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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1947

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Suppression of Dust in Mines

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 8

Tonight in the Technical College Professor T. David Jones, C.B.E., M.Sc., Ph.D., will lecture on the suppression of dust in…

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North Mine Picnic

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 5

North mine employees will hold their eighth annual picnic at Penrose Park tomorrow. Refreshments and lunch will he available…

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Unity in Mining Unions

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 1

Sydney, April 18—The General President of the Tolerated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association. Mr. W. Blair, left by plane for Adelable tonight to…

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South Mine Employees Presented With Loan Championship Pennant

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 April 1947 · page 7

AT the Town Hall on Saturday night the South Mine Social Committee held a social dance, at which Mr. L. H. Lewin, Deputy Director of Commonwealth Loans for South Australia, presented a special red…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 22 April 1947 · page 2

S. B. Hirschausen was taken home to 403 Eyre Street from the Zinc Corporation yesterday after sustaining lacretions to the lower lip…

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Dust In Mines

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 22 April 1947 · page 2

The story of the damage of dust in the [?] industry to grim. Proposer Jones in has interesting address at the Technical College on Friday night disclosed…

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Championship Pennant For South Mine Employees

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 22 April 1947 · page 4

At the Town Hall on Saturday night the South Mine Social Committee held a social dance at which Mr. L. H. Lewin, deputy director of…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 1

A. R. Lawrence was taken to the Hospital from the South Mine yesterday with strained muscles of the abdomen. He was then taken home to 119 Bismath…

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Inter-Mine Tennis

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 8

The Inter-Mine Tennis Association draw for Saturday, April 26, is as follows:—North 1 v. North 2, North Park; Zinc 1 v…

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North Mine Check Inspection

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 1

The check Inspector, Mr. W. O'Connell, visited the North Mine yesterday and later reported: In company with Mr. T. Robinson…

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Joint Coal Board Membership

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 5

CANBERRA.—Of 17 officers appointed to the Joint Coal Board at. a salary of more than £500 a year, six have had war service,…

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Professors Praise for Local Mines

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 7

CANBERRA.—In an interview yesterday Professor David Jones, mining expert of Cardiff University, whom the Federal…

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Work Before Miners' Federation Review By New President

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 1

Sydney, April 22.—The new Miners Federation President, Mr. I. Williams, today told members of the Miners' Central Council that there would be no…

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Broken Hill Gaol Held Millions In Gold During War

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 8

THE Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) has announced that gold worth between £40,000,000 and £50,000,000 held by Australia in the Broken Hill Gaol during the war for the Bank of England and the Netherlands…

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Deficit in State Coal Mine

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 1

Melbourne, April 23 — A loss of £98,192 on operations was incurred by the Victorian State Coal Mine at Worthag[?] during the year 1945-48. The…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 1

A. Willoughby of the North Mine was taken home to [?] Wolfram Street suffering from an illness. R. A. Eyre was treated for a foreign…

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Inter-mine Tennis

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 3

The following will represent Zinc No. 4 against South No. 2 on the Hillside Park court Saturday morning in the inter-mine…

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Anzac Day Holiday For Miners

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 1

Sydney, April 23.—Miners in N.S.W., Victoria. Queensland and Tasmania will in future enjoy nine paid annual holidays…

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Miners Support for Election Campaign

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 1

Sydney, April 22.—The Miners Central Council today voted one hundred and fifty pounds to the Australian Labor Party and one hundred pounds to the…

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Air Compressors on Outside Mines

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 1

The Mines Department No. 1 compressor unit, which has been out of action for the past six months, has been repaired and…

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