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Mining & the mines, 1941

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

Coal Oil By-products

The Broadcaster · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 2

Mr. Charles A. Morgan, M.H.R., has hern advised that, following his representations to the Federal Treasurer, the application for registration of Coal Oil…

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Mums Baking Powder. Gold Cake

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 26

Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter, 1 cup sugar, 2 cups flour, 3 teaspoons Mums Buking Powder, 4 yolks of eggs, A cup milk. 1 teaspoon vanilla…

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Bombs Upset Coal Supply London

The Sun · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 9

German housewives are being asked to use four parts of coke to one of coal, because British bombings have disturbed the railway system and…

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Engineer Absolved of Theft. Scrap Metal at Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 9

A charge against Victor Heithersay Warn, 46, engineer of having stolen steel girders and miscellaneous pieces of scrap iron of a total value of £188, the property of Eric Wa[?]…

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All Mines Idle on South Coast Wollongong

The Sun · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 5

All the South Coast mines are idle to-day while the engine drivers and firemen are holding a meeting at Woonona to discuss alleged…

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Gold in a Stubbed Toe Kalgoorlie

The Sun · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 3

Annoyed by a jagged piece of rock on the path to his camp against which he constantly stubbed his toe,…

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Great Activity at New Red Cross Store. Mine-sweepers Send Thanks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 16

THE original Red Cross depot, in a building in Phillip Street, was opened at the outbreak of war as a receiving and distributing centre…

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Northern Mine Dispute. Seniority Rule Again. Lodge Will Not Accept Award. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 7

Further trouble on the seniority issue is likely to develop on the northern coalfields as a result of a continuance of the conflict at John Darling lodge,…

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Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 3

The quantity of coal hauled by N.S.W. Government railways was 5,844,614 tons in the ten months ended 31st October, 1940, compared with 7,213,550 tons in the corresponding months of 1939…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 7

BLACK JACK GOLD.—Fortnight ended Jan. 4: Crushed 128 tons of stone; concentrates on hand, 13 tons; cyaniding interrupted by showery weather…

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Strike Follows Mine Accident Cessnock

The Sun · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 3

Pelton miners to-day refused to return to work until a new system of timbering is introduced at the colliery…

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Springvale Mine to Be Reopened. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 4

Western Collieries Pty. has acquired Springvale Colliery, near Wallerawang, and will open it soon. The mine has not been a producer for 10 years…

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W.A. Gold Yield Lower. Increase in Value

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 7

The Western Australian gold yield for 1940 was 1,191,481 ounces, valued at £12,698,391, compared with 1,214,238 ounces, valued at…

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Heavy Fall in Ruhr Coal Output. R.A.F. Dislocates Transport. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, Jan. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 10

By dislocating German transport, British bombers have contributed largely to a tremendous fall in coal production in the Ruhr, one of…

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Colliery Dispute Ends. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 13

The Steelworks Colliery, where a dispute occurred earlier in the week over the payment of Federal tax, resumed production this morning. The men, in conference with the…

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Northern Miners New Leaders

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 6

THIS week Northern Miners' Federation welcomes two new officials. Jock Kellock has been elected president, and Billy…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies. Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 3

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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New Guinea Gold Good Gamble

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 9

IN anticipation of a return of capital and a dividend of at least 3d. a share, maybe more, New Guinea Goldfields shares around 29…

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Shunter Killed By Coal Train CESSNOCK

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 5

William Gollan, a shunter, was decapitated by a coal train at Hebburn Colliery No. 1 today…

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Coal Tribunal Personnel. Workers' Representation Demanded. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 13

Aggregate meetings of engine-drivers and firemen in the north decided to-day to boycott any tribunal set up to adjudicate in disputes in the…

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