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Mining & the mines, 1940

3,508 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 176

Union Woos Rothbury Men Moves to Stop Production in All Collieries North Rothbury

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 7

Efforts are being made to induce non-Federation men working at the Rothbury mines to join in the general coal strike. The Rothbury employees decided at a…

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German Coal by Rail to Italy London

The Sun · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 1

Moscow radio says that details of an agreement between Germany and Italy for the supply of German coal will be completed within a few days…

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Mining in Canada. Record Output Last Year

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 8

Canada s minuig output reached a new high level last year the value being 470,179,000 dollars (£A.134,336,000), an increase of 6 per cent. ovet 1938 and 3 per cent, over the…

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Hughes May Move in Strike Conference for Settlement Posstrle Miners' £100

Daily News · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 2

IT was suggested in reliable quarters yesterday that Minister for Industry, Mr. Hughes may take steps this week to call a conference between the mine workers and the…

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Non-union Coal. Plan to Stop Carriage. Meeting To-day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 11

Plans to stop the transport of coal produced from non-union mines will be discussed at a conference in Sydney this morning of delegates from the…

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A.l.p. Blanches Big Mascot Meeting Gives Enthusiastic Support to Miners

Daily News · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 8

"THIS meeting of the Mascot branch of the A.L.P. enthusiastically endorses the decisions and actions of the Combined Mining Unions. We pledge ourselves as a branch and individually to do everything possible to assist in bringing this fight to a successful conclusion."…

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Jockey's Complaint. Gold Salute Left at Post. Stewards Support Starter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 15

A complaint by the jockey F. Shean, that his mount, Gold Salute, favourite for the Liverpool Handicap at Randwick on Saturday, was not in line when the starter, Mr…

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Mine Disaster in U.S.A. New York, March 17. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 11

Fifty coal miners are entombed in the Willowgrove pit, Bellaire (Ohio). An explosion took place while 180 men were below…

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Carpatma Tin Mining Co. Half-year's Loss of £3,376

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 8

Caipathia Tin Mining Co., N.L. shows a loss of £3,376 for the half-year ended January 31, compared svith a net profit of £570 for the previous period and £1,881 for the…

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Geebung's Great Doncaster Trial "Six" Too Short; Mile Will Suit Perfectly Gold Salute Impressive After Losing Ground

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 22

Outstanding among the performances given by Doncaster Handicap candidates at Randwick on Saturday was that of Geebung. In an apparently hopeless position entering…

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Coal Being Drawn. Large Collieries. Needs of Secondary Industries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 11

Several of the largest collieries in New South Wales were drawing coal yesterday, according to reports received in well-informed quarters in…

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Support for Miners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 11

Plans for preventing the transport of coal produced by non-union labour were discussed at a conference yesterday of officials of the transport unions and…

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Trapped After Mine Disaster

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 3

NEW YORK, Monday. -- Hope has been almost abandoned for 69 men trapped after an explosion in the Willowgrove coal mine, at St. Clairsville…

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The King Sees Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 1

VISITING Portsmouth, the King inspects a German magnetic mine, picked up on the English coast. Naval men, risking their lives, took to pieces mines which had been recovered, unexploded, and thus revealed…

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Australian Gold Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 8

SOVEREIGNS: £2/9/, unch. The price of gold lodged with the Commonwealth Bank on Saturday and yesterday will be fixed to-day…

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Coal For Mt. isa

Daily News · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday.--Blair Athol miners to-night decided to obey the instructions of the Executive Committee of the Combined Mining…

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Britain's Aim. 14,000,000 Tons of Coal a Year. Miners Reduce Holidays. From Our Own Correspondent. London, March 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 12

British coal miners are responding to an appeal by the Minister for Mines to increase the country's output to 14,000,000 [?]ons a year…

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Coal for Mount Isa. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 11

By 61 votes to 49 Blair Athol miners at a mass meeting to-night agreed to abide by the instructions from the combined mining unions' executive in Sydney and the committee of…

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Union Levy for Miners Newcastle. Mar 16

Tribune · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 2

The recommendation of the A.C.T.U. for a levy by all unions to support the mineworkers’ strike was endorsed at a…

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Gold's Future. Sir Colin Fraser's View

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 8

Sir Colin Fraser, president of the Australian Mines and Metals Association (Inc.), devoted a great part of his speech at the annual meeting in…

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