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Mining & the mines, 1942

4,235 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 212

American Ship Building Coal Burners with Scotch Boilers

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 26 January 1942 · page 2

The Vancouver Shipping paper, "Harbour and Shipping," in its notes on the Pacific Coast freight and shipping review, says:—…

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Coal Mines "Kept Closed"

The Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 2

Certain colliery managements had violated the Federal regulation dealing with coal production, declared the general…

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Accident Closes Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 6

CESSNOCK, Monday.--A runaway locomotive on an underground track at Cessnock No. 1 Colliery crashed into the cage at the pit bottom today…

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Northern Miners All at Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 9

NEWCASTLE Monday.—All mines on the northern coalfield worked to-day, although in some cases the pits were short of their full complement…

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Adelong Gold N.L. Loss of £530

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 14

ACCOUNTS of Adelong Gold Estates N.L. for the half-year ended October 31 last disclose a loss of £530, increasing the debit balance…

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Dover Miners Show Blitz Spirit In 17-Day Strike

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.--Sixteen hundred striking coal miners at Bettshanger Colliery, Kent, almost within sight of the cliffs of Dover, have lost thousands of pounds in wages and cost the nation 20,000 tons of coal because of a dispute…

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Dover Miners Show Blitz Spirit In 17-Day Strike

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.--Sixteen hundred striking coal miners at Bettshanger Colliery, Kent, almost within sight of the cliffs of Dover, have lost thousands of pounds in wages and cost the nation 20,000 tons of coal because of a dispute…

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Dover Miners Show Blitz Spirit In 17-Day Strike

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.--Sixteen hundred striking coal miners at Bettshanger Colliery, Kent, almost within sight of the cliffs of Dover, have lost thousands of pounds in wages and cost the nation 20,000 tons of coal because of a dispute…

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Sympathy Strikes in Welsh Mines

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 January 1942 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday.--Miners at one South Wales colliery have struck and work has been interrupted at a number of other mines as…

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Death of Queensland Minister for Mines

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 January 1942 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The death occurred yesterday of the Minister for Mines (Mr. John O'Keefe)…

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Death of Queensland Minister for Mines

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 January 1942 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The death occurred yesterday of the Minister for Mines (Mr. John O'Keefe)…

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Death of Queensland Minister for Mines

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 January 1942 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The death occurred yesterday of the Minister for Mines (Mr. John O'Keefe)…

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News in Brief Killed By Coal Fall

The Sun · Wednesday 28 January 1942 · page 3

Two men were killed by a fall of coal in a mine near Collie, Western Australia, last night, the victims being Richard…

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Mine Washed Up

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--A German mine has been washed up on Kangaroo Island. Several other enemy mines were…

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Mine Washed Up

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--A German mine has been washed up on Kangaroo Island. Several other enemy mines were…

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U.s. Mine Explosion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 7

NEW YORK. Jan. 28. (A.A.P.).— A black damp explosion in a mine at Mount. Harris, Colorado, killed 34 coalminers…

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Mine Washed Up On Kangaroo Island

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--A German mine has been washed up on Kangaroo Island. Several other enemy mines were…

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Mine Washed Up On Kangaroo Island

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--A German mine has been washed up on Kangaroo Island. Several other enemy mines were…

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Gold Salute Belies Race Form

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Moderate times were the order on all tracks this morning. Champion three-year-olds Laureate and…

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Gold Salute Belies Race Form

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Moderate times were the order on all tracks this morning. Champion three-year-olds Laureate and…

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