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Mining & the mines, 1972

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

Sydney Diver's “Gold”

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 6 January 1972 · page 15

BRISBANE: Dual Maccabiah medallist, Amella Klaverstyn (pictured) of NSW, took out the Carnival three-metre…

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UK miners' appeal

Tribune · Tuesday 25 January 1972 · page 12

SYDNEY: A cabled appeal to the Miners' Federation this month asked everything possible be done to prevent export of coal to Britain, as an act of…

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Workers' Role for Cutting the Grim Toll of Mining

Tribune · Tuesday 25 January 1972 · page 4

SAFETY in the notoriously-unsafe mining industry depends on the mine- workers being able to have a decisive and authoritative part…

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Religion & gold

Tribune · Tuesday 1 February 1972 · page 2

The real trouble in Ireland is capitalism, which creates social distress amongst workers. Britain uses religion to confuse people who really wish to live in peace…

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Won't Let Coal Go to U.k. During Strike

Tribune · Tuesday 15 February 1972 · page 12

WOLLONGONG: The NSW South Coast Labor Council last week declared that "not one ounce of coal" would be permitted to leave the area to be supplied to Great…

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Three Gold Medals to Juniors in Vic

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 17 February 1972 · page 19

Juniors proved the most successful of the NSW athletes who competed in the Victorian Jewish Championships in Melbourne, last Sunday. The Sydney youngsters…

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Solidarity with Uk Miners' Strike

Tribune · Tuesday 22 February 1972 · page 9

LONDON: Whatever the outcome of the striking miners' vote this week on the terms being put before them, the pay rises now offered constitute a most…

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Spotlight on a Bhp-ai&s Mine Miners Tell the Nebo Story

Tribune · Wednesday 1 March 1972 · page 4

"IF we miners did some of the things that the boss is doing in this pit," said one of the Nebo coalminers, "we'd be accused of sabotaging it…

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Facts on the British Coal Strike victory

Tribune · Wednesday 1 March 1972 · page 8

Mr. Barratt Brown began by stressing the competition over the past decade between coal, oil and natural gas for power supply. The miners have been fighting for a fuel policy…

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A suspended monorail locomotive for mining operations

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 10 March 1972 · page 4

A new locotraclor designed to carry heavy equipment in galleries and pits has been developed by Société Stéphanoise de…

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Blood on the U.S. coal

Tribune · Monday 27 March 1972 · page 7

It was both impudent and ludicrous that, at the shindig for VIPs around Utah's new mine and port terminal in North Queensland last November, the chairman of Utah International Inc. should have…

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Marching girls looking for gold

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 4 April 1972 · page 1

The Merrylands Marshalls, a junior team off marching girls, travelled to Melbourne on Easter weekend for the national marching titles…

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Miners' call over Clutha

Tribune · Tuesday 11 April 1972 · page 12

WOLLONGONG: A challenge to the billionaire US-based Ludwig group on the right to work has been advocated by two communist mineworkers, Derek…

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If they try to close the mines

Tribune · Tuesday 18 April 1972 · page 5

"I TOLD Clutha's Mr. van Brink that, if Clutha went ahead with these mine closures, he could have another Upper Clyde on his hands."…

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The Gold Pen for Freedom to Mr. Beuve-mery

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 21 April 1972 · page 4

The International Federation of Newspaper Publishers which recently met in Stockholm awarded its 1972 Gold Pen for Freedom…

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Fighting Back at Broken Hill 1. Blasts big business's law of jungle 2. Battle to save the Hill Press statement by Evan Phillips, general president of the Miners' Federation; April 21

Tribune · Tuesday 25 April 1972 · page 4

THE threatened closure of the Broken Hill South mine is an instance of massive vandalism and callous immorality, and reflects the law of the jungle by which the rich and powerful monopolist…

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Mesdames, soyez belles Ruses et Astuces contre la mauvaise mine

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 28 April 1972 · page 13

E "mauvaise mine" qui vous fait paraître tre…

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The Coal Industry

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 5 May 1972 · page 4

According to information released by Charbonnage de France, the main feature of the coal industry in 1971 was a further improvement in the financial results…

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Miners Refuse Sack, Take Over Mine

Tribune · Tuesday 9 May 1972 · page 12

IN Australia's first-ever colliery "work-in," mine workers on Monday this week took possession of South Clifton colliery, on the NSW South Coast, and worked it themselves. They produced coal…

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South Clifton's Three Stirring Days When the Workers Ran the Mine

Tribune · Tuesday 16 May 1972 · page 4

AFTER last week's South Clifton (NSW South Coast) colliery takeover and work-in, the story of the Australian mining industry can never be…

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