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Mining & the mines, 1944

4,597 stories in Sydney's papers · page 61 of 230

Seven Mines Idle on Two Fields

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 29 March 1944 · page 11

ALL mines on the southern fields were working today, but five northern mines and two in the west were idle. Production loss is…

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Seven Mines Idle on Two Fields

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 29 March 1944 · page 2

ALL mines on the southern fields were working today, but five northern mines and two in the west were idle. Production loss is…

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Seven Mines Idle on Two Fields

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 29 March 1944 · page 11

ALL mines on the southern fields were working today, but five northern mines and two in the west were idle. Production loss is…

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Seven Mines Idle on Two Fields

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 29 March 1944 · page 11

ALL mines on the southern fields were working today, but five northern mines and two in the west were idle. Production loss is…

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Seven Mines Idle on Two Fields

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 29 March 1944 · page 2

ALL mines on the southern fields were working today, but five northern mines and two in the west were idle. Production loss is…

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Goldfields Area in New Guinea

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 29 March 1944 · page 3

A native carrier trail up the mountain sides in the Finisterre Ranges…

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New Coal Act Can Improve Mining

Tribune · Thursday 30 March 1944 · page 6

The Federal Government’s new Coal Act can do a powerful job in organising the industry along effective lines and improving mine-working conditions. THE Government can use it to bring…

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Caledonian Collieries Pass Divs

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 March 1944 · page 14

Profit of Caledonian Collieries, Ltd., for the year ended December 25 last was not sufficient to pay a dividend on…

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Miners Defy Big Lodge

The Sun · Thursday 30 March 1944 · page 5

Australia's second biggest coal-producer, Richmond Main, which has more men on its payroll than any other colliery in the…

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Coal Output Loss Halved

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 March 1944 · page 3

Five mines are idle in New South Wales today, but the potential production loss is 6000 tons less than yesterday, when…

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Coal Output Loss Halved

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 March 1944 · page 3

Five mines are idle in New South Wales today, but the potential production loss is 6000 tons less than yesterday, when…

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Coal Output Loss Halved

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 March 1944 · page 3

Five mines are idle in New South Wales today, but the potential production loss is 6000 tons less than yesterday, when…

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British Mine Leaders Ask Nationalisation

Tribune · Thursday 30 March 1944 · page 1

LONDON.—“We don’t hand the R.A.F. over to private enterprise, and coal is just as essential as the armed forces,” said Miners’…

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Soviet Miners Work Victory Shifts

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 March 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday.--Soviet workers have initiated "victory shifts" to celebrate the tremendous wave of Red Army victories. The "victory shifts" originated last week when a crowd of Tula…

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2,300 Miners on Strike

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 March 1944 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.— More than 2,300 mine workers on the northern coalfields went on strike to-day, causing a loss…

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No Preference Dividend Caledonian Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 March 1944 · page 3

Caledonian Collieries, Ltd., will' pay no dividend on either preference or ordinary shares for 1943…

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Indian Student Tells Miners About Famine

Tribune · Thursday 30 March 1944 · page 7

Mr. Vaidyananthan, M.A., Madras University graduate, gave three northern coalfields meetings—Cessnock, West Maitland and Kurri —a picture of India, its people, its war effort and famine sufferings…

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Coal Output Reaches New Wartime Peak: Union’s Peace Hopes

Tribune · Thursday 30 March 1944 · page 3

Miners’ Federation President “Bob” Wells told the “Tribune” that coal production in the last three week’s had mounted considerably and reached record wartime levels. [?] and increased output are bright,” “Prospects for continued work…

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R.a.f. Gold Cup for R.a.a.f

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 March 1944 · page 5

LONDON, March 29 (Official Wireless).—When the Duke of Gloucester, Governor-General Designate of Australia, goes to the Commonwealth [?]…

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New Guinea Scene "The Clouds are sometimes Purple and gold"

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 30 March 1944 · page 9

THE tense scenes showing the hardships, of campaigning, in this northern war are undoubtedly true. No one, least of all we who live in the stamps and jungles of New Guinea, would challenge them. The dark, matted jungle,…

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