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Mining & the mines, 1944

4,597 stories in Sydney's papers · page 83 of 230

Cessnock Collieries' Record

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

IT is ironic that coal production at Cessnock Collieries' No. 1 mine should be interrupted by an accident at this vital…

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Star Gold Unlikely

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 May 1944 · page 12

STAR GOLD will not be a runner in the Flying Handicap at Canterbury today. Mrs. J. Daniels, whose husband…

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3 Mines Idle Through Disputes

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 May 1944 · page 4

Industrial disputes at three mines yesterday involved more than 600 men, and caused a loss of more than 1770 tons of coal…

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Advt. Began Bid To Buy Coal

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 May 1944 · page 8

An advertisement in a morning newspaper, offering to sell a ton of anthracite coal, brought 18 telephone calls within…

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Advt. Began Bid To Buy Coal

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 May 1944 · page 8

An advertisement in a morning newspaper, offering to sell a ton of anthracite coal, brought 18 telephone calls within…

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Finance, Commerce, Mines and Markets Employment in N.S.W. Incidence of Swing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 May 1944 · page 5

The number of wage and salary earners in civil employment in New South Wales increased by 1,100 during…

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Gold Instead Of Coal!

Truth · Sunday 14 May 1944 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—"Good on you, coal miner!" greeted jockey Dinny Treay as be brought Rough Caste back to scale after…

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Political Roundabout Headaches Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 14 May 1944 · page 8

Acting-Prime Minister Frank Forde's professional smile lost some of its elasticity this week…

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Miner-parson has a coal solution

The Sun · Sunday 14 May 1944 · page 4

THE article by the Rev. Alan Walker in "The Sunday Sun" last week on "The coal miner as I know him" is the best that has appeared yet on the coal problem. It is true in every, detail…

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Coke, coal short, even for invalids

The Sun · Sunday 14 May 1944 · page 7

SUPPLIES of peanut coke for Esse and similar stoves are unobtainable, even on production of a…

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Pink and gold and khaki spring

The Sun · Sunday 14 May 1944 · page 1

The English land dreamed and stirred to wakefulness. Around the homely, slanting cones of Kentish oast-houses, this other…

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Miners Oppose Coal Rationing

The Sun · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 2

"Coal rationing would increase absenteeism in war industries, because of sickness and, even at this late hour, it would be wiser first to examine…

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Coal for Portugal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 1

LONDON, May 14 (A.A.P.).—The arrival in Lisbon of a cargo of 8,000 tons of coal in a British ship from India, reported by Reuter's…

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Less Canadian Gold

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 5

MONTREAL, Monday. -- Canada's gold production in the first quarter this year declined sharply to 781,240 fine ounces, compared with…

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Less Canadian Gold

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 5

MONTREAL, Monday. -- Canada's gold production in the first quarter this year declined sharply to 781,240 fine ounces, compared with…

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Less Canadian Gold

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 5

MONTREAL, Monday. -- Canada's gold production in the first quarter this year declined sharply to 781,240 fine ounces, compared with…

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Miners At Coalcliff Idle Again

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 3

Coalcliff colliery, on the Southern coalfield, is idle today for the second time since it was taken over by the…

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Miners At Coalcliff Idle Again

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 3

Coalcliff colliery, on the Southern coalfield, is idle today for the second time since it was taken over by the…

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Owners Can't Find Strikeless Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 7

A small coalmine has been offered for sale in Sydney. As an attraction the vendor advertises "NO STRIKES." The advertisement, in the For Sale…

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New German Freighter Sunk By A Mine

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 2

According to news received from Stockholm a new German steamer, the Odin (10,000 ton's), carrying a full cargo of Swedish…

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