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Mining & the mines, 1945

2,866 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 144

Northern Coal Output Falls

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 April 1945 · page 10

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--Coal production losses totalled 135,000 tons on the northern coalfields during March. New production cuts at Newcastle's…

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Japs Missed Buried Gold Bullion

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 April 1945 · page 8

MANILA, Tuesday.--Gold bullion valued at 125,000 dollars (£A38,240 approximately), which was buried at lloilo, capital of Panay, three years ago, has been recovered since the…

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Truce in U.s. Coal Dispute

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

NEW YORK, April 2 (A.A.P.).— The coalminers have agreed to a request by the Secretary for Labour, Miss Frances Perkins, and the War…

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Women Lose Jobs in Coal Shortage

The Sun · Tuesday 3 April 1945 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--Shortage of BHP coal stocks has resulted in 121 female employees at Stewarts and Lloyds' works receiving notice of dismissals…

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Finance, Commerce, Mines and Markets Employees' Shares Partnership in Industry by a Special Cobeespondent

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

One of the faults of company ownership on a large scale as compared with the one-man business or partnership is the…

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Jap Road Mine

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 April 1945 · page 4

A Japanese road mine found by troops of the 25th Indian Division advancing on the road to Buthidaung, Burma…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 April 1945 · page 5

NTH. KALGURLI: Ma[?]. 6. [?]reated 8,036 tons for 2.235 oz. fine…

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Reds Blamed for Strikes at Mines

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 April 1945 · page 13

It was alleged at the Mines Inquiry today by the representative of Northern Collieries Ltd. (Mr. H. Gregory Forster) that there were caves or cells in every mine led by certain men,…

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Another B.h.p. Mine on Strike

The Sun · Wednesday 4 April 1945 · page 3

Coal supplies to BHP--biggest employer of labor in Newcastle were further cut today by a strike at Lambton colliery…

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Why Men Go in for Mining

Construction · Wednesday 4 April 1945 · page 12

There is so much hard labour and so much risk attached to the business of mining that people often wonder why men go in for it at all, but, sometimes the rewards are rich. Word comes from…

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Emmaville and Torington Mining Fields. Organiser R. Robinson

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 4 April 1945 · page 7

I have recently paid a visit to the mines and dredges in the tin and wolfram fields around Emmaville and Torington…

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Coal Power From Mine Minus Men (By Cable from John Gibbons)

Tribune · Thursday 5 April 1945 · page 2

MOSCOW. — Uralmash, one of Europe’s largest machine-building plants, gets its fuel supply from local coal deposit…

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5 Collieries Idle, 6000 Tons Lost

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 April 1945 · page 9

Five pits on the northern field were idle because of industrial disputes. Coal output lost exceeded 6000 tons. Mines idle were: Hebburn No. 2,…

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Communism in Coal Industry

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 April 1945 · page 18

A miner said at the Coal inquiry yesterday he could not imagine instructions by the Communist Party clashing with…

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Communists Lift Coal Production

Tribune · Thursday 5 April 1945 · page 3

Communists In the Western mines did everything in their power to keep the pits going, the Miners’ Federation Western…

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Communist's Evidence At Coal Inquiry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 April 1945 · page 4

Allegations that Communist policy was causing stoppages and one-day strikes on the coalfields were denied yesterday by the president of the Western District of the Miners' Federation, Mr. Jack Parkinson,…

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Coal Inquiry Chairman Gives Warning

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 April 1945 · page 9

CHAIRMAN of the Coal Board off Inquiry (Mr. Justice Davidson) said today that unless something drastic was done to meet the drift in the…

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Crisis On Coal Is Forecast

The Sun · Thursday 5 April 1945 · page 5

"I feel strongly that unless something is done to meet the drift in the coal industry--something…

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Lottery Prize In Gold, £20,000, Weighs 125lb

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 April 1945 · page 13

First prize in the Australian Comforts Fund lottery will be a gold six-pointed A.C.F. star worth £20,000. The A.C.F. aims to raise £240,000 by the lottery…

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Finance, Commerce, Mines and Markets Monetary Expansion Extent in Five Countries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 April 1945 · page 5

Incidence of war-time monetary expansion in Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States is…

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