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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1945

1,625 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 82 of 82

Drift in Coal Industry Alarming, Says Mr. Mair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 December 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—"The State Statistician's production and costs report on the coalmining industry from 1939 to 1944 is enought…

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Buried to Neck By Fall Of Coal "Duff"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 December 1945 · page 2

Jack Gilson, 23, of Elgin-street West Maitland, a Chadwick and Son ployed by H. H. Chadwick and Son was almost buried yesterday morning…

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Attract Britons to Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 December 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Dec. 30. A.A.P.—Pointing out that manpower for the mines had reached the lowest level, the President of the National Union of…

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The "Caviare" Was Gold

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 31 December 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday. — Despite the world-wide crime wave, a cargo of Russian gold worth £400,000 brought from Moscow to…

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21 Still in U.S. Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 December 1945 · page 3

PINEVILLE (Kentucky), Dec. 30. A.A.P.—Nine of the miners who were entombed at Straight Creek coal mine since Wednesday…

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Last Interstate Coal Shipment for 1945

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 December 1945 · page 2

The Caledon, which left Newcastle for Melbourne on Saturday, carried 950 tons of coal, the last interstate shipment to leave the port for 1945…

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Cook for Gold Taj and Flying Bomb

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 31 December 1945 · page 7

SYDNEY: W. Cook will ride Gold Taj and Flying Bomb at Randwick tomorrow, displacing J. Thompson, who has had a long association with…

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