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Mining & the mines, 1948

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Nation-Wide Coal Mine Tie-Up Un ilkely Miners’ Leaders in Long Discussion No Decisions On Qld. Strike SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 March 1948 · page 3

The Central Council of the Miners’ Federation made no decisions to-day on the Queensland strike, but it is now certain that a nation-wide stoppage will not take place…

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Miners’ Rebuff to Communists Queensland Men to Return to Work

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 March 1948 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tues.: Queensland miners who had ceased work in sympathy with the striking railwaymen today, voted to return…

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13 Coal Mines Idle

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.: After two successive working days of almost full production, 13 NSW mines were idle today for a loss of 8700…

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13 Coal Mines Idle

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday. — Thirteen coal pits were idle today making a total coal loss of 10,000 tons. All except one of the stoppages were…

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Oaklands Coal Mine Estimated to Contain 200 Million Tom

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: While Victorian and South Australian industries and railways have been starved for years for want of Mack coal a…

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“Found Four Ban of Gold In Jeweller’s Room”

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Thurs—On a charge of [?] post[?] a Sydney manufacturing jeweller was fined £20 and ordered…

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Wagga Gold Cup

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 April 1948 · page 14

Nominations for the Wagga Gold Cup of 1¾ miles, run on Wednesday, April 21, close on April 5. The race carries stake money of £805…

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Heavy Coal Losses Through Strike

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 April 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY, Fri.: Coal owners’ representatives tonight estimated that coal lost through strikes on the NSW coalfields so far this…

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Gold Sales Total £6 Million

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 April 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Fri-The Treasury has announced that gold sales for March totalled £6,000,000 sterling. The Government borrowed…

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Miners Seek to Drive Hotelkeeper Out of Town

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 April 1948 · page 14

LITHGOW, Fri-Coal miners today imposed a black ban on the Zig Zag Hotel, Vale of Clywdd, to operate “until the present…

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“Victims’ Gold Teeth Went to Nazi Bank”

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 April 1948 · page 5

WARSAW, Friday. — The Nazis grained many tons of precious metal from the murder of four million Polish citizens in…

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Court Asked to End Coal Strike 400,000 Men Out

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 April 1948 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Sunday. — On the grounds that its continuance would “imperil national safety,” President Truman has instructed…

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Coal in Riverina

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 1

A black Coal mine, believed to be capable of eventually producing 1000 tons a day is being developed in the Riverina; within 41 miles of a Victorian…

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Alleged Illegal Disposal of Gold

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY, Mon.—A former airline steward, Augustine Desmond Cahill, was charged in a Special Federal Court today with having…

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Coal in Riverina Claim by Company

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 1

A black coal mine, believed to be capable of eventually producing 1000 tons a day, is being developed in the Riverina, within…

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Soft Coal Strike May End

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Wed.: The possibility of an early end to the soft coal strike was indicated today when the president of the United…

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Five Union Miners Shot by Owner

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 8

TUSCALOOSA (Alab.), Wed.— Joe Avery, the owner of a non-union mine, yesterday shot and wounded five union miners…

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Uranium Rash likened to Yukon Gold Rush

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 5

FLIN FLON (Manitoba), Wed.— The atomic age equivalent of the Yukon gold rush—a uranium rush —has hit this northern Manitoba…

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Coal Position Critical In S.A. Train Services Almost at Standstill

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 8

ADELAIDE, Wed.—Through continued failure of the coal authorities to honor undertakings regarding supplies to this…

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Resentment at Coal Board’s Action

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 8

CANBERRA, Thurs. — Resentment at the action of the Joint Coal Board in announcing a new plan for the coal industry…

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