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Mining & the mines, 1947

315 stories in New England's papers · page 11 of 16

Ninety Bodies From Wrecked Mine

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 18 August 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.-- Ninety bodies have been recovered from White haven Colliery following Friday's explosion…

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British Colliery Disaster 90 Bodies Recovered LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 18 August 1947 · page 1

Ninety bodies have been recovered from Whitehaven colliery following Friday's explosion. Sixty-nine bodies have been brought to the…

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Ninety Bodies Recovered From Mine London

The Inverell Times · Monday 18 August 1947 · page 1

Ninety bodies have been [?] from the Whitehaven colliery following Friday’s explosion. Sixty-nine bodies have been…

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101 Bodies From Mine

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 20 August 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday. — Including 89 already brought to the surface. 101 bodies have so far been found in Whitehaven…

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British Mine Disaster 89 Bodies Recovered LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 20 August 1947 · page 1

Including 89 already brought to the surface, 101 bodies have so far been found in Whitehaven colliery following last week's disaster…

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101 Bodies Brought From Whitehaven Mine LONDON

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 20 August 1947 · page 1

Including 89 already brought to the surface 101 bodies have so far been found in the Whitehaven colliery, following last week’s…

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Atomic Energy Not Immediate Threat to Coal

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 20 August 1947 · page 1

PERTH, Wednesday. — The Professor of Physics at Adelaide University, Professor Sir A. Kerr Grant, who is one of the…

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Professor Says Atomic Power Unlikely To Replace Coal SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 20 August 1947 · page 4

A Professor of Physics at Adelaide University. Professor Sir A. Kerr Grant, who is one of the Commonwealth’s most noted physicists last night…

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Atomic Energy Hot Likely To Replace Coal Australian Physicist's Forecast PERTH

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 20 August 1947 · page 1

Professor of Physics at Adelaide University (Professor Sir A. Kerr Grant), who is one of the Commonwealth's…

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Poor Quality Coal Hampers Gas Production at Armidale High Percentage of Foreign Matter in Consignments

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 20 August 1947 · page 5

Armidale City Council has been paying for 15 to 20 per cent, of foreign matter in coal consignments for its gas works, the manager of the gas department (Mr. R. L. Campbell) told aldermen at a meeting of…

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Miners Will Build Up Coal Reserves Sydney

The Inverell Times · Friday 22 August 1947 · page 1

At a conference of Miners’ Lodge delegates at Newcastle yesterday it was decided to ask all miners on the New South Wales coalfields to work an extra…

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Coal Reserves for Christmas Request to N.S.W. Miners SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 August 1947 · page 2

At a conference of miners lodge delegates at Newcastle yesterday, it was decided to ask all, miners on New South Wales northern…

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Making Us Independent of Coal-power

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 22 August 1947 · page 4

Whatever may be the extent and validity of arguments between the respective States and the Commonwealth regarding the use of the waters of the Snowy River, there can be no question of the national importance of the undertaking…

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Newcastle Miners To Decide On Saturday Work

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 22 August 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.--At a conference of miners' ledges delegates at Newcastle yesterday it was decided to ask all…

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County Council To Make New Application For Mining Leases

The Inverell Times · Monday 25 August 1947 · page 4

The North West County Council will have to make a fresh application to the Mines Department for the lease of an area of Crown land at Ashford on…

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Miners Favour Saturday Work

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 5

An unofficial check on the voting indicated that western and southern N. S. W. miners had voted in favour of working on "back" Saturdays (every…

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Seeking Gold of Two Wrecks

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 3

Pure gold to the value of some £3,000,000, believed to be lying in the battered hulk of the "General Grant," wrecked in the mouth…

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World’s Oldest Copper Mine Discovered by Goat

The Inverell Times · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 8

A goat, which came home to the farmyard some time in the dim past with his horns red with copper, was —an old legend says—the real…

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29 British Collieries on Strike Coal Loss Totals 130,000 Tims Heavy Industry Endangered LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 September 1947 · page 1

Twenty-nine Yorkshire collieries are now wholly or partially on strike—more than one-fifth of the mines in…

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English Coal Strike Disastrous to Industry

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 3 September 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday — Twenty nine Yorkshire collieries are how wholly or partially on strike—more than one-fifth bf the mines in…

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