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Mining & the mines, 1940

3,508 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 176

Pure Gold Is Okay Melbourne

Sydney Sportsman · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 8

PURE GOLD, who met with a slight mishap through striking the running rail when he contested the Mentone Newmarket Trial Stakes…

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Caledonian Coal Pays 3 P.c. on Prefs

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 16

Caledonian Collieries, Ltd.. is paying its first dividend since 1929. It is proposed to distribute 3 per cent, on preference capital, representing…

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Miners to Meet. Strike Will Be Urged. Outside Help Sought

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 9

A special meeting of delegates from all mining unions will be held on Saturday morning, to decide when aggregate meetings of mine workers…

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General Mining Stoppage Looms Fixing Mass Meeting Date

Daily News · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 2

Representatives of all coal mining unions will meet next Saturday to fix the date for aggregate meetings to…

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Mining Ultimatum Expires Today No Stoppage Until Mass Meetings Held

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 5

The mine-workers' ultimatum for an Australian-wide strike expires today, but there will be no immediate stoppage. A meeting of representatives of all mining…

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Moruya Gold Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 8

Moruya Gold Mines, N.L., reports that from January 3 to February 20, the mill crushed 261 tons of ore for 119oz 6dwt of smelted gold. The value has not yet been…

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Hercules Gold Mining

The Sun · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 12

Payment of dividends by Hercules Gold Mining Co., N.L., should not be far distant, said the chairman (Mr. A. Mackay), at the half-yearly meeting…

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Miners Forced Into Coal Stoppage

Daily News · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 4

Only intervention by the Federal Government--belated though it would be--can now avert a complete stoppage in the coal industry. Goaded by the rebuffs it had received from the…

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Cessnock Mine Idle

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 2

CESSNOCK, Thursday. -- Engine- drivers and firemen did not turn up for work at Aberdare Central Colliery this morning. As a result, the mine was laid…

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Miners Seeking Finance

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 1

Moves to finance the threatened nation-wide coal strike will be made today by the miners' leaders…

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Leading Miners' Fight

Daily News · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 2

Delegates to the annual meeting of the Central Council of the Miners' Federation which yesterday recommended the combined mining unions to call a general stoppage of work in the coal industry--a decision forced by the adamant attitude of the owners to the men's claims. Standing left to right: Messrs. G. Sneddon (Northern District), W. Riddiford (Barrier District),…

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Grave Coal Mines Decision Nation-wide Stoppage Near All Efforts Made for Conference Rebuffed

Daily News · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 1

AN Australia-wide coal stoppage now appears inevitable. The Central Council of the Miners' Federation yesterday decided to recommend…

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The Coal Deadlock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 10

Now that the "ultimatum" of the combined mining unions to the colliery proprietors has expired, there is grave danger of a costly and futile trial…

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Promise To Aid Miners

Daily News · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 2

The Goulburn subbranch of the A.R.U. at its monthly meeting endorsed the stand of the Combined Mining…

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Escape From Mine Blaze

Daily News · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 3

DAPTO, Thursday.--Twenty miners were endangered in Tongarra mine, Macquarie Pass, to-day, when a bush fire swept up a gully to the mine…

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Control of Coal Price

Daily News · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thurs.--Definition of coal distributors and proprietor under the Prices Control Regulation governing the price of coal were…

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Stop Press Appeal Against Mines

Daily News · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 1

LONDON.--Norway, Denmark and Sweden have decided in [?] to stop [?] Norway does…

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Gold Ingots in Charges Young

The Sun · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 2

"The subject in one charge is valued at £400," said Detective-Sergeant Walsh, of Sydney, to-day, when George Percival Johnson, 51,…

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Mining. Market Dull. Rates Tend Lower

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 8

Little interest was shown in mining shares yesterday. Buyers of gold concerns were more inclined to hold off, and prices cased…

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General Coal Strike Looms Nearer Appeal By Local Councils

The Sun · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 5

The danger of a national coal strike has increased as a result of the strike recommendation of the Miners' Central Council, which will be considered by the Combined Mining Unions' Committee to-morrow…

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