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Mining & the mines, 1962

41 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 3

Interstate Carnival Sydney Swimmers’ Glorious Day Eleven gold medals brought home

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 5 January 1962 · page 10

N.S.W. swimmers scored an overw helming victory at the 29th Australian Jewish Interstate Carnival in Melbourne. Both the men’s and the women’s teams won easily the swimming events…

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Interstate Carnival Berine Gold's surprise win in athletics

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 12 January 1962 · page 10

Young Sydney athlete Bernie Gold scored a surprising win in the 220 yards race at the 29th Australian Jewish Interstate Carnival in Melbourne last…

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US-Japanese coal grab

Tribune · Wednesday 17 January 1962 · page 7

BRISBANE: Encouraged by the Queensland Liberal and Menzies Governments, large amounts of Japanese and American capital are to be invested in exploiting Queensland's coal resources this year…

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Ernstige botsing aan de "Gold Coast" eist mensenleven

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 19 January 1962 · page 2

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Miners Stop for 35-Hour Week

Tribune · Wednesday 14 February 1962 · page 1

Scarborough colliery (South Coast N.S.W.) was idle yesterday in support of the 35 hour week for Mine- workers. President of the Southern…

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Jobs crisis: miners, whart men confer

Tribune · Wednesday 14 February 1962 · page 3

SYDNEY: Two trade union gatherings of great importance will begin in Sydney next Monday. They are the annual meeting of the Central…

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Actu-mine Union Policy Only Answer

Tribune · Wednesday 21 February 1962 · page 3

All experience showed that the ACTU-Mining Unions Program is the only answer to the rapidly deteriorating position of mineworkers. NEITHER the Federal nor the…

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Mine Workers to Hold Pit Top Meetings

Tribune · Wednesday 28 February 1962 · page 11

SYDNEY: The Combined Mining Unions will be asked to hold early pit-top meetings of all mineworkers "to convey to members the serious predicament the mining industry faces and to adopt any measures designed to overcome the…

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Monopoly Threat To WA Coal State Should Take Over

Tribune · Wednesday 28 February 1962 · page 9

COLLIE: A news item that an Eastern States coal mining group has offered to take over the Griffin Coal Mining Co. Ltd. here Has heightened concern that West Australia's coal resources are in danger of falling into…

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Wa Miners Slate Brand's Coal Give-away

Tribune · Wednesday 21 March 1962 · page 11

COLLIE (WA) : A stoppage of work on March 13 at the Muja open-cut here won reinstatement for four truck driver members of the Miners' Union who had been sacked by the overburden removal contractors. Thiess Bros. NEXT day. Thiess Bros. dismissed…

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Miners' reps, plan action

Tribune · Wednesday 21 March 1962 · page 12

Forty-eight reps, of South Coast mining unions met in Wollongong last Thursday to discuss action around urgent problems confronting the mining industry. The meeting endorsed the…

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Collie miners break through on 35 hours

Tribune · Wednesday 28 March 1962 · page 9

COLLIE: Following the stoppage at the Muja open-cut, negotiations have won reinstatement of nine of the 13 men retrenched last week, and efforts are still being made to have the remaining four placed…

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Coal Production

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 6 April 1962 · page 4

ACCORDING to preliminary estimates, French coal production in 1961 totalled 53.5 million tons , compared with 57 million tons in 1960, a…

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Modern France Arts and Techniques (Connnued from, our Previous issue) French Productivity Increase in 1961: Public gold and foreign currency reserves of the Franc zone at the end of 1961

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 6 April 1962 · page 4

I N December, 1961, public gold and foreign reserves in the franc zone, evaluated in United States dollars, increased by $52.7 million. The increase was obtained following payment of the foreign public debt December, 1961, and the constitution of gold and foreign currency for…

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W. German Miners Consider Action

Tribune · Wednesday 9 May 1962 · page 10

It was announced last week from West Germany that 45,000 Saarland coalminers would strike this week unless granted wage increases to…

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Leader Refutes Coal Baron's "Conscious" Distortion

Tribune · Wednesday 9 May 1962 · page 11

THE general president of the Miners' Federation, Mr. W. Parkinson, last week issued a stinging reply to an…

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Monopoly Loots Australia Japan gets our coal USA gets the cash

Tribune · Wednesday 9 May 1962 · page 5

CANBERRA: Japan will get the coal, the USA will get the profits and Australia will foot the bill for the deepening of Gladstone (Queensland) Harbor. That is the main result of the measure passed by the House of Representatives last week…

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From Stone to Gold

Tribune · Wednesday 16 May 1962 · page 7

IN ancient timer alchemists sought methods to turn base metals into gold, but it was left to Socialism to…

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ACTU reports to miners on 35hr. campaign

Tribune · Wednesday 23 May 1962 · page 12

THE Central Council of the Miners' Federation, meeting in Sydney last week, invited officers of the ACTU to attend,…

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From Factory Mine & SHIP South Coast mine strikes

Tribune · Wednesday 6 June 1962 · page 11

MORE than 750 miners were involved in disputes on the NSW South Coast last week. Mines involved were…

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