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Mining & the mines, 1942

4,235 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 212

Central Gold Winds Up

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 8

SHAREHOLDERS of Central Gold Mines N.L. at a meeting in Adelaide yesterday voted for the voluntary liquidation of the company…

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Big Fall in Coal Stocks

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 6

"Coal stocks in eastern Australia have fallen 70,000 tons since December," the Sydney County Council chairman (Councillor W. Neville Harding)…

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Central Gold to Wind Up

The Sun · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 7

Shareholders of Central Gold Mines, N.L., at a meeting in Adelaide, decided to wind up the company. First liquidation dividend, it is hoped, will…

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Short Story by an Australian Author Coal Dust

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 9

Nancy's father works in the coal mine. Ever since Nancy was no bigger than so high, I can call to mind her screwing up her nose at the way the coal dust made little black seams in his flesh, crossed and criss-crossed, deep in. YOU could scrub the flesh red raw…

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Short Story by an Australian Author Coal Dust

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 9

Nancy's father works in the coal mine. Ever since Nancy was no bigger than so high, I can call to mind her screwing up her nose at the way the coal dust made little black seams in his flesh, crossed and criss-crossed, deep in. YOU could scrub the flesh red raw…

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Short Story by an Australian Author Coal Dust

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 9

Nancy's father works in the coal mine. Ever since Nancy was no bigger than so high, I can call to mind her screwing up her nose at the way the coal dust made little black seams in his flesh, crossed and criss-crossed, deep in. YOU could scrub the flesh red raw…

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Short Story by an Australian Author Coal Dust

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 9

Nancy's father works in the coal mine. Ever since Nancy was no bigger than so high, I can call to mind her screwing up her nose at the way the coal dust made little black seams in his flesh, crossed and criss-crossed, deep in. YOU could scrub the flesh red raw…

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Short Story by an Australian Author Coal Dust

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 9

Nancy's father works in the coal mine. Ever since Nancy was no bigger than so high, I can call to mind her screwing up her nose at the way the coal dust made little black seams in his flesh, crossed and criss-crossed, deep in. YOU could scrub the flesh red raw…

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Coal Strike At 10 Mines Now Unlikely

Daily Mirror · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 7

The threatened strike at 10 big mines on the northern coalfields is likely to be averted. Trouble arose over the use of…

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Coal Strike At 10 Mines Now Unlikely

Daily Mirror · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 7

The threatened strike at 10 big mines on the northern coalfields is likely to be averted. Trouble arose over the use of…

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More Miners Required U.K. Coal Needs and Army Our Own Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 6

LONDON, March 18.—Unless the British Army is willing to permit more experienced miners to leave the forces and return…

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One Idle Mine

The Sun · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 3

Invincible Colliery (Western District) is not working today because of a dispute between a…

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Railway Diggers Strike Gold

Daily Mirror · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday.-- Workmen excavating for new railway lines from Port Arlington to Clonast Peatworks…

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HERCULES No. 1 GOLD

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 3

In their report for the year to December 31. directors of Hercules No. 1 Gold Mining Co., N.L., recommena that the comdany be wound no voluntarily. Assets, with the exception of…

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Railway Diggers Strike Gold

Daily Mirror · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday.-- Workmen excavating for new railway lines from Port Arlington to Clonast Peatworks…

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Miners Ordered to Resume Commonwealth Acts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 4

Orders in Canberra under Statutory Rule 77 were issued last night instructing striking mine workers at Richmond Main…

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Mines Explode Off Coast of Eire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 3

DUBLIN, Thursday.-- Detonations shook houses within a 10-mile radius, shattering many windows, when drifting mines exploded after…

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Mines Explode Off Coast of Eire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 3

DUBLIN, Thursday.-- Detonations shook houses within a 10-mile radius, shattering many windows, when drifting mines exploded after…

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Mines Explode Off Coast of Eire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 3

DUBLIN, Thursday.-- Detonations shook houses within a 10-mile radius, shattering many windows, when drifting mines exploded after…

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N.s.w. Gold Output

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 3

Gold produced in New South Wales in 1941, as shown by Mines Department figures released yesterday, amounted to 88,09loz fine, valued at…

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