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Mining & the mines, 1945

2,866 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 144

Five Mines Not Working Today

The Sun · Wednesday 25 April 1945 · page 5

Some miners on each of the State's three main coalfields today defied the order by the Coal Commissioner (Mr. Mighell)…

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Caledonian Coal. No Net Profit

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 25 April 1945 · page 2

The whole of the profit of £41,494 shown by Caledonian Collieries Ltd. for the year ended December 23 is set aside for…

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Coal Mine Dangers

Tribune · Thursday 26 April 1945 · page 6

BRISBANE.—Queensland coalminers will launch a campaign to lessen accidents in mines by forcing compliance with the Coal Mines Regulations,…

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German Gold in Salt Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 April 1945 · page 9

REICHSBANK official and an American serviceman check bags of currency discovered in a salt mine captured by the…

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“Miners' Leaders Sincere”

Tribune · Thursday 26 April 1945 · page 7

“I have never hesitated to say that the Miners Federation officials, both Central and District, are genuine in their…

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Miners, Wharfies Elect Communists

Tribune · Thursday 26 April 1945 · page 3

A COMMUNIST was one of three progressives elected delegates to Federal Council by the Sydney Branch of the Waterside Workers' Union last…

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German Non-metal Mine

Construction · Thursday 26 April 1945 · page 12

A new German mine discovered during the British advance along Route 9 towards Forli. The casing is of fibre, the only metal is the detonator, about the size of a two-inch nail. All other parts, including the bolts, are glass. The enemy…

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Improvement In Coal Total

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 April 1945 · page 8

Coal production in N.S.W. for the first quarter of 1945 shows an improvement over the corresponding period of the…

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'Few Mine Strikes on Seal Causes'

The Sun · Thursday 26 April 1945 · page 7

Only about one per cent. of mine stoppages arose out of justifiable disputes, the chairman of the Northern Collieries Association (Mr. E. T. Simpson) said at the Coal Inquiry today…

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BARNABY . . The pot of gold

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 April 1945 · page 10

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Coal Output Is Now Wall Up

The Sun · Thursday 26 April 1945 · page 6

Coal production in the north this week promises to equal the highest, weekly figures this year. Production drop of 1350 tons at…

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K.C.'s Plan for Coal Increase

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 April 1945 · page 12

Mr. A. R. Watt, K.C. (for the Federal Government) said at the Coal Inquiry today that nothing nut forward by the Miners'…

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Coal Exports From South Africa

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 27 April 1945 · page 2

South Africa is now hailed as one of the largest coal exporters of the world, with a tonnage of 22,000,000, compared with…

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Coal Output Rises In 1945

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 April 1945 · page 9

New South Wales coal production in the first quarter of 1945 was greater than that in the corresponding period of 1944, but…

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Mining 'Out Of Control'

The Sun · Friday 27 April 1945 · page 3

Absence of the right in the coalmining industry to dismiss employees has made the position of managers very difficult,…

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Coal Production Rises From Open-cuts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 April 1945 · page 4

Expansion of coal production from open-cut mines was revealed in comparative figures released yesterday by the Commonwealth Coal Commissioner, Mr. Mighell…

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Finance, Commerce, Mines and Markets Special Deposits Rise £242 Million Total

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 April 1945 · page 6

Special war-time deposits of the trading banks with the Commonwealth Bank show an increase of £7,328,000 this week…

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Machine Trend in Mines Union Opposition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 April 1945 · page 5

"We have reached the stage where nothing can stop mechanisation of the coal-mining industry," Mr. Adam Sneddon…

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Early Resumption By Cuthbert's Gold Not Likely

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 April 1945 · page 6

An early resumption of mining by Cuthbert's Misima Goldmine, Ltd., Papua, is not considered by the directors to be likely…

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