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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1947

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Atomic Power May Soon Replace Coal (By a Special Correspondent)

Northern Star · Monday 28 April 1947 · page 5

AT least four nations outside the United States are building atomic power piles, according to latest authentic reports. These countries are Britain, Canada, France and Sweden…

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Eight U.s. Miners Killed

Tweed Daily · Friday 2 May 1947 · page 1

TERRE HAUTE (Indiana), Wednesday: Eight miners were trapped after an explosion which rocked a small coal mine…

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Goldfields Ship in Ballina Slipway

Northern Star · Friday 2 May 1947 · page 4

BALLINA, Thursday.— Due to engine trouble which started off Newcastle and developed into a breakdown off Ballina, the…

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Mine Disaster Compensation

Northern Star · Saturday 3 May 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Friday (AAP). —Every family who lost menfolk in last mouth's coalmine disaster at Centralia, Illinois, will receive…

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Gold Smuggled in Butter

Northern Star · Saturday 3 May 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Friday (AAP).—In six months smugglers have transferred £100,000 sterling…

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Durham Miners Rendered Idle

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 6 May 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Monday: A strike by 20 winding enginemen prevented 12,000 County Durham miners from working…

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Miners Strike Over 5-Day Week

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 May 1947 · page 5

LONDON, Monday (AAP). — On the eve of the inauguration of the miners' five-day week 12,000 men are idle in seven Durham pits, where…

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Miners to Fight Striking Members

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 May 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday (AAP). — With the approval of the trade union leaders, winding enginemen from other districts may be transferred to…

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Miners Decide to Watch Football Match

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 May 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: South Coast coal miners will not work They have arranged to knock tomorrow afternoon…

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Nine Dead in Mine Explosion

Northern Star · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday. (AAP)—Four rescue teams recovered the bodies of nine men in the Barnsley colliery explosion. Fumes…

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Open-cut Mines in Nsw to Be Idle

Tweed Daily · Saturday 10 May 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: All New South Wales open-cut mines will be idle on Monday following the decision of the…

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Abermain Miners to Decide

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 13 May 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Terms for settlement of the seven-week-old dispute at Abermain colliery was reacted at a…

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Big Bonus for Broken Hill Miners

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 May 1947 · page 5

BROKEN HILL, Monday. —Broken Hill miners will be paid| a bonus of £8 15s per week or £1 15s per shift during: June. The…

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Dunlop Gold Cup to Eric Cremin

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 May 1947 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday.—Eric Cremin, with two rounds of 72, won the 36hole Dunlop Gold Cup £200 purse to-day at Bonnie Boon. Fred…

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Cessnock District Miners To Cease Work

Tweed Daily · Thursday 15 May 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: There is to be an indefinite stoppage of work on all coalfields in the Cessnock district. This was decided at a…

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Coal Shortage May Cause B.h.p. Closure

Northern Star · Friday 16 May 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday— Australia was being deprived of steel at the rate of about 3000 tons a year because of the coal shortage at…

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British Policeman Killed by Mine in Palestine

Tweed Daily · Saturday 17 May 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Friday: Reuter's Jerusalem correspondent says: It was officially stated that a British policeman was killed and…

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Homes Damaged By Fall in Mine at Lithgow

Tweed Daily · Saturday 17 May 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: A large fall in the old workings of the Vale of the Clwydd mine at Lithgow late this afternoon badly damaged dozens of houses in the Vale of Clwydd area, broke gas and water mains and buckled…

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Risk of Old Mine Collapses

Tweed Daily · Monday 19 May 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: It will be at least 48 hours before families in Redgate Street, East Lithgow, know…

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Move To Stop Coal Strike

Northern Star · Monday 19 May 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Minister for Supply (Sen. Ashley) conducted negotiations from Sydney last night to try to…

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