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Mining & the mines, 1958

86 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 5

Whitechapel Scribe Who Sought Adventure on Goldfields

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 10 January 1958 · page 2

THE adventure-packed life story of Whitechapel - born journalist and author, Benjamin…

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New Church In Mine Town

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 22 January 1958 · page 6

Recently the Bishop of North Queensland dedicated a new Anglican Church at Mt. Isa—the War Memorial…

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Coal Talks January 29

Tribune · Wednesday 29 January 1958 · page 3

SYDNEY A conference of leaders of the Miners' Federation and coal owners will be held in Sydney on Wednesday, January 29…

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Owners Gould Meet Miners' Claims--and Then Some!

Tribune · Wednesday 5 February 1958 · page 11

SYDNEY: Coal owners could meet a log of claims submitted by the Miners" Federation without upsetting the economy of the industry, it was emphasised by ACTU Vice-President W. Evans at a conference of representatives of coal owners, mining unions…

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Miners to act on claims

Tribune · Wednesday 19 February 1958 · page 9

SYDNEY: The Miners' Centrad Council decided last week on a plan of action to win their demands if present…

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Rosewood Miners' Great Win

Tribune · Wednesday 26 February 1958 · page 3

BRISBANE: Stay-down miners at Caledonian Colliery Rosewood, came up last Friday one-hundred per cent…

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Miners' call to defeat Menzies

Tribune · Wednesday 26 February 1958 · page 5

SYDNEY: The Central Council of the Miners' Federation has called on alt districts to launch campaigns…

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Kurri miners elect woman

Tribune · Wednesday 5 March 1958 · page 10

KURRI KURRI (NSW): Election of a woman as chairman of the May Day Committee by the Kurri Kurri Miners Area Committee has…

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Court threat to miners

Tribune · Wednesday 5 March 1958 · page 3

Without any judicial inquiry into the facts of the NSW South Coast miners' one day stoppage in defence of jobs, Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr…

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South Coast miners march to save jobs

Tribune · Wednesday 5 March 1958 · page 3

WOLLONGONG: About 2,000 miners and supporters marched on Monday through the streets of Wollongong in protest at the dismissal of 32 miners from Tongarra and in support of the miners' program of demands to solve the…

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Miners stop over unsafe machine

Tribune · Wednesday 12 March 1958 · page 11

NEWCASTLE: Over 200 miners at Hebburn No. 2 colliery are on strike over the use of a Fletcher roof-bolting machine…

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36-hour week for Ukrainian miners

Tribune · Wednesday 12 March 1958 · page 4

MOSCOW: Some 300,000 miners and metal workers in Stalino region, the major Ukrainian industrial…

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One-man coal mine in USSR

Tribune · Wednesday 19 March 1958 · page 4

MOSCOW: A one-man coal mine producing six million tons a year, will soon go into operation in the Donets coal basin…

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Miners Repay Farmer Aid

Tribune · Wednesday 19 March 1958 · page 5

COLLIE (WA[?] Further bonds of unity and sympathy between the working class and the farmers were forged at Mayanup, in the South…

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Miners Protest at Judge's Outburst

Tribune · Wednesday 19 March 1958 · page 11

AN inquiry into the attitude adopted by Mr. Justice Gallagher at a recent sitting of the Coal Industry Tribunal has been called for…

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Deportation threat Miners Leas Struggle

Tribune · Wednesday 19 March 1958 · page 11

WOLLONGONG: Three hundred miners at South Bulli colliery stopped work for 24 hours last Friday to protest…

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New Way to Clean Coal

Tribune · Wednesday 19 March 1958 · page 7

MOSCOW.-- Soviet specialists have developed the following new method of cleaning coal off rock…

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Evatt to lead deputation on coal

Tribune · Wednesday 26 March 1958 · page 12

SYDNEY.--Dr. Evatt has agreed to lead a deputation to the Menzies Government demanding finance to ease the crisis on the…

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Hebburn Miners' Safety Win

Tribune · Tuesday 1 April 1958 · page 12

NEWCASTLE: After a ten weeks struggle in defence of a vital safety issue miners from Hebburn No. 2 colliery have returned to work…

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Miners Demonstrate As Unemployment Grips Qld

Tribune · Tuesday 1 April 1958 · page 11

BRISBANE: Maryborough containers last week demonstrated against sackings which have closed most mines there, highlighting the continuation of mass unemployment in Queensland. EASING of the drought, which…

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