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Mining & the mines, 1944

4,597 stories in Sydney's papers · page 74 of 230

Mines Levies May Be Higher

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 April 1944 · page 4

Although the Miners' Pensions Fund is in a healthy condition, it may be necessary to consider the increasing of contributions…

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Important Colliery Experiment Vast Savings May Be Made

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 April 1944 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—Millions of tons of high-grade coal will be saved for Australia if experiments which have begun at Aberdare Extended Colliery prove that hydraulic stowage can be applied…

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Less Coal For Year Predicted

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 April 1944 · page 5

Australian coal production for 1944 will fall below 11,000,000 tons unless average…

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Miners Stop Work to Help Nurses

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 April 1944 · page 4

BRISBANE, Friday. -- Coalminers at Collinsville, North Queensland, ceased work yesterday in sympathy with the demands of nurses at the…

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New South Wales Coal The Post-war Outlook

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 28 April 1944 · page 2

At the annual meeting of the Caledonian Collieries Ltd., which was held on Wednesday last, the chairman, Mr. A. Howard-Smith,…

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How we hope to return to gold-and live

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 April 1944 · page 8

REPRESENTATIVES of 34 nations have agreed in Washington to a scheme for currency…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 April 1944 · page 5

FIRST HIT.—Feb. 25 to March 31, treated 650 tons ore and 25 tons sands for 492oz fine, value £4,770…

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Retreat to Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 April 1944 · page 2

Sir,—Your correspondent, A. T. Traversi, considers a 'retreat to gold" justified by his belief in the benefits that would accrue to various thrift funds. He…

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Mr. Spender's Coal Warning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 April 1944 · page 4

Alleging that coal reserves were perilously low, Mr. P. C. Spender, MP., said yesterday that unless production…

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May Day Pay for Miners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 April 1944 · page 5

Holiday rates of pay will apply to work done by western district mine workers on May 1. This order was made yesterday by…

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Coal Insufficient for Full Output

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 April 1944 · page 8

Coal supplies were not adequate for full production, and unless improvement took place, it would not be possible to maintain even the present…

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Gold Hunt Revives Oakes Murder Mystery

The World's News · Saturday 29 April 1944 · page 7

THE story is being freely told in the Bahamas of how Alfred de Marigny, lately acquitted of the murder of his father-in-law,…

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Finance, Commerce, Mines and Markets Savings Deposits Soar £110 Million in Year

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 April 1944 · page 5

An increase of £10 million in savings bank deposits in Australia during March maintained the recent rate of monthly…

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"Mine, All Mine!"

Truth · Sunday 30 April 1944 · page 8

Top: This is not a "Hell Hitler" by the Balmain forward, but…

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Gold Salute in New Hands

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 30 April 1944 · page 10

Gold Salute has changed stables many times in his racing career. He is now in E. Hush's team, and looks remarkably fit…

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Public Faces Bleakest Winter Evatt Must Give Facts About Coal

Truth · Sunday 30 April 1944 · page 17

AFTER years of so-called planning by the Curtin Government we face the winter with warnings of restricted use of radiators, and hot water, serious coal and coke shortages, and the grave danger of industries being curtailed and in some cases possibly…

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Miners' 'No' to Communists

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 May 1944 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Monday -- The Northern Miners' Board of Management has declined to support the Communist Party…

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Miners' 'No' to Communists

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 May 1944 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Monday. -- The Northern Miners' Board of Management has declined to support the Communist Party…

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Miners' 'No' to Communists

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 May 1944 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Monday. -- The Northern 'Miners' Board of Management has declined to support the Communist Party…

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Stability of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 May 1944 · page 2

Sir,—When the issue of banknotes is dependent on the metallic reserve, there is a stage reached in the printing of notes beyond which the Treasury dare not…

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