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Mining & the mines, 1944

4,597 stories in Sydney's papers · page 82 of 230

Coal Loss 2225 Tons

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 4

Coal output on the northern field will drop by about 2225 tons today because of stoppages at two Nines and the loss of a…

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Coal Problem Worries Govt

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 7

CANBERRA, Thursday. --Coal reserve figures placed before Cabinet yesterday indicate that further restrictions will most…

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Coal Loss 2225 Tons

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 4

Coal output on the northern field will drop by about 2225 tons today because of stoppages at two Nines and the loss of a…

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Coal Loss 2225 Tons

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 7

Coal output on the northern field will drop by about 2225 tons today because of stoppages at two mines and the loss of a…

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Coal Loss 2225 Tons

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 7

Coal output on the northern field will drop by about 2225 tons today because of stoppages at two mines and the loss of a…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Coal Problem Worries Govt

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday. --Coal reserve figures placed before Cabinet yesterday indicate that further restrictions will most…

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Coal Problem Worries Govt

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday. --Coal reserve figures placed before Cabinet yesterday indicate that further restrictions will most…

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Coal Loss 2225 Tons

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 4

Coal output on the northern field will drop by about 2225 tons today because of stoppages at two Nines and the loss of a…

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German Ship Sunk by Mine

The Sun · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 1

STOCKHOLM, Thursday.--A new German steamer, the Odin (10,000 tons), carrying a full cargo of Swedish ore for…

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Practical Joke Holds Up Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 4

LITHGOW, Wednesday.—Employees at Hermitage Colliery did not work to-day because a practical joker hid a boy's boots…

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Bankrupt Gold Miner's £50,000

The Sun · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 3

A miner, who borrowed money 17 years ago to go prospecting in New Guinea, returned to Sydney in 1942 "worth £50,000" to find that he was a bankrupt…

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Coal Shortage Threat To War Industries

The Sun · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday. --Unless there is an immediate and substantial increase in coal production vital Australian war industries will have to be restricted. This warning, it is understood, was [?] to the Commonwealth…

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Finance, Commerce, Mines and Markets Guinea Airways Claim War Damage Payment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 5

Guinea Airways Ltd. has agreed with the War Damage Commission upon the amount of war damage suffered by the…

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2100 Tons of Coal Lost

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 May 1944 · page 3

Two collieries are idle in the State today. At another mine the majority of the men did not start work this morning…

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2100 Tons of Coal Lost

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 May 1944 · page 3

Two collieries are idle in the State today. At another mine, the majority of the men did not start work this morning…

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2100 Tons of Coal Lost

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 May 1944 · page 2

Two collieries are idle in the State today. At another mine the majority of the men did not start work this morning…

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2100 Tons of Coal Lost

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 May 1944 · page 3

Two collieries are idle in the State today. At another mine the majority of the men did not start work this morning…

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2100 Tons of Coal Lost

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 May 1944 · page 8

Two collieries are idle in the State today. At another mine the majority of the men did not start work this morning…

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Coal Position "Disturbing" Growing Demand for War Needs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 May 1944 · page 4

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Production Executive of the Full Cabinet was gravely disturbed at the position of coal stocks…

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Trade, Finance & Produce Markets U.K. Accepts Exchange Fund But Would Oppose Return To Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 May 1944 · page 12

LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.).--The House of Commons has agreed to a motion accepting the joint statement of expert advisers on the establishment of an international monetary fund…

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