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Mining & the mines, 1944

4,597 stories in Sydney's papers · page 79 of 230

For a Comeback in Gold

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 6 May 1944 · page 13

WHEN Federal Government's policy on goldmining is changed--as changed it must be--the following…

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Finance, Commerce, Mines and Markets State Debts Underpaid Readjustment Move

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 May 1944 · page 5

CANBERRA, Friday.—Negotiations' are proceeding between the Commonwealth and the States with the object of…

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Some Vic. Industries May Be Closed Coal Shortage Acute Next Week

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 May 1944 · page 5

There would probably be no coal available for certain Victorian industries by next Monday or Tuesday, the Victorian Premier (Mr. Dunstan) said last night…

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Coal Comfort

Truth · Sunday 7 May 1944 · page 12

When the old folks whom you're cherishing of cold are slowly perishing, And each day a sharper nip is in…

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COAL Wintry Blasts

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 7 May 1944 · page 8

[?] Stretched by bronchitis on a sick bed, Attorney-General Evatt sombrely dictated to a busy secretary…

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Mine taken over in West

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 7 May 1944 · page 6

The Commonwealth Government will take over its second coal mine on May 15…

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Miners in Fatal Row Over Opals

Truth · Sunday 7 May 1944 · page 10

OPALS, claimed by the superstitious to bring nothing but sorrow and tragedy to those who carry them, caused a quarrel which resulted in the murder of one man…

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Cuts in use of electricity expected shortly; Goal Controller takes over mine

The Sun · Sunday 7 May 1944 · page 2

RESTRICTIONS on the use of electricity, either for industrial or 'domestic use, may be the outcome of a conference between Coal Commissioner Mighell and Electricity Controller' Moss, in Melbourne next week…

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Behind-the-scenes analysis of Australia's greatest problem The coal miner as I know him

The Sun · Sunday 7 May 1944 · page 4

AUSTRALIA knows many things about the coalminer. He stands at the heart of the industrial life of the country. He is much addicted to the strike habit. And he can…

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Western Coal Mine Taken Over

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 May 1944 · page 4

The Commonwealth Coal commissioner, Mr. Norman Mighell, announced at the week-end that Commonwealth No. 2 mine, at…

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Adequate Coal If Mine Disputes Fewer 50 p.c. Reduction In Strikes Urged

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 May 1944 · page 7

If colliery strikes in 1944 could be red meed to half the total for 1943, Australia would have adequate stocks of coal, a mining authority said last night…

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Machinery Needed For Coal

The Sun · Monday 8 May 1944 · page 2

Because replacements for equipment are hard to get, Queensland coalmines cannot increase output…

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Bevin Boy Dies in Mine

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 May 1944 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.--Robert Hales, a Londoner, is the first "Bevin boy" to be killed in a mining accident. He started work in February…

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Bevin Boy Dies Un Mine

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 May 1944 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.--Robert Hales, a Londoner, is the first "Bevin boy" to be killed in a mining accident. He started work in February…

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Bevin Boy Dies in Mine

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 May 1944 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.--Robert Hales, a Londoner, is the first "Bevin boy" to be killed in a mining accident He started work in February…

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Bevin Boy Dies in Mine

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 May 1944 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.--Robert Hales, a Londoner, is the first "Bevin boy" to be killed in a mining accident. He started work in February…

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Bevin Boy Dies in Mine

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 May 1944 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.--Robert Hales, a Londoner, is the first "Bevin boy" to be killed in a mining accident. He started .work in February…

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Only Three Mines in State Idle

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 May 1944 · page 3

A stoppage, for the third consecutive working day, at the small Rhondda colliery is the only blemish today on the coal…

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Only Three Mines in State Idle

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 May 1944 · page 4

A stoppage, for the third consecutive working day, at the small Rhondda colliery is the only blemish today on the coal…

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Only Three Mines- in State Idle

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 May 1944 · page 3

A stoppage, for the third consecutive working day, at the small Rhondda colliery is the only blemish today on the coal…

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