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Mining & the mines, 1945

2,866 stories in Sydney's papers · page 65 of 144

Sprinters Show Fitness for Rosehill Star Gold In Fine Fettle Titanic Goes Fast: Hall Stand Speedy

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 May 1945 · page 20

STAR GOLD, Tahmoor, and Miss Sovereign were attractive gallopers this morning. All are weighted for next Saturday's seven furlongs' sprint at Rosehill…

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Coal Mine Machinery Necessary

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 May 1945 · page 13

Refusal of the Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) to permit the use of a mechanical process in mines had cost the nation…

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Western Mines Idle

The Sun · Wednesday 30 May 1945 · page 5

All 10 Wesetrn NSW mines, employing 2000 men, and producing 7000 tons of coal daily are idle today…

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Coal From Cardiff

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 30 May 1945 · page 1

Only very restricted supplies are available for ordinary export on the Welsh, steam market, and most neutral customers still have…

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Mine Man Makes Prophecy

The Sun · Wednesday 30 May 1945 · page 7

"If miners persist in hostility to mechanisation, in days to come men will march the streets and curse those that opposed it," said Mr. John Fallon (BHP Collieries) at the coal inquiry today. "There will be no pits to work,…

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All Mines Worked On Northern Fields

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 May 1945 · page 13

For the first time since the Christmas holidays there were no stoppages yesterday on the northern coalfields. It was the best production day on the…

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Gold Ben For Stalin To Write To Churchill

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 May 1945 · page 10

LONDON, Wednesday.--"My husband wishes me fo express the hope that you will write him many friendly messages with it," Mrs. Churchill told Marshal Stalin when she handed him a gold fountain pen in Moscow recently…

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British Coal Policy Compulsory Mine Amalgamation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 May 1945 · page 1

LONDON, May 30 (Official Wireless).—Private enterprise will continue to run the coal industry, but, to secure…

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Restricted Output at Mine Alleged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 May 1945 · page 4

Miners at Wongawilly had deliberately restricted output, the superintendent for the Australian Iron and Steel Company's collieries, Mr. G. Hindmarsh, said yesterday…

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Judge Hits New Mine Policy

The Sun · Thursday 31 May 1945 · page 2

For the Mines Department to grant a lease for only five years seemed like asking mine…

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Star Gold, Kingsdale Show Dash At Rosehill: Miss Sovereign Fit

The Sun · Thursday 31 May 1945 · page 12

Star Gold (four furlongs in 51) and Kingsdale (four in 51) on the course proper at Rosehill were outstanding gallopers at Rosehill today. At Randwick, Miss Sovereign (three in 37½) and Cragsman (three in 39), took the honors. Cargeonel hit out smartly for five fur…

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Big U.s. Coal Output

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 1 June 1945 · page 2

The National Coal Association of America states that the output of bituminous coal for the week ended March 24 was…

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Gas Company's Coal Stock Low

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 June 1945 · page 4

The Australian Gaslight Company's coal supply was barely sufficient to last four days, chairman of the company (Sir…

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Limited Mine Leases Question By Judge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 June 1945 · page 3

The State Government's new policy of limiting mine leases to five years instead of 20 could be a cheap way of nationalising mines, the chairman,…

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Low Coal Stocks Menace Gas Supply

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 June 1945 · page 3

The chairman of directors of Australian Gas Light Co., Sir Samuel Cohen, said at a meeting of the board of directors…

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Warning By Coal Chief, Fears Rationing Soon

The Sun · Friday 1 June 1945 · page 3

Severe rationing of coal was inevitable in the next three months unless there was maximum production and consumers exercised the greatest economy, the Commonwealth Coal Commissioner, Mr. Mighell, warned today…

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Coal Statement Questioned Point by Owners Argued

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 June 1945 · page 13

Before the Coal Board of Inquiry today, the representatives of the Southern and Western Colliery Proprietors (Mr…

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Finance, Commerce, Mines and Markets Empire Wool Decisions Search for Stability Our Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 June 1945 · page 8

LONDON, May 31.—Although no official announcement is being made on the decisions reached at the Empire Wool…

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3600 Tons Coal Loss at 4 Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 June 1945 · page 19

Stoppages at four New South Wales mines yesterday caused the loss of 3600 tons of coal. Two of the strikes took place in the…

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Britain's Coal Problems

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 June 1945 · page 8

IN a preliminary note the author states that this book has been written in the course of her work on the staff of the…

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