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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1947

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R.A.N. Corvette Sinks After Striking Mine Off Cairns Five Dead, One Missing, 23 Injured As A Result BRISBANE

North West Champion · Monday 15 September 1947 · page 1

Two seamen were killed, one is missing and 26 officers and ratings were injured when the 780-ton Australian corvette Warrambool struck a mine and sank off Cairns on Saturday afternoon…

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Stay-in Strike at Mine Newcastle

The North Western Courier · Monday 22 September 1947 · page 1

Thirteen wheelers are staging a stay-in strike at the Waratah colliery today as a protest against summonses issued by the…

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The Fight Against Coal Dust

The North Western Courier · Thursday 2 October 1947 · page 1

Coal dust in mines has for the last few years been the subject of constant scientific and medical research, as well as the chief concern of mining engineers. A mines inspector is pictured taking a dust sample down a Welsh mine…

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Miners Work Today Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 6 October 1947 · page 1

Southern miners made history today by working on Six-Hour Day. In previous years they have observed the holiday…

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Coal Deposits Surveyed a N'bri

The North Western Courier · Monday 13 October 1947 · page 1

The Narrabri Service Office has been advised by the Narrabri Chamber of Commerce that departmental reports exist…

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Ten Mines Idle SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 20 October 1947 · page 1

Ten mines are idle in N.S.W. to-day and there will be a coal loss of nearly 10,000 tons. A threatened strike by railway…

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Moree Races. Handicap to Gold Souvenir

North West Champion · Monday 20 October 1947 · page 4

Starting at 3 to 1. Mrs. Gladys Scott's void Souvenir won the J. T. Crane Handicap by three lengths at the race meeting held…

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Fire at Coal Mine Newcastle

The North Western Courier · Monday 24 November 1947 · page 1

A pit top fire which did more tham £1000 worth of damage at South Waratah colliery yesterday, reach the mine month before it…

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World's Greatest Copper Mine Discovered by Goat

The North Western Courier · Thursday 27 November 1947 · page 10

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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The Moral of the Lithgow Mine

North West Champion · Thursday 4 December 1947 · page 2

With so much nationalisation talk in the air. it is interesting to note that the State coalmine at Lithgow has managed to achieve yet another…

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Butter Made From Coal

The North Western Courier · Monday 22 December 1947 · page 12

A factory that makes butter from coal was one of the prizes discovered by the British in their zone of Germany…

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