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Mining & the mines, 1945

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Work Resumed by Men at Abermain Collieries

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 March 1945 · page 4

OBEYING the order of the Commonwealth Coal Commissioner (Mr. Mighell), all mines in the J. and A Brown-Abermain Seaham group of…

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Work Resumed by Men at Abermain Collieries

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 March 1945 · page 6

OBEYING the order of the Commonwealth Coal Commissioner (Mr. Mighell), all mines in the J. and A. Brown-Abermain Seaham group of…

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Coal Dividend Again Passed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 March 1945 · page 22
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Profit of Caledonian Collieries, Ltd., for the year ended December 23 last does not permit the payment of a dividend…

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Mining Shares Brisker

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 March 1945 · page 5

With a lull in investment shares, more attention was directed to mining concerns on the Stock Exchange yesterday…

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Coal Strike Averted. Union Overrules Lodge

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 29 March 1945 · page 2

A move by lodge officers to precipitate a strike of employees at 12 mines controlled by J. and A. Brown Abermain-Seaham…

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Coal Strikes in North Resumption Hope To-day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 March 1945 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.— It is hoped that an order issued by the Coal Commissioner, Mr. Mighell, to-day will end the…

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Coal Shortage Hits B.H.P. WORKS Production Suspended In Some Departments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 March 1945 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—Work in some departments of the B.H.P. Steel Works at Newcastle is being suspended because the company is unable to procure enough coal…

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Gold Tax Refund Provides Profit

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 March 1945 · page 12

Before providing for depreciation, Mr. Morgan, Ltd., earned £26,030 profit for the half-year ended December 16 last…

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Health in Mines

The Sun · Saturday 31 March 1945 · page 2

The Coal Health Inquiry Committee, which has travelled 7000 miles to date in NSW, Victoria and Western Australia, will…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 March 1945 · page 6

AUSTRAL N.Z.(four weeks ended March 17): Treated 205,000 cub, yds. for 433oz fine. A1 CONSOL: Mar.27, treated 200 tons for…

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Five Blown Up By Mine

The Sun · Saturday 31 March 1945 · page 3

TOWNSVILLE, Saturday.--Thomas Joseph Freeman, 19, of Belgian Gardens, was killed and four others injured by an…

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U.s. Miners to Strike

Daily Mirror · Saturday 31 March 1945 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Saturday. -- First ballot returns show that soft coal miners are overwhelmingly in favor of a strike in support of their wage…

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Finance, Commerce, Mines and Markets No Interim Dividend Poole and Steel Policy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 March 1945 · page 6

Poole and Steel, Ltd., engineer company. will not pay an interim dividend on either preference or ordinary shares…

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Bride Wore Gold Threaded Gown

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 1 April 1945 · page 31

A lovely off-white satin frock with yoke and sleeves of lace patterned in gold thread was the choice of Shirley Lenore Frost for her wedding last…

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Loose Mines Drift Off Q'land Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 1 April 1945 · page 5

BRISBANE, Sat. -- All shipping has been warned to look out for mines which are drifting off the coast of north Queensland…

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Two killed, three injured when land-mine explodes

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 1 April 1945 · page 7

BRISBANE, Sat. -- Two youths who were examining a land-mine in the undergrowth on Townsville Common yesterday were killed when it exploded. Three other people,…

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Warning: Mines off the coast blamed for two deaths BRISBANE

The Sun · Sunday 1 April 1945 · page 1

ALL shipping has been warned to look out for mines off the North Queensland coast…

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Big Drop In March Coal

The Sun · Monday 2 April 1945 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Monday.-- March was a bad month for coal production in NSW. On the northern field loss of…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 April 1945 · page 5

BOULDER PERSECERANCE: Four weeks ended Mar. 6, treayed 3,413 tons for 1,525oz. EDNA MAY: Mar. 6 treated 990 torn for 304oz fine; 540 tons accumulated tailing for…

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