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Mining & the mines, 1987

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Swim Gold

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 23 July 1987 · page 39

JERUSALEM: Israeli swimming star Eyal Stigman won the gold medal in the 100-metre breaststroke…

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JOBS Hunter Valley miners fight for jobs

Tribune · Wednesday 29 July 1987 · page 5

More than 3,000 mine workers in the Hunter Valley are on strike this week, as mining unions meet employers, state governments and Prime Minister Hawke to discuss the coal crisis…

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LANDRIGHTS Mining threat to communities

Tribune · Wednesday 29 July 1987 · page 2

The two Aboriginal communities of Punmu and Pangurr in WA's Rudall River National Park, traditionally called…

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WA mining hypocrisy

Tribune · Wednesday 5 August 1987 · page 16

PERTH: Mine giant CRA last week agreed to a one-month cooling-off period before conducting exploratory drilling…

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Shaky truce in coal dispute

Tribune · Wednesday 5 August 1987 · page 5

About 10,000 coal miners are meeting in the Hunter Valley as Tribune goes to press to decide the next step in…

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Gold Coast “Twinning”

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 6 August 1987 · page 1

Natanya’s Mayor Joel Elroy and Gold Coast Mayor Denis Pie after the signing of the “twin-cities” agreement. See story page 11…

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Gold Over Australia

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 6 August 1987 · page 24

CONGRATULATIONS to Melbourne’s Ajax-Maccabi Athletics Club on its successful 25th anniversary dinner last Saturday-week. About 170 former and current club members, including many from the 1960s…

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Gold Coast city link with Israel

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 6 August 1987 · page 11

SURFERS PARADISE: The “sister-city” link between Australia’s Gold Coast and Israel’s Netanya will be a “meaningful and working relationship (with) significant benefits for both areas”, Gold…

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MINING South Africa-- 300,000 miners strike

Tribune · Wednesday 19 August 1987 · page 5

More than 300,000 South African miners are on strike this week in the biggest industrial action in the country's history. The miners, who have been out since last Monday, are…

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Coal Us deal shows need for control

Tribune · Wednesday 19 August 1987 · page 5

The coal industry crisis looks set to worsen as employers continue to reject union proposals to strengthen the…

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Gold Over Australia

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 20 August 1987 · page 24

SUCH was the success of the recent Ajax-Maccabi conference at Erskine House, Lorne, a seaside resort about two hours drive from Melbourne, that it wouldn’t surprise if officias make it an annual event…

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‘Special’ demand for Israel gold coins

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 20 August 1987 · page 20

The holders of gold coins minted in the past several years by the Israel Coins and Medals Corp. had an opportunity last week to sell them at…

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Sth African miners defiant

Tribune · Wednesday 26 August 1987 · page 4

The South African miners' strike remains solid as it enters its third week. More than 300,000 miners…

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COAL No solution as moratorium ends

Tribune · Wednesday 26 August 1987 · page 5

A national coal strike appears inevitable as the monthlong moratorium on retrenchments and industrial action comes to an end. The moratorium has been marked by employer attempts to…

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LANDRIGHTS Unfettered mining development in WA

Tribune · Wednesday 26 August 1987 · page 15

The so-called "resources boom" in WA has resulted in a mining invasion on lands inhabited by Aborigines…

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Green V Gold

Tharunka · Monday 31 August 1987 · page 25

Dear Eds The act of the Delicatessen owner caught (and fined by Court) vandalising the green phones outside the…

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COAL 900 miners sacked

Tribune · Wednesday 2 September 1987 · page 5

Nine hundred mineworkers were sacked last week at the end of the month-long moratorium on retrenchments and industrial…

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South Africa Black miners occupy world's deepest mine

Tribune · Wednesday 2 September 1987 · page 6

Last Monday, Black mineworkers in South Africa returned to work…

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Gold Over Australia

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 September 1987 · page 24

NSW Maccabi appears to be going through that period of uncertainty common to all States. Since its annual meeting it has been unable to appoint a vice-president to represent NSW on the Australian…

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NCJW presidents’ Gold Coast visit

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 September 1987 · page 16

Five National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) presidents were guests of NCJW Gold Coast recently at a reception hosted by NCJW Gold Coast president Yetta Black…

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