITHGOW, Tuesday.--A man was buried alive when a blasting operation split a coal face at the State Mine today. Workmates dug the…

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Big Victorian Order For N.S.W. Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 14

The Victorian State Electricity Commission is to increase its orders for N.S.W. black coal by…

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The Sun's Strip Features Gold digger Wally and the Major

The Sun · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 41

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Mines Under Bridge

The Sun · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 37

PARIS, Wednesday.--All traffic on a main road leading to Limoges was diverted last night when…

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Miners’ Convention next week

Tribune · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 11

THE Triennial Rank and File Convention of the Miners’ Federation will open next week against a background of developing crisis,…

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"Mining battle"

The Sun · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 54

The "mining towns" will clash when Corrimal play Cessnock in the State Soccer minor premiership…

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Native Mine May Give Up

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 2

PERTH, Tues.--The only big business venture by Western Australian aborigines soon may be wound up voluntarily…

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U.k. Gold Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 11

The London price of gold, fine, was unchanged on Monday all £stg£12/8/11½ an oz…

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Power Stowing—a New Mining Technique

Construction · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 3

A new experiment in mining technique, called power stowing, is expected to have remarkable effects on coal production in Britain…

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