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Mining & the mines, 1943

3,898 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 195

Coal Supplies "Confidential"

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 May 1943 · page 7

IT was obvious from his statement on the coal position in the Legislative Assembly that reserve stocks at munition factories were of a…

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Bullets, Shells and Mines

The Sun · Saturday 15 May 1943 · page 3

Sappers clear the Way for Eighth Army's advance in Tunisia. They are sweeping for…

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Consolidated Gold Areas

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 May 1943 · page 10

A debenture issue of £5000, in 100 debentures of £50 each, is offered to shareholders of Consolidated Gold Areas, N.L. The debentures will bear 6 per cent…

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Falls Down Mine, Escapes Unharmed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 May 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Friday.--Joseph Boulton, 40, a coalminer at Buslem (Staffordshire), fell down a 960ft. mine shaft and escaped with only friction burns…

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Move For Discipline Of Miners

The Sun · Saturday 15 May 1943 · page 3

The problem of disciplining the minority responsible for unauthorised coal production…

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British Coal for Freed Countries

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 15 May 1943 · page 2

News received from London states that so much secrecy necessarily attaches to many trade developments in wartime that it is a difficult task to comment upon passing events in detail. Until lately, for example, the actual figures of coal…

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Minister on Coal Strike Causes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 May 1943 · page 10

The coal mining industry was suffering from deep-seated ills which, unfortunately, had not been dedicated and which were not…

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Huge Gold Theft by Metallurgist

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 May 1943 · page 7

CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday. -- Leo Edward Morland, metallurgist, who came to New Zealand from Australia, was found guilty at…

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Huge Gold Theft by Metallurgist

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 May 1943 · page 7

CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday. -- Leo Edward Morland, metallurgist, who came to New Zealand from Australia, was found guilty at…

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Huge Gold Theft by Metallurgist

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 May 1943 · page 7

CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday. -- Leo Edward Morland, metallurgist, who came to New Zealand from Australia, was found guilty at…

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Guinea Gold's Loss Of £857

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 May 1943 · page 10

Guinea Gold, N.L., sustained a loss of £857 for the year to February 28. There was a profit of £44,248 for the…

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GOLD—DUST and Steel—filings Things That Count

The Methodist · Saturday 15 May 1943 · page 2

Not what we have, but what we use, Not what we see, but what we choose— These are the things that mar or bless The sum of human happiness…

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Miners want one control

The Sun · Sunday 16 May 1943 · page 5

Central executive of the Miners' Federation is seeking an immediate conference with the Federal Government and the…

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Rescue plane hurdles a mine LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 16 May 1943 · page 3

An Australian, Pilot Officer T. E. Hilton, a pilot in the Fighter Command Air sea Rescue Squadron, which, since its formation…

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Idle Mines Cause Big Coal Loss

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 May 1943 · page 7

Loss in coal production today because of strikes by about 1440 miners at seven N.S.W. mines is estimated at about 5350 tons…

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Idle Mines Cause Big Coal Loss

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 May 1943 · page 7

Loss in coal production today because of strikes by about 1440 miners at seven N.S.W. mines is estimated at about 5350 tons…

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Idle Mines Cause Big Coal Loss

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 May 1943 · page 7

Loss in coal production today because of strikes by about 1440 miners at seven N.S.W. mines is estimated at about 5350 tons…

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Idle Mines Cause Big Coal Loss

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 May 1943 · page 2

Loss in coal production today because of strikes by about 1440 miners at seven N.S.W. mines is estimated at about 5350 tons…

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Idle Mines Cause Big Coal Loss

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 May 1943 · page 7

Loss in coal production today because of strikes by about 1440 miners at seven N.S.W. mines is estimated at about 5350 tons…

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U.S. Coal Mine Truce Negotiations Ordered

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 May 1943 · page 6

WASHINGTON, May 16 (A.A.P.).—The War Labour Board has ordered American coalminers and mine-owners to…

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