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Mining & the mines, 1964

34 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 2

new award won for young miners

Tribune · Wednesday 12 August 1964 · page 11

PERTH: As a result of an agreement negotiated by the Collie Miners' Union with the coalowners, full adult rates will now be payable in the coal industry at 19 years of age. Other juniors will he paid the…

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Union Leaders, Colliery Owners to Discuss Coal Crisis

Tribune · Wednesday 19 August 1964 · page 12

SYDNEY: Mining unions and colliery owners will meet' tomorrow (Thursday) with the Minister for National Development (Mr. Fairhall) and submit proposals on the problems affecting the coal industry. THE mining unions will be…

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Miners take holidays to help flood victims

Tribune · Wednesday 26 August 1964 · page 8

PERTH: Collie miners have earned great praise for their untiring work and fine organisation in helping to clean up after Collie's recent flood disaster. They often worked round the…

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Guns back Gold water

Tribune · Wednesday 9 September 1964 · page 2

Big munition makers of Arizona are among the most important backers of US Republican…

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Nationalisation is the only way to solve the coal crisis

Tribune · Wednesday 9 September 1964 · page 3

Until sufficient oil is found in Australia to meet our domestic needs, coal remains our only ready source of power and energy. Yet Governments, both State and Federals are content to…

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Gold Industry Allowance Is Threatened

Tribune · Wednesday 14 October 1964 · page 8

PERTH: Frustrated by the long, United States imposed gold price freeze, gold mining companies of West Australia have kept up profits by mechanisation, cuts in the work force, speed-up under the contract system, and resistance to safety and compensation provisions…

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Us Company Moves on N.t. Copper Mines

Tribune · Wednesday 14 October 1964 · page 4

ADELAIDE: American mining interests are attempting to move into a copper mine worked by Aboriginals at Yuendumu 190 miles north-west of Alice Springs."…

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Boycott Sth. Africa - Miners' Levy for Apartheid Victims

Tribune · Wednesday 21 October 1964 · page 10

SYDNEY: The Central Council of the Miners' Federation last week in Sydney decided to…

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Gold medal for Jewish sprinter

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 6 November 1964 · page 12

Tokyo (JCNS).—Gerry Ashworth, a Jewish sprinter, was a member of the American 4 x 100 metres relay team which won a gold medal at the Olympic Games here in a world record time of 39 seconds…

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Mine workers' unity wins- agreement

Tribune · Wednesday 11 November 1964 · page 9

WOLLONGONG: An agreement signed last week on the use of contractors at the Coal Cliff Colliery on the NSW…

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Menzies shores in Gold water defeat

Tribune · Wednesday 11 November 1964 · page 4

If was not only Goldwater and the Goldwafer-controlled US Republican Party that suffered such a shattering defeat in the American people's vote of Bast week. IT was a defeat also for…

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Gold medal awarded to the T.V. “SECAM” Process

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 13 November 1964 · page 4

MR. General Leipzig Fair, recently Compagnie Française de Télévision…

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Motorist is paving oil giants to sink coal industry

Tribune · Wednesday 25 November 1964 · page 10

"Oil monopolies ore indulging in unfair competition, are robbing the nation by wasteful and inefficient procedures and are charging inflated,prises to motorists while…

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Three gold medals

Tribune · Monday 21 December 1964 · page 3

VERA CASLAVSKA (22), Is known by the sport-loving public as the Czechoslovak girl who won three gold medals at this year's Tokyo Olympics. She came to gymnastics via figure-skating, in 1959 Vera won the European champion…

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