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Mining & the mines, 1945

2,866 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 144

Miners' Secretary "No Communist"

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 May 1945 · page 9

Statements by Mr. Holt (Lib., Vic.) in the House of Representatives on Friday night, were replied to today by the general…

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Four Mines Idle Today

The Sun · Monday 28 May 1945 · page 2

South Clifton colliery, on the South Coast (700 tons dally) is idle today through a dispute whether six wheelers or three…

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Coal Prices Cause Concern

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 May 1945 · page 12

LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.).--Company chairmen are emphasising the adverse effects of rising coal prices on production costs…

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More Coal If Better Discipline

The Sun · Monday 28 May 1945 · page 5

Coal lost from 1942 to 1944 in Lithgow district did not exceed 3 per cent., said Mr. Robert Jack, production…

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Only Four Coal Pits Out Today

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 May 1945 · page 5

THE week began well on the northern coalfields. John Darling where a dispute between wheelers and shunters caused a stoppage, was the…

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Royal Navy's Quick Answer To Magnetic Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 May 1945 · page 3

LONDON, May 27 (Official Wireless).—Details of the Royal Navy's success in its first technical battle of the war—to…

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British Industry Uneasy At Rising Coal Prices

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 May 1945 · page 5

LONDON, May [?]7 (A.A.P.).— The adverse eftects on production costs of rising coal prices are being stressed in company…

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Gold Yields

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 May 1945 · page 15
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

AUSTRAL, N.Z.: Four weeks ended May 12, treated 191,000 cub. yds, for 4880z, bullion. VICTORIA DREDGING: Four weeks ended…

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Alleged Mine Interference By Baddeley

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 May 1945 · page 12

Stanley McKensey, superintendent of various collieries on the Maitland field, said at. the Commonwealth inquiry today…

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More Machines, Men; Less Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 May 1945 · page 11

Miners would be condemned to everlasting pick and shovel work unless they changed their views on mechanisation, said Stanley McKensey, colliery superintendent, at the Coal…

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Every Mine In North At Work

The Sun · Tuesday 29 May 1945 · page 3

For the first time this year, every coal mine on Australia's biggest coalfields--northern NSW--is working today…

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No Idle Mines on Northern Fields

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 May 1945 · page 5

FOR the first time in several months all mines on the northern fields are working today. Three southern collieries are idle:…

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Smart Trial by Gold Ross

The Sun · Tuesday 29 May 1945 · page 12

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--Gold Ross, a likely runner in the Granville Novice Handicap at Rosehill on Saturday, worked…

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Gold Price Up to £10136oz

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 May 1945 · page 12

The Australian price of gold lodged with the Mint and gold-buying authorities has been raised by 16 to £10136 per fine ounce as from May 26…

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Cuts Coal To Build Up Muscles

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 May 1945 · page 16

Queensland light-heavyweight boxer Ted Wilkes hews and shovels coal at Ipswich to develop his…

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Coal Prospects Good in S.a

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 May 1945 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Monday.—Under certain conditions, coal from the Leigh Creek field, South Australia, could replace N.S.W. coal at the Finsbury…

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Australian Price of Gold Raised Again

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 May 1945 · page 6

Lower realisation charges enabled the Commonwealth Bank to announce yesterday a further increase in the Australian price of gold…

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British Coal Industry. Rising Trices Cause Concern

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 29 May 1945 · page 2

London cable advices dated May 27 report that the adverse effects on production costs of rising coal prices are stressed in…

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Finance, Commerce, Mines and Markets C.S.R. Reduced Dividend Not Covered by Profit

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 May 1945 · page 6

Though showing a slight improvement, net profit of the Colonial Sugar Refining Co., Ltd., at £881,136 for the year…

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