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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1945

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RAF Mines Sank 550 Enemy Ships

Tweed Daily · Friday 25 May 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday: Mines laid by the RAF sank 550 enemy ships and damaged 480 from Bordeaux to the…

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Don Basin Mines Being Restored

Northern Star · Saturday 26 May 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Friday (AAP).—At least 67 of the most important Don basin coalmines on the Ukraine are now fully restored, while 70 others…

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A Load of Gold

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 29 May 1945 · page 5

The first prize winner of the Australian Comforts Fund Salute to Valour Art Union will be invited to the Commonwealth Bank and there…

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21 Mines Idle Yesterday

Tweed Daily · Thursday 31 May 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: All the Western NSW coal mines, which employ 2900 men and produce 7000 tans of coal a day,…

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100Million German Mines in France

Tweed Daily · Monday 4 June 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday: The U.S. 7th Army has captured and turned over to the French Government detailed…

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Survey of Moonem Coal Deposits

Northern Star · Monday 4 June 1945 · page 4

CORAKI, Sunday.—Messrs. A. C. Lloyd and E. O. Rayner, of the geological branch of the New South Wales Mines Department, have…

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Survey of Moonem Coal Deposits

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 5 June 1945 · page 2

Messrs A. C. Lloyd and E. O. Rayner, of the geological branch of the New South Wales Mines Department, have arrived at…

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Weather Men Lived in Coal Mine

Tweed Daily · Monday 11 June 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday: It is revealed that a small Allied meteorological party, in a fiord in Spitzbergen since 1942, where…

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Price of Gold Increased

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 12 June 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: The price of gold has teen increased by 19 to the new high level of £10153 an oz…

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U.s. Gold for China

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 13 June 1945 · page 3

CHUNGKING, Tuesday: The Chinese Ministry of Finance has announced that the shipment of gold to China from the United…

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Govt Takes Over Coal Mine

Northern Star · Monday 18 June 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday. Millfield Greta Colliery will become a Commonwealth controlled mine…

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What Cachet in German Mine Yielded

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 19 June 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Monday: The bodies of Frederick the Great, Frederick Wilhelm the First of Prussia, and President von…

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Allies Sweep Over 20,000 Mines

Tweed Daily · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday: From the outbreak of war: up to June 13, 1945, a total of 20,429 mines have been swept up by British,…

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Heavy Demand on Aust. Coal

Northern Star · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 5

CANBERRA, Thursday.—Rationing of services in Sydney would be necessary not only because of a shortage of coal stocks which had…

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Alleged Gold Scandal in China

Tweed Daily · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 3

CHUNGKING, Thursday: The Finance Minister announced that five persons had been arrested and imprisoned for alleged complicity…

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Council Offered Full Supply of Nimbin Coal

Tweed Daily · Saturday 23 June 1945 · page 2

An offer to supply Murwillumbah Municipal Council with its full requirements of 80 tons of coal or more a week was…

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Floating Mines Off Alaska

Northern Star · Monday 25 June 1945 · page 1

SEATTLE, Sunday (AAP).—Japanese attempts to cripple shipping by floating mines across the Pacific were indicated today by official…

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Warning About Japanese Mines

Tweed Daily · Monday 25 June 1945 · page 1

SEATTLE, Sunday: Japanese attempts to cripple shipping were indicated today by official shipping warnings from…

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New Appeal to Miners To-day Threat of Rationing

Northern Star · Monday 25 June 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—An appeal to New South Wales coal miners to continue working to stave off electricity rationing will be made…

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Coalcliff Mine Control "Costly Failure"

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 June 1945 · page 1

CANBERRA. Monday.—Commonwealth control of the Coalcliff Colliery had been a failure, the Director of the Associated…

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