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Mining & the mines, 1948

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More Coal Mined Than Last Year

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 December 1948 · page 12

SYDNEY, Thurs.: The Joint Coal Board announced today that NSW mine workers mined more coal this year than last year…

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No Extra Coal for B.h.p

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 December 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sun: Joint Coal Board will not re-allocate coal supplies to enable the steel industry to maintain normal production, a…

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S.a. Again Facing Coal Crisis

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 December 1948 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Mon.: Despite the record coal output for the year when the miners began their annual holidays en December…

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26 Miners Killed

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 30 December 1948 · page 7

BERLIN, Wed: At least 26 German miners were killed when a shaft collapsed in a Russian-controlled uranium mine in Eastern…

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Mine Host to Go to Queensland Will Run in Rich Stradbroke H’cp Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 30 December 1948 · page 8

MINE HOST, winner of the Carringrton Stages at Randwick yesterday, will be sent to Queensland for the Stradbroke Handicap, to be run on April 30. It is likely he will also start in the Doomben £10,000…

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