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Mining & the mines, 1980

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Tribune's Queensland Miners' Strike Fund

Tribune · Wednesday 3 September 1980 · page 5

Contributions to the fund this week totalled $161. The strike is into its;tenth week and the miners are…

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Queensland Miners' Fund

Tribune · Wednesday 10 September 1980 · page 4

With the conclusion of their strike, the support fund for the Queensland miners is now closed,…

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“Gold” for Mr Fraser

The Australian Jewish Times · Wednesday 10 September 1980 · page 5

President of B’nai B’rith International, Jack Spitzer (above left), invests Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Fraser, with his collar and gold medal for humanitarian services at the B’nai B’rith biennial conference in Washington. Mr Fraser flew to Washington, enroute to the Commonwealth heads of government conference in India, to receive the award in recognition of his sustained opposition to…

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The Empire strikes gold

Tribune · Wednesday 10 September 1980 · page 10

The Empire Strikes Back Now showing at Hoyts cinemas Reviewed by Vicki Wootten. Well it's great. Another…

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New minister on Gold Coast

The Australian Jewish Times · Wednesday 10 September 1980 · page 8

BRISBANE: The Gold Coast Hebrew congregation has a new minister. He is Rev W. Bernstein, former…

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Mining town women 'marvellous'

Tribune · Wednesday 10 September 1980 · page 4

The Queensland Miners' strike ended early this week. Miners returned to work after squarely beating the Fraser…

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Maritime workers act on coal loader

Tribune · Wednesday 10 September 1980 · page 5

SYDNEY: Maritime Services Board (MSB) workers in Sydney, Wollongong and Newcastle…

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Coins, Medals Worth Their Weight in Gold

The Australian Jewish Times · Wednesday 10 September 1980 · page 43

The history of antient Jewish coinage dates back to the establishment of the independent…

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Queensland Miners

Tribune · Wednesday 17 September 1980 · page 12

John Moulds, area secretary for the Blackwater area Electrical Trades Union and vice president of the Combined Miners Unions in Blackwater, talked to Lee Birmingham. What do you think were the main…

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Sand-mining protest

Tribune · Wednesday 17 September 1980 · page 7

Macksville (NSW): One hundred people have been holding a rolling protest camp at Middle Head Beach north of Kempsey on the…

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South Clifton fight for jobs cad coal continues

Tribune · Wednesday 17 September 1980 · page 4

WOLLONGONG: Miners at the South Clifton colliery are still on strike over demands that their bosses…

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Miners' unanimous decision to continue six week strike

Tribune · Wednesday 24 September 1980 · page 4

Mineworkers at South Clifton last week voted to continue their six-week long strike for conservation of…

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Tax Revolt Feed Back Queensland miners say 'thank you'

Tribune · Wednesday 1 October 1980 · page 4

The following are extracts from a letter to CPA members and Tribune readers received from Max Tanzer, president of…

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Pegged for mining

Tribune · Wednesday 15 October 1980 · page 7

Perth: Over 30 mining companies have taken out more than 600 permits and leases to seek minerals on Noonkanbah station…

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ATEA bans open cut mine

Tribune · Wednesday 22 October 1980 · page 4

NEWCASTLE: The local branch of the Australian Telecommunications Employees Association…

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Joint mining venture

Tribune · Wednesday 5 November 1980 · page 4

Newcastle: The Miners Federation recently signed a joint venture to mine a 200-million-tonne coal 8 deposit at Warkworth in the Hunter…

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Gold and Silvers

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 13 November 1980 · page 26

“It is a characteristic of gold that it seems to lend itself quite readily to chicanery and fraud. In this regard it is wise therefore to deal always only with or through members of the various gold markets around the world, or with bullion dealers and brokers who are members of major stock and commodity exchanges. Buying gold bullion…

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Monetary Role of Gold

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 13 November 1980 · page 32

Gold has fascinated mankind for about six thousand years and has had a specific monetary role…

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Gold Coins — Big Demand

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 13 November 1980 · page 25

Gold coins are in big demand from collectors around the world. Over the past years the price of gold has steadily risen — despite some fluctuations — and it has…

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A New Gold Coast “Rush”

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 13 November 1980 · page 35

A building and development boom to match anything in Australia is about to get…

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