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Mining & the mines, 1960

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From Factory Mine & Ship Seamen Warn

Tribune · Wednesday 28 September 1960 · page 12

SYDNEY.--Seamen at a stopwork meeting in Sydney on Tuesday warned the authorities that reduced weekend rates,…

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Big Mine Meeting Firm on Winning 35-Hr. Week

Tribune · Wednesday 28 September 1960 · page 10

CESSNOCK: A mass meeting of mineworkers, representative of all unions in the industry in Cessnock…

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Mine Leaders Unopposed

Tribune · Wednesday 5 October 1960 · page 10

SYDNEY : An impressive vote of confidence has been given to the Miners' general president (Mr…

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Miners Win No Strike' Clause Fight

Tribune · Wednesday 5 October 1960 · page 10

SYDNEY: Common Cause, official organ of the Miners' Federation, reports that the Minister for Labor and Industry, Mr. Maloney has…

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From Factory, Mine, Ship Owners seek "industrial conscription" of seamen

Tribune · Wednesday 19 October 1960 · page 9

SYDNEY: Shipowners' attacks through the Commonwealth Industrial Court on the Seamen's Union engagement clause are described in the Seamen's Journal as "tantamount to industrial conscription"…

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Coal Strike May Lead Id Bid W.a. Dispute

Tribune · Wednesday 19 October 1960 · page 11

PERTH: In what could become one of W-A.'s biggest industrial disputes for years, 116 mineworkers at Collie have gone on strike against the threat of mass dismissals from the coal industry…

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Gold Medal Winner

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 October 1960 · page 6

Mrs. V. Thompson was the winner of a gold medal, competed for by monthly medal winners of Leonay…

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Building workers move for 35 - hr week Factory Mine and Ship

Tribune · Wednesday 26 October 1960 · page 10

MELBOURNE: A rank and file conference of building workers held here recently decided to advance…

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INDUSTRY French coal production

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 28 October 1960 · page 4

IN August, 1960. French production of coal totalled 4,238,000 tons for 26 working days, compared with 4,177,000 tons for 25 working days in…

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Coal report supports hours claim

Tribune · Wednesday 2 November 1960 · page 5

SYDNEY: As the hearing before the Coal Industry Tribunal of the Combined Mining Unions - Australian…

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Fantastic Scenes in Gold Rush

Tribune · Wednesday 2 November 1960 · page 4

LONDON: Fantastic scenes of near-bedlam were reported from Johannesburg Stock Exchange in the…

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Collie Mine Strike W.A. strikers win first two rounds

Tribune · Wednesday 2 November 1960 · page 5

PERTH: As a result of a vigorous campaign by the strikers and the widespread support from other workers, the Collie miners have won two important rounds in their struggle to prevent mass dismissals…

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Storm Over Closure of Rich Coal Seam

Tribune · Wednesday 9 November 1960 · page 10

Cessnock: Notices served on 195 employees at Aberdare colliery, to take effect next Friday, have roused a storm of protest hers at Government inactivity while monopoly strangles the richest coalseam in Australia…

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Mine Toll Continues

Tribune · Wednesday 16 November 1960 · page 10

NEWCASTLE: Rising intensity of labor, accompanying mechanisation, continues to take its toll of life in the coal pits…

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Miners plan for early 35 - hr week

Tribune · Wednesday 16 November 1960 · page 11

SYDNEY: The Central Council of the Miners' Federation on Monday instructed the Central Executive to arrange an early meeting of the Combined Mining Unions to make preparations for introduction of the 35 hour week…

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King Solomon’s Mines -Past and Present

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 18 November 1960 · page 5

NO matter how often you have faced it before in Israel in the past, whenever you come up face to face with the Biblical with its modern counterpart, it is a dramatic confrontation…

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"Completely dissatisfied" with Govt's coal policy

Tribune · Wednesday 23 November 1960 · page 10

SYDNEY: The Central Council of the Miners' Federation, which met last week expressed its complete dissatisfatcion with the role of the NSW Labor Government in standing by while the coal monopolies close down mine after mine. ON the great South Maitland field…

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Cupid Had a Gold Arrow Lottery win

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 23 November 1960 · page 1

Cupid struck a Parramatta girl last week with a £6000 arrow. His strike signalled the…

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Wharfies, miners condemn Govt. plans on economy Help Monopoly

Tribune · Wednesday 23 November 1960 · page 10

ADELAIDE: A Stopwork meeting of over one thousand Port Adelaide waterside workers held on November 16 unanimously condemned the economic policy of the Menzies Government and called on…

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La Production Des Mine Rais De Per Français

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 25 November 1960 · page 3

A production dps minerais de fer L en France s'est élevée, du premier janvier au trente septembre 1960, à…

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