Jew Remanded on Gold Running Charge
PERTH, Wed.: Israel Hertz Kinstler. a Polish Jew, who became a naturalised Australian during the war. confessed in Singapore this…
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High Hopes For N.S.W. Coal Industry
SYDNEY. Wed.: The coal industry in NSW would enter a new era in 1948. the chairman of the Joint Coal Board , Mr K. A…
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LONDON, Sun.: The “Sunday Pictorial” says official estimates show that the total British coal output for 1947 amounted to 199,715,…
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SYDNEY. Mon. — After taking only a fortnight of their three weeks’ annual leave, men at the State mine at Lithgow, resumed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Goldfields Manager Dead; Seq[?]el To Brawl
PORT MORESBY, Mon: The death occurred at Lae on Saturday of John Scott, the Lae manager of New Guinea Goldfields Ltd. as the…
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LONDON, Tues: Britain’s coal output [?] for the 53 weeks ended January I was 1997 million tons compared [?] target of 200 million. The…
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SYDNEY, Wed: Due chiefly to the influence of the Joint Coal Board and its activities and plans for correcting- matters which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Will Deal With Tobacco Thieves
LITHGOW. Fri.: Miners and oil workers at Glen Davis oil works will probably take the law into their own hands if they can beat…
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NEWCASTLE, Sun.: A record coal output may be established this year, according to union officials…
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SYDNEY , Mon.: Miners on the N.S.W. coalfields returned to work today after three weeks holiday and only three of the…
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BRISBANE, Mon.: A profit of £502,585 for the year ended June 30 is reported by Mount Isa Mines Ltd. The profit was a record and…
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LONDON, Wed. — The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Fuel and Power (Mr Alfred Robins) to-day forecast a further…
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PERTH, Wed—Charged with exporting gold from Australia without permission, Israel Hertz Minister, 43, appeared in the…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.—Victorian coal supplies will probably be cut this week as a result of the strikes in NSW coalfields over…
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CANBERRA, Thurs.: Miners’ representatives today submitted to the Prime Minister (Mr Chifley) demands for an increase of 7/0 a…
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SYDNEY, Fri: Coal production this week on the NSW fields was only 200,000 tons, 75,000 tons less than the weekly production aim…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Hope To Smash Air Smuggling Racket Illegal Migrants, Jewellery, Drugs, Coming in Gold And Ammunition Going Out DARWIN
Hunt for suspected air smugglers in Northern Australia has been intensified. Army units and the R.A.A.F are on the lookout for strange airstrips that may be used in the racket…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.: The Victorian coal position had again become “clouded” as a result of stoppages, on the N.S.W. coalfields…
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LONDON, Tues: The whole crew of 16 are believed to have been killed when the Admiralty dockyard tug Oriana blew up…
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SYDNEY, Tues.—Plans to take the sprinters [?] and Mine [?] south for the [?] Plate and Newmarket. Handicap have…
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