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Mining & the mines, 1944

4,597 stories in Sydney's papers · page 84 of 230

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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Finance and Markets Britain's Gold Shortage

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 10

LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.).--Britain is virtually without gold, says the Statist. She has neither retained stocks nor…

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Finance, Commerce and Markets Britain's View of Gold Opposition to Standard

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 5

LONDON, May 14 (A.A.P.).— Anxiety lest any currency commitments would conflict with a full employment policy seemed…

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Second Shift Proposed for Collieries Soldier-Miners To Be Recalled

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 5

To help overtake the coal production lag the Miners' Federation will be asked to consent to two shifts daily in many New South Wales mines…

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Seven N.s.w. Coal Mines Idle Today

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 2

SEVEN coal mines are idle or partly idle in N.S.W. today. Lithgow, Pelaw Main, Richmond Main, Bellbird, Neath, Coalcliff and…

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Seven N.s.w. Coal Mines Idle Today

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 2

SEVEN coal mines are idle or partly idle in N.S.W. today. Lithgow, Pelaw Main, Richmond Main, Bellbird, Neath, Coalcliff and…

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Seven N.s.w. Coal Mines Idle Today

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 2

SEVEN coal mines are idle or partly idle in N.S.W. today. Lithgow. Pelaw Main. Richmond Main, Bellbird, Neath, Coalcliff and…

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Finance, Commerce, Mines and Markets the Decline of Gold Fear Revives Demand

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 5

Two recent reports have directed public attention toward the problem of gold. The repor of the committee on…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 5

EMPEROR: 12 weeks ended May 10. treated 38,678 tons oxidised tor 5,982oz fine. NGAHERE: Two weeks ended May 12. ran 244 hours, treated 87,000 cub. yds. for 329oz…

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Commonwealth to Mechanise Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 4

LITHGOW, Monday.—Control of Commonwealth No. 2 open cut mine, Lidsdale, was taken over by Mr. R. P. Jack, industrial…

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Six Coal Pits Idle

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 5

Loss of a pair of miner's boots caused a stoppage at the State Coal Mine at Lithgow today. Five other N.S.W. mines are also…

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Six Coal Pits Idle

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 2

Loss of a pair of miner's boots caused a stoppage at the State Coal Mine at Lithgow today. Five other N.S.W. mines are also…

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Six Coal Pits Idle

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 2

Loss of a pair of miner's boots caused a stoppage at the State Coal Mine at Lithgow today. Five other N.S.W. mines are also…

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May Avert Coal Cut

The Sun · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 2

If the Miners' Federation will yield the principle of a second shift--to produce coal, and not merely to develop mines--the…

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Miner Killed When Roof of Colliery Caves in

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. -- Albert George Hayden (54), miner, of Booragul, was killed under several hundred tons of coal which crashed…

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Miner Killed When Roof of Colliery Caves in

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. -- Albert George Hayden (54), miner, of Booragul, was killed under several hundred tons of coal which crashed…

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Consolidated Gold New Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 5

Reconstruction of Consolidated Gold Areas. N.L., has been agreed to by shareholders and a new company called Consolidated Gold Mining…

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Miner Buried by Coal Fall

The Sun · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. -- Twenty miners worked for more than six hours today to release the body of Albert George…

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Gold Stocks Position In Britain

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 2

It is reported from London that anxiety lest any currency commitments would conflict with a full employment policy seemed chiefly…

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Coal Commission Takes Over Open-cut Coalmine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 1

The Commonwealth No. 2 coalmine at Lidsdale, near Lithgow, photographed yesterday, when the Coal Commission, on behalf of the Commonwealth Government, took over control to increase production. This privately-owned coalmine, the…

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