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Mining & the mines, 1945

2,866 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 144

Small Profit for Black Jack Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 21

Black Jack Gold Mining Co., N.L., earned a profit of £2819 for the year to June 30. During the year dividend of 6d a…

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Dead Horse Lays Mine Idle

The Sun · Thursday 19 April 1945 · page 6

Because members of the Miners' Federation refused to remove a trolley containing a dead horse, Metropolitan Colliery (daily…

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Prosecutions Discussed at Coal Inquiry

Daily Mirror · Thursday 19 April 1945 · page 9

"THERE certainly seems to be some balance in favor of prosecutions," said Mr. Justice Davidson at the Commonwealth Coal Inquiry today…

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500 Miners Let Off £1500 Fines

The Sun · Thursday 19 April 1945 · page 3

Fines totalling nearly £1500 imposed on more than 500 NSW coal miners have been waived. Clerks of Petty Sessions in the…

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Owners Stress Need For Mine Discipline

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 April 1945 · page 4

"Anarchy is utterly complete throughout the coalmining industry, and there cannot be anything like adequate production…

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Centre of Coal Trouble in North

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 April 1945 · page 18

All cool problems an Australia were centred in the northern coalfields, the Commonwealth Coal Commissioner (Mr. N. Mighell) told they Coal Commission yesterday…

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Nazis Hide Factories Jet-Plane Plant In 1000ft. Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 April 1945 · page 6

WITH THE U.S. NINTH ARMY, Wednesday. -- Today I went through an underground factory, 1000 feet below the earth's surface, in which an entirely new Heinkel jet-propelled…

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Four Injured in Crossing Smash Tram and Coal Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 April 1945 · page 3

Four persons were injured last night in a collision between a tram and a coal train at a level crossing in Beauchamp Street, Botany. The coal trucks were being…

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Finance, Commerce, Mines and Markets Imperial Preference U.S. View on Revival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 April 1945 · page 5

NEW YORK, April 18 (A.A.P.). —With revived enthusiasm in Britain for the Ottawa system of Imperial preference…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 April 1945 · page 6

GREAT BOULDER PROPRIETARY: Four weeks ended Mar. 6, treated 23,765 tons for 3,338,75oz fine valued at £32,595. NGAHERE: Two weeks ended Apl. 12,…

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Remission of Miners' Fines

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 April 1945 · page 12

CANBERRA, Friday.--The remission of fines of miners was no new thing, the Acting-Attorney-General (Mr. Beasley)…

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'Farcical' Action—Waiving Of Miners' Fines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 April 1945 · page 4

It was farcical for the Government to appoint a Royal Commission to investigate the efficacy of disciplinary measures on the coalfields and to announce in the middle of the inquiry that there were to be…

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Waiving Of Miners' Fines Claimed 'Gilbertian Joke'

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 April 1945 · page 7

Waiving of £1500 in fines imposed on 500 New South Wales miners was described by Mr. H. Gregory Forster at the Coal Inquiry yesterday as a "Gilbertian joke."…

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3 Dead, 2 Injured In Balmain Colliery Pit-top Explosion Scene of Tragic Explosion

The Sun · Friday 20 April 1945 · page 3

Three men were blown to pieces and two others badly burned in an explosion at the Balmain Colliery, Birchgrove, today. The blast hurled one body nearly 100 yards. With a roar that shook the ground for…

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Finance, Commerce, Mines and Markets Large Fall in Notes Hoarders and Holidays

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 April 1945 · page 6

The Australian note issue is now contracting as sharply as it was increasing: a Tear ago, and is now only £186,993,000…

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Three Dead, Two Injured in Terrific Colliery Explosion Lighted Match Fires Methane Gas; Mighty Blast Shakes Balmain

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 April 1945 · page 2

METHANE GAS ignited by a lighted match is believed to have caused an explosion which killed three men and severely injured two others, at the old Balmain coal mine, Birchgrove Road, Balmain, at 10.15 this morning…

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Summonses for Miners at Hebburn Colliery

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 April 1945 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Saturday. -- Summonses have been served on a number of wheelers and clippers at Hebburn No. 2 colliery because of…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 April 1945 · page 6

AUSTRAL N.Z.: Fcur weeks ended April 14. treated 184.000 cub. yds. for 351oz bullion. MORNING STAR: Two weeks treated 335…

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Absenteeism in Coal Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 April 1945 · page 5

The whole sickness in the coal industry was due to absenteeism and a readiness by the men to give heed to the pernicious and false doctrine of "one out, all out," said Mr. Watt, K.C., at the coal inquiry…

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Gold Head at Rosehill

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 April 1945 · page 14

GOLD HEAD has returned to Rosehill, where he will be trained by J. Kennedy. The chestnut was among the regular workers on that track…

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