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Mining & the mines, 1946

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Coal for Christmas

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 October 1946 · page 11

Providing coal production was maintained at its present level, there would be no blackent at Christmas, when the New South…

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News Budget From District Meeting of Miners'? Institute

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 17 October 1946 · page 2

Prevent at a committee meeting of the Vegetable Creek Miners' Institute last Thursday were President Mr. L. G. Leece, and…

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Steel More Valuable Than Gold

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 October 1946 · page 18

The Swedish S.K.F. ball-bearing company is producing precision steel balls half the size of a pinhead, and four times more valuable…

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Ash Ford Coal Deposits 100 Years Supply

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 23 October 1946 · page 8

In a letter to the North West County Council read at its meeting held at Moree last Friday, the Department of Mines…

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Emmaville Miners' Institute

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 24 October 1946 · page 2

After a lapse of some months euchre tournaments will be conducted by the Minors' Institute committee each Tuesday…

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Steel More Valuable Than Gold

The Inverell Times · Friday 25 October 1946 · page 1

The Swedish S.K.F. ball-bearing company is producing precision steel balls half the size of a pinhead. and four times more valuable than their…

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Frenchman Invents Coal Plough Saves Labour, increases Production

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 28 October 1946 · page 4

M. Poubelle, an engineer in the mines at Bethune is working on a new machine for extracting coal which he calls a "coal plough"…

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Big Coal Loss

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 29 October 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — With eight mines, idle in the north today, the coal production loss will be about 10,000 tons, the…

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Bulolo Gold Claims War Damage

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 31 October 1946 · page 2

VANCOUVER : The annual report of the Bulolo Gold Dredging Company's headquarters here discloses that a war damage…

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Miners’ Federation Eligibility of President SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 1 November 1946 · page 1

There is a possibility that the National President of the Miners’ Federation, Mr. H. Wells, will not be allowed to recontest the ballot…

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President of Miners' Federation Wells Not Eligible To Contest Ballot Was Unfinancial When Nominations Closed SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 November 1946 · page 1

There is a possibility that the national president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. H. Wells) will not be allowed to…

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Two British Soldiers Killed by Mine in Palestine Jewish National Council Calls For Boycott Of Terrorists JERUSALEM

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 November 1946 · page 1

It is officially announced that two British soldiers were killed and two seriously injured when an Army truck was blown up by a mine near the airport north from Tel Aviv. The Jewish National Council has joined the Zionist…

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Oversight by Miners' Leader; May Lose Job

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 5 November 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY : The general president of the Miners' Federation. Mr. H. Wells, may be prevented by the Central Council of…

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Magnetic Mine Menace Dangerous Until 1948

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 November 1946 · page 12

A report on the difficult task of mine clearing off the French coast has been submitted by the captain of the minesweeper "Conge."…

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Coal Position

The Uralla Times · Thursday 7 November 1946 · page 4

Back Saturday work on the northern NSW coalfields has increased absenteeism among mineworkere during week day…

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Mining Lease

Guyra Argus · Thursday 7 November 1946 · page 8

The granting of a mining lease to Thomas Heath in respect of portion M.L. 591, parish of Mayo, county Hardinge 20 acres 2 roods 10 perches…

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How Long Will Britain's Coal Last?

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 November 1946 · page 12

In an effort to discover how long Britain's coal will last, scientists have been making a survey of her coalfields. As a result, they estimate that at…

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Rich Gold Strike at Kalgoorlie

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 16 November 1946 · page 1

KALGOORLIE, Saturday. --The most sensational gold strike in recent years in expected to be worth £245,000. Six tons of rock estimated to contain 24,500 ounces of gold has just been mined at…

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Threat of Coal Strike in United States

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 16 November 1946 · page 1

WASHINGTON Friday. --U. S. coal miners will probably cease work on Wednesday because on that date the contract…

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Picnic For Miners and Bosses

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 18 November 1946 · page 4

The directors and executives of Wombell Main Collicry, Yorkshire, are experimenting with a combined workers' and bosses' picnic at the seaside…

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