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Mining & the mines, 1943

3,898 stories in Sydney's papers · page 73 of 195

Luftwaffe. Polish Gold Waits Owner

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 June 1943 · page 4

LONDON, Friday. -- According to the Weekly Sketch, Polish Government gold valued at £17.000.000. spirited away from…

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Mining Research Aids War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 June 1943 · page 9

The Chief Secretary and Minister for Mines, Mr. Baddeley. after an inspection of new equipment at a chemical laboratory under the control of the…

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New Contract for 65,000 U S. Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 June 1943 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Thursday. -- A new contract between the United Mine Workers' Union and Pennsylvanian coal-owners is hailed as a victory for the miners' leader (John L. Lewis)…

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Partial Coal Agreement Some U.S. Owners Make Terms

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 June 1943 · page 6

NEW YORK, June 10 (A.A.P.). Breaking away from the U.S. northern mine operators' organisation, the Central…

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Miners Resent Strike Fines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 June 1943 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Friday.--Fines of 61 a day which have been imposed on 530,000 miners who struck last week are bitterly…

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New Deal for Miners Plan

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 June 1943 · page 8

Plans for a New Deal for the miners have been framed by the Post-War Committee of the Miners' Federation, which…

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New Deal for Miners Plan

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 June 1943 · page 8

Plans for a New Deal for the miners have been framed by the Post-War Committee of the Miners' Federation, which…

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Rifle Range 'Mine' Yields Big Return

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 June 1943 · page 6

Rich yields or valuable strategic metals--lead, copper, antimony, zinc and nickel--are being won from a single "mine" at…

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Rifle Range 'Mine' Yields Big Return

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 June 1943 · page 4

Rich yields of valuable strategic metals--lead, copper, antimony, zinc and nickel--are being won from a single "mine" at…

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Rifle Range 'Mine' Yields Big Return

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 June 1943 · page 6

Rich yields of valuable strategic metals--lead, copper, antimony, zinc and nickel--are being won from a single "mine" at…

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Miners Must Pay Fines No Jobs For Defaulters

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 June 1943 · page 4

Twenty-four miners fined £2 each yesterday by the Miners' Federation will not be allowed to work unless the fines are paid…

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Miners Resent Fines Fresh U.S. Trouble Expected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 June 1943 · page 10

WASHINGTON, June 11 (A.A.P.).—Imposition of fines, to be deducted from pay envelopes, on 530,000 coal miners, who…

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Polish Gold in West Africa Release Difficulty Our Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 June 1943 · page 10

LONDON, June 11 (A.A.P.).— Gold belonging to the Polish Government, valued at £17,000,000, which is known to have been…

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530,000 U.S. miners fined

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 13 June 1943 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Sat.--Fines of a dollar a day (61) imposed on 530,000 coalminers who struck last week, may…

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35-hour week aim in mines

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 13 June 1943 · page 6

A 35 hour week and a fixed wage for coalminers offer the war is the aim of the Miners'…

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U.S. miners may avoid penalties New York

The Sun · Sunday 13 June 1943 · page 1

INTERIOR Secretary Ickes announced that the coal miners will be given a chance to escape their…

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Raub Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 June 1943 · page 3

A Surplus of £125 is shown by the [?] Australian Gold M[?]. Co., Ltd., F.M.S., for the year ended March 31. This sum is the differnce between interest received…

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Miners Defy Lodge Discipline

The Sun · Monday 14 June 1943 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Monday.--Mine-workers at Aberdare Central Colliery defied a discipline measure when they failed to…

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Coal Stocks Decreasing Threat to War-Time Industry Frivolous Stoppages in Mines by a Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 June 1943 · page 4

Australia's coal supplies are diminishing at a rate, which threatens, if continued, dislocation of industry, weakening of the war effort, and radical changes in social life—a situation which can be avoided only by increased production…

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