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Mining & the mines, 1944

4,597 stories in Sydney's papers · page 71 of 230

Big Coal Loss At Six Mines

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 April 1944 · page 4

More than 5000 tons of coal were lost as a result of stoppages at six N.S.W. mines today. Five of the stoppages are…

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Big Coal Loss At Six Mines

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 April 1944 · page 4

More than 5000 tons of coal were lost, as a result of stoppages at six N.S.W. mines today. Five of the stoppages are…

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Big Coal. Loss At Six Mines

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 April 1944 · page 4

More than 5000 tons of coal were lost as a result of stoppages at six N.S.W. mines today. Five of the stoppages are…

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Retreat to Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 April 1944 · page 2

After twelve months of labour on the problem of currency stabilisation the technical experts of 34 nations have produced a draft agreement…

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Fines Not Paid, Miners Out

The Sun · Monday 24 April 1944 · page 2

Failure of some miners to pay fines is reported to be the cause of two stoppages at northern collieries today…

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Coal Position Black and Bleak

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 April 1944 · page 2

The winter cool position of Australia is, in every sense of the terms, both black and bleak. Coal reserves are perilously low because so far this year the coal produced in N.S.W., is 300,000 tons less than for the same first four months of last year…

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Attack On Owners By Miners' Chief

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 April 1944 · page 5

LONDON, Monday. -- Mr. Will Lawther, president of the Mineworkers' Federation in a speech at…

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Attack On Owners By Miners' Chief

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 April 1944 · page 5

LONDON, Monday. -- Mr. Will Lawther, president of the Mineworkers' Federation in a speech at…

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5000 Tons Lost at Six Mines

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 April 1944 · page 11

MORE than 5000 tons of coal were lost as a result of stoppages at six New South Wales mines today. Three of the stoppages are due to…

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5000 Tons Lost at Six Mines

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 April 1944 · page 3

MORE than 5000 tons of coal were lost as a result of stoppages at six New South Wales mines today. Three of the stoppages are due to…

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Gold As Basis For Currency

The Sun · Monday 24 April 1944 · page 2

Representatives of 34 nations are reported from New York to have agreed to basic principles of an…

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Austral New Zealand Mining

The Sun · Monday 24 April 1944 · page 7

For 28 days ended April 15, the dredge operated for 446 hours and treated 132,000 cubic yards for 323oz. bullion. Dredge is passing through…

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Coal Position Is Black and Bleak

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 April 1944 · page 2

The winter coal position of Australia is, in every sense of the terms, both black and bleak. Coal reserves are perilously low because so far this year the coal produced in N.S.W., is 300,000 tons less than for the same first four months of last…

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Coal Position Is Black and Bleak

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 April 1944 · page 2

The winter coal position of Australia is, in every sense of the terms, both black and bleak. Coal reserves are perilously low because so far this year the coal produced in N.S.W., is 300,000 tons less than for the same first four months of last…

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Coal Position Is Black and Bleak

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 April 1944 · page 2

The winter coal position of Australia is, in every sense of the terms, both black and bleak. Coal reserves ore perilously low because so far this year the coal produced in N.S.W., is 300,000 tons less than for the same first four months of last…

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Bulolo Gold Dredges Directors Believe Still Intact

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 April 1944 · page 5

Dredges of Bulolo Gold Dredging Ltd. are still intact, apart from small parts taken for military purposes, the directors…

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Finance, Commerce, Mines and Markets British Budget Policy Tax Reforms Urged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 April 1944 · page 5

LONDON, April 23 (A.A.P.).— Partly because the Budget is no longer regarded as a statement of prospective Exchequer…

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Six Mines Idle Today

The Sun · Tuesday 25 April 1944 · page 2

Drop in coal production today because of stoppages at six collieries is estimated at about 5400 tons…

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Retreat to Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 April 1944 · page 2

Sir,—The announcement that 34 nations have agreed to the establishment of an international stabilisation fund based on gold rejecting the Keynes plan to allot gold a…

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6 Mines, Abattoirs, Steelworks Idle

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 April 1944 · page 7

Six coalmines were idle in New South Wales yesterday, and there were stoppages at Homehush Abattoirs and Lysaght's Port Kembla steelworks. The mines idle were:…

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