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Mining & the mines, 1939

3,890 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 195

Coal to Break Strikes

Daily News · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 6

TO PROVIDE AGAINST STRIKES and other contingencies, the B.H.P. builds up its coal reserve at Port Waratah. It became alarmingly depleted during the recent strike…

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Menace of Mines Speed-up

Daily News · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 7

MOST miners will agree that the daily accident list among coalminers is on the increase, mainly because…

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N.s.w. Coal Output

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 1

The output of coal during 1938 for New South Wales amounted to 9,570,930 tons as compared with 10,051,519 tons for the…

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Miners and Defence. "Would Support." Unworthy Otherwise, Says Judge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 17

"I have no hesitation in saying that the Miners' Federation will strongly support any movement for the defence of this country," said the general…

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Meeting in Uproar. Mining Company's Affairs. Directors in Conflict

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 16

Charge and counter-charge by directors, angry interjections from shareholders, and almost continuous uproar marked the fifth annual…

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Judge's Mine Shares Orr Produces Evidence In Arbitration Court B.H.P.'s Monopoly Grip

Daily News · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 7

A CHART, which showed who controlled the coal and shipping industries in Australia and which bore the name of Mr. Justice Cantor as a shareholder in Cessnock Collieries Ltd. was produced by Mr. Orr, general secretary of the Miners' Federation, in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court yesterday…

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No Coal for Ships. the New Programme. From Our Own Correspondent. London, Feb. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 15

The Navy Estimates are the highest ever tabled in peace time, and provide for three times the expendituie of six years ago…

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23 Die in Coal Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 3

ANKARA (Turkey), Wednesday.--Twenty-three Turkish miners were killed by an explosion in a coal mine at Kozlou, near the Black Sea coast…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 6

Al CONSOLIDATED GOLD.—No. 11 intermediate level: North prospecting drive off old scope at 180 feet from hoist shaft advanced 10 feet; stone 2 feet wide, showing fine colours of gold; water…

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"Navy. Blue and Gold"

Nepean Times · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 8

Sceening at the Nepean next Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, March 8, 9, and 10, this picture stars Robert Young, with James Stewart, Lionel…

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Mining Warden's Court

Nepean Times · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 4

Gravel company's operations were represented in applications, at the Mining Warden's Court, Penrith, last Friday by William Claude Wilson, for…

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Deal by Mining Company

The Sun · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 40

Directors of Coolgardie Brilliant, N.L., announce that the company has acquired the whole of the right, title and interest of Options, Ltd., in…

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To Load Coal Susana For Manila

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 4

The steamer Susana, now bound from Busselton and Bunbury with a cargo of jarrah for New Zealand, is due at Newcastle to-morrow for…

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Miners "Sing and Dance" No Proof Work Is Not Arduous

The Sun · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 3

Because miners, at the end of their-- day's work could sing or dance, or catch cod, or play ball, the owners thought their work was not "arduous…

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Barriers Hold Firm. Light Trading Arahura Gold Higher

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 6

Activity in mining shares was at a low ebb yesterday and only a handful of shares provided more than casual turnovers…

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Cut-throat Coal Rivalry Ends Germany And Britain To Share Market LONDON

The Sun · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 5

The Anglo-German coal agreement, to be announced shortly, will be a far-reaching contribution to a wide trade agreement. Britain will secure 65 pier cent, of…

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Fanning the Flames of Hostility What is being done in London the Gold Monopolists and International Leaders

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 25

The London correspondent of the Dublin "Standard" describes the British end of an extraordinary campaign, now world-wide, which aims at provoking…

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Safety in Coal Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 16

The Treasurer, Mr. Mair, said in the Legislative Assembly yesterday that he believed that a tentative report would be received soon from the Royal Commission on safety in coal…

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Coal Commission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 4

Mr. N. J. Clarke, who is representing the proprietors on the Coal Commission, has resigned because of illness. The Commission will not resume its hearings until a successor…

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Mine Probe Delay

Daily News · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Thurs.--The Commission on Sofety and Health in Mines may not sit for some time, as the owners' representative, Mr. Clark, is still very ill…

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