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Mining & the mines, 1956

43 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 3

Alarm Over Co[?]mining Lease[?]

Tribune · Wednesday 18 July 1956 · page 8

THE South Coast Town Cou[?] and other South Coast bodies are complaining of speculation in beach mining leases…

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Une Grande Ecole Scientifique : L’Ecole des Mines de Paris

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 27 July 1956 · page 4

S scientifiques sont des établissements où…

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African miners on strike

Tribune · Wednesday 15 August 1956 · page 2

LONDON. -- More than 2,400 workers at the Bancroft Copper Mines in Northern Rhodesia are on strike, while a boycott of…

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Miners' cable on Belgian disaster

Tribune · Wednesday 22 August 1956 · page 11

THE Miners' Federation has cabled its sympathy on the disaster at the Bitter Heart mine, Belgium, in…

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Miners Urge 7-Hr Day to Stop Sackings

Tribune · Wednesday 5 September 1956 · page 3

A SEVEN-HOUR day, with greater and more varied use of coal, and not slanders against the miners, would…

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Mining at Cranebrook Council Objection

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 September 1956 · page 1

An application for approval of a special lease of land two miles north-east from Crane-brook Public School for the…

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Miners on Suez Crisis

Tribune · Wednesday 26 September 1956 · page 2

THE Miners' Federation Central Executive has "reaffirmed its policy in relation to Suez" "We emphatically oppose any…

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Mining Plant Likely Here

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 26 September 1956 · page 3

Australia's mining future is bright, says Mr. Ivar Thomaeus, manager of Drillco Division of Atlas Copco Group of Companies…

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"Gold Rush to St. Marys" Premier Denies Allegations

Nepean Times · Thursday 27 September 1956 · page 1

The Premier, Mr. J. J. Cahill, denies allegations in a Sunday newspaper of wild doings at St. Marys. In the Legislative Assembly on 19th inst the member for…

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Miners' Federation Leaders Unopposed

Tribune · Wednesday 3 October 1956 · page 10

MINERS' FEDERATION leaders, W. Parkinson (general president) and G. Neilly (general secretary), have been re-elected…

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Scientists vindicate union's demand on coal utilisation

Tribune · Wednesday 3 October 1956 · page 10

A Miners' Federation demand for development of alternative methods of coal utilisation has been recently justified by some Australian scientists. POSSIBILITIES of oil-from-coal…

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Workers Are on the Move to save the coal industry

Tribune · Wednesday 10 October 1956 · page 7

A SHOW-DOWN is coming in the coal industry! The rationalisation measures of…

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NIGERIA : Tin miners vote for strike

Tribune · Wednesday 24 October 1956 · page 4

The Amalgamated Tin Mines African Workers' Union is to call a full-scale strike of 58,000 minefield workers unless the Federal…

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Miners' Leaders Back Unopposed

Tribune · Wednesday 14 November 1956 · page 11

MESSRS. E. MARA (District President), J. King (District Secretary) and J. Watson (District Check Inspector) have been…

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Greet "Common Cause" Miners' paper 21 this month

Tribune · Wednesday 14 November 1956 · page 10

TRIBUNE extends fraternal greetings to Common Cause, organ of the Miners' Federation, on its 21st…

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Rich Govt concessions feed Mt. Isa Mines' latest £4.3M. profit

Tribune · Wednesday 14 November 1956 · page 10

Special rail freight concessions given by the Queensland Government during 1955-56 to Mt. Isa Mines amounted to an outright gift, at the people's expense, of at least £646000. THIS gift, as in previous years, took…

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Demand Positive Program for Coal

Tribune · Wednesday 21 November 1956 · page 9

"We reaffirm that the Federation's proposals, such as reduction in working hours, full coal utilisation, and an end to preferential treatment for overseas oil, provide the only constructive approach to…

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New Coat of Arms of Ghana (Gold Coast)

The Biz · Wednesday 21 November 1956 · page 25

The British Government intend, subject to Parliamentary approval, that the Gold Coast shall become a sovereign and independent state within the Commonwealth under the name of Ghana on March 6, 1957. The new coat of arms…

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"Best Ever" Underwater Film "The Solid Gold Cadillac" (State Theatre)

Tribune · Wednesday 21 November 1956 · page 8

If you enjoy the wit and acting of Judy Holliday, you won't be disappointed with her in this film. The script is quite amusing,…

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Cabinet Decides on Coal Leases

The Biz · Wednesday 28 November 1956 · page 22

The State Cabinet has decided to lease 3300 acres of State coalmine reserve at Burra[?]gang to private companies…

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