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Mining & the mines, 1947

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Millions In Gold To Be Sought Two Big Salvage Expeditions in N.Z. Waters Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 22 August 1947 · page 1

Two big salvage projects to raise a vast fortune in gold are being planned by an Australian syndicate. It is proposed to salvage £350,000 worth of gold bullion…

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Mine Hours Deadlock

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 23 August 1947 · page 1

The question whether the British coal miners will work an extra half-hour a day, as Mr Attlee wants them to do, or instead work two Saturdays a month,…

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Twin Girls Killed in Fall Down Mine Tamworth

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 23 August 1947 · page 1

Twin three-year-old girls were killed when they fell down a 20ft. dry well near Singleton today. They were Lorarine and Elaine Shearer,…

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20 Dead in Second British Mine Disaster Men Trapped Following An Explosion LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Monday 25 August 1947 · page 1

Twenty miners are dead and five others were admitted to hospital suffering from severe burns as a result of an explosion at the Morison North pit on the Annfield Plain, in the Country of Durham, early…

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Miners Dismissed for Absenteeism LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 August 1947 · page 1

Dismissal notices for “persistent absenteeism”—the first issued since the coal mines were nationalised—have been served on four miners of the…

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104 Dead in English Mine Disaster

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 August 1947 · page 1

One hundred and four miners lost their lives after an explosion had swept through the William pit workings, at Whitehaven, Cumberland. PHOTO SHOWS : A general view of the scene at the pit after the disaster…

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Miners Will Work Extra Time SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 1

Unofficial check of voting tonight indicated that western and southern NSW miners had voted in favor of working on “back” Saturday (every…

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Coal Strike Extends in Britain London

Border Morning Mail · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 5

Five-hundred night-shift workers at the Hatfield colliery and 700 night-shift workers at the Frickley colliery carried on the strike started by day-shift workers in…

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British Coal Strikes Extend LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 August 1947 · page 6

At least 10 pits in the South Yorkshire coalfields area were either totally or partially closed last right by unofficial strikes by 15,000 miners in…

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Miners to Work Back Saturdays From September 6 SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 August 1947 · page 1

Following a majority decision by NSW miners to work on back Saturdays every second Saturday until the end of the year, first of the extra shifts…

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English Coal Strike Costly LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 September 1947 · page 5

An official of the Coal Board in the north-west region, where the Gr[?]methorpe strike has already cost more than 100,000 tons of coal, said…

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Pennant Semi-Finals Glenly Oust Gold in Men’s C Grade

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 September 1947 · page 6

As a result of semi-finals in three grades of the Albury winter pennant competition on Saturday, the following learns will meet in the finals next…

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5000 Miners Stay on Str[?] London, M[?]

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 September 1947 · page 2

Despite their leaders’ appe[?] of Grimethorpe and [?] pits in South Yorkshire are [?] strike Frickley and Mitchell [?]…

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Back Saturday Work in Mines Jeopardised Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 September 1947 · page 2

Working back on Saturdays on NSW coalfields this year will be held up unless a claim by Federated Enginedrivers Firemen’s Association for…

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More British Miners Strike LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 September 1947 · page 1

The Yorkshire coal strike situation became worse today when four [?] in the Barnsley area, previously unaffected became involved as the…

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T.U.C. Urges Miners To Increase Output LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 September 1947 · page 3

“There is no justification for the present stoppages on the coalfields,” said Andrew Naismith (Weavers’ Union) in opening the Trade Union…

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Heavy Coal Loss in N.S.W, SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 September 1947 · page 2

The heaviest coal loss in NSW for several months—a deficit of 10,250 tons—occurred today following stoppages at 11 collieries. The trouble at…

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Steel, Iron, Coal Next? Unions Urge Their Nationalisation Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 September 1947 · page 1

The Trade Union Congress today pledged full support to the Commonwealth Government in its proposed nationalisation of trading banks, and…

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40,000 British Miners on Strike Threat To Industry LONDON, Wednesday

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 September 1947 · page 1

Nearly 40,000 miners in more than 35 south Yorkshire pits are on strike, Twenty-one pits are wholly idle, while the remainder are only partially…

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British Coal Strike 50,000 Miners Out LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Friday 5 September 1947 · page 1

With 17 more pits involved in the strike during Wednesday, there were 48 pits affected in the Yorkshire area. About 50,000 miners are on strike…

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