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Mining & the mines, 1941

3,912 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 196

A Disused Mine

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 February 1941 · page 1

A COMPLAINT that a disused mine at Bell constituted a danger to the public, was quickly settled at last meeting of the Blue Mountains Shire…

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Victoria May Get More N.s.w. Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 February 1941 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- Victoria intends to try to increase coal imports from New South Wales from 25,000 to 50,000 tons a week…

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Mount Kasi Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1941 · page 7

Mount Kasl Mines Ltd. reports that, owing to a clerical error, the production figure for the four weeks ended January 29 was given by the company as 816oz fine, instead of 649oz fine, valued…

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Coal Reference Boards Set Up

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1941 · page 6

CANBERRA, Thursday.--Coal reference boards were established in the Newcastle and Maitland districts by regulations gazetted tonight…

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Coal Industry. Appointment of Reference Boards Announced. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1941 · page 6

Local Reference Boards for the Newcastle and Maitland districts and for Victoria have been established under the National Security Coal Mining Industry…

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Landmarks of Singapore — Level Crossing Smash — Land Mine Demonstrated — Mayors' Swimming Race

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1941 · page 12

The landmarks of Singapore will interest Australian troops on leave in the next few months. Top: Moorish and European architecture provide a strange contrast in the business area. Lower: Raffles Hotel, the most famous in all the Orient. It is named after Sir Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore…

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The Coal Trade Reference Boards' Appointments

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 22 February 1941 · page 2

Advices received from Canberra state that Local Reference Boards for Newcastle and Maitland districts and for Victoria,…

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"Gold-rush Maisie" (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 22 February 1941 · page 19

A PLEASANT piece of work, with a simple story, and the chief character Maisie,…

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Empire Gold Output

Truth · Sunday 23 February 1941 · page 10

WHAT is Britain's gold output worth? The Rand in South Africa is producing over 13,000,000 ounces annually while…

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Italy in Mines Pincers London

The Sun · Sunday 23 February 1941 · page 1

The Admiralty has announced the mining of an area of thousands of square miles in the Mediterranean between…

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Judge Warns Coal Miners

The Sun · Monday 24 February 1941 · page 3

"You cannot have arbitration and the law of the jungle as well. It must be one or the other," Judge Drake- Erockman told miners' officials in the…

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Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 24 February 1941 · page 1

The quantity of coal, hauled by the N.S.W. Government railways was 6,644,898 tons in the eleven months ended 30th November, 1940, compared with 7,819,539 tons in the corresponding months of 1939…

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Cullengoral Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 February 1941 · page 7

Cullengoral Alluvial Gold Siuicing, N.L., reports that the dredge worked for three weeks in the four-weekly period ended February 21, and recovered 122cz 4dwt of smelted gold. General…

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Perilous Waters at Singapore. Mines and Patrols Wait for Enemy. The Vital Naval Base. SINGAPORE, Feb. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 February 1941 · page 10

Elaborate precautions have been taken at Singapore to prevent enemy submarines or other craft from entering the harbour and to keep the main…

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Pay Increase for Miners

The Sun · Tuesday 25 February 1941 · page 5

Increnses of 2s 5d a shift for contract miners and the equivalent of 7d a day for off-hand labor in New South Wales, Queensland and…

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Australian Gold Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 February 1941 · page 5

SOVEREIGNS: £2/9/3. unch. The price for gold lodged last Saturday and yesterday will be announced by the Commonwealth Bank to-day…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies. Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 25 February 1941 · page 1

The following are the names of the collieries and shipping companies, with their addresses and telephone numbers, which are at present…

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Mount Bischoff Tin Mining Co. Launceston (Tas.)

The Sun · Tuesday 25 February 1941 · page 11

A motion that the company should be wound up was withdrawn at the annual meeting of Mount Bischoff Tin Mining Co., Ltd., After it had been explained that an…

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Rich Gold Crushing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 February 1941 · page 9

At the Laverton State Battery, W.A., Messrs. Cable Brothers crushed 24 tons from their lease at Burtville for a yield of 235½oz of gold…

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Mining Department Another Inquest at Captain's Flat

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 26 February 1941 · page 16

Last week I visited Captain's Flat Mine to attend the coronial inquiry into the death of our late member, Mr. William Rhys Russell, a miner, 23 years…

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