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Mining & the mines, 1945

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Miners' Leaders Praised

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 4

The central council of the Miners' Federation yesterday congratulated the centrai executive on its leadership in the last…

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Chagrin Chrome Mines

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 15

A POLL taken at a meeting of shareholders of Chagrin Chrome Mines Ltd. resulted in 73,153 votes being in favor and 200 against the company winding up. It was…

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Chagrin Chrome Mines

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 18

A POLL taken at a meeting of share holders of Chagrin Chrome Mines Ltd. resulted in 73.153 votes being in favor and 200 against the company winding up. It was…

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Chagrin Chrome Mines

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 15

A POLL taken at a meeting of shareholders of Chagrin Chrome Mines Ltd. resulted in 73,153 votes being in favor and 200 against the company winding up. It was…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 5

A[?] CONSOLIDATED: Jan. 30. treated 170 tons for 324cz,…

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All Mine Victims' Bodies Found

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—The body of Arthur Keidge, 50, married, was found to-day in the colliery at Woodend, Inswich, where he and three others…

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Creep Cuts Coal Output CESSNOCK

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 4

Three sections of Pelton Colliery may not produce any more coal because of the creep…

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Big Savings in Coal Economy Campaign Results

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 4

"A great variety of industries, either of their own volition or as a direct result of suggestions by my fuel economy engineers,…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 5

NGAHERE: Two weeks ended Feb. 1, treated 75,000 cub. yds. for 230cz bullion. SNOWY RIVER.: Feb. 3, treated 40,300 cub. yds. for 261cz…

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Mining Reports

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 19

Fiji Gold Mines reports that the production of the combined mill at the Emperor Gold Mining Co. Ltd. for the 12 weeks ended- January 17 was 7013 ozs. of fine…

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Miners Renew Attacks On Government

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 3

The general secretary of the Miners' Federation, Mr G Grant, told the Central Council of the federation yesterday that…

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Week's Coal For Gas, Electricity

The Sun · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 5

Sydney County Council has only one week's supply of coal for electricity, and the…

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Six Idle Mines Lose 4500 Tons

The Sun · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 3

Coal loss today totals 4500 tons from six idle mines. Those are Pelton, Abermain No. 1 and No. 3. Northern old…

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5,580 Tons of Coal Lost

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 3

Six coalmines were idle, two worked only part time, and another was only partially manned yesterday. There was a…

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P.M. Answers Criticism By Mine Leaders

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday. -- The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) announced today that he is prepared to confer with…

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Miners Still On Bad Terms With Canberra

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 19

At yesterday's session of the Miners' Federation annual central council meetings, the general secretary (Mr. Grant) said…

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Press “Plays Down” Mine Deaths, Rescue Heroism

Tribune · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 1

Death by entombment of four Queensland mine workers was deliberately “played down” by the callous, anti-Labor press, because the full story of the fatal explosion and bazards faced by heroic rescue squads would have grimly emphasised Miners’ Federation warnings about coal dangers and won public sympathy for the Australian miners…

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Miners Still On Bad Terms With Canberra

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 19

At yesterday's session of the Miners' Federation annual central council meetings, the general secretary (Mr. Grant) said…

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Miners Claim Govt 'S Promises Not Honored

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 5

Despite the settlement effected just before Christmas, relations between the miners and the Government are as bad as ever, Mr. G. Grant said yesterday. Mr. Grant, who is national…

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Miners Still On Bad Terms With Canberra

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 19

At yesterday's session of the Miners' Federation annual central council meetings, the general secretary (Mr. Grant) said…

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