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Mining & the mines, 1945

2,866 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 144

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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Miners to Work on Holiday

The Sun · Saturday 2 June 1945 · page 6

King's Birthday (June 18) will not be a holiday for coalminers, but they will receive double pay for working…

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Coal Rationing If Output Falls

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 June 1945 · page 19

Severe rationing of New South Wales coal might be necessary this winter, the Commonwealth Coal Commissioner (Mr. Mighell), said last night…

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Limited Mine Leases. Question By Judge

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 2 June 1945 · page 2

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

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Sport and Sportsmen Another Gold Digger

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 2 June 1945 · page 18

A FEW years ago Gold Digger raced wren success on Sydney tracks in the colors of well-known sportsman, Mr. Gordon Luscombe. Now another of that name has arrived from New…

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Coal May Be Rationed In 3 Months

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 June 1945 · page 3

Severe rationing in the use of coal will be enforced during the next three months unless: (1) The industry produces at…

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"Not Rubber Stamp" Judge On Coal Strike Threats

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 June 1945 · page 5

The chairman of the Coal Commission of Inquiry, Mr. Justice Davidson, said yesterday that he would not be influenced…

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Aust. Mining Expert In U.S.A.

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 2 June 1945 · page 15

LEAKAGE of news that Dr. Raggart has left Australia for USA has caused a flutter of interest in goldmining circles…

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Finance, Commerce, Mines and Markets Freeing Share Prices Need Before War Ends

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 June 1945 · page 9

The interests of the investment market and of the financial system generally would best he served by removal or substantial…

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Left Digger For Coal King

Truth · Sunday 3 June 1945 · page 12

DIRECTOR of Leichhardt Stadium, Ltd., and regarded in Pyrmont and Glebe as a "Coal King"—he is a…

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How the magnetic mine was beaten

The Sun · Sunday 3 June 1945 · page 23

On a wintry day in December, 1939, two British tugs, filled with motor-car batteries, left Sheerness harbor. Each tug towed a…

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Buckets of gold in "rubbish" barrels Sydney firm's treasure from floor sweepings

The Sun · Sunday 3 June 1945 · page 5

A SYDNEY firm will not take an offer of £500 each for barrels of rubbish and floor-sweepings which they receive from all over Australia and New Zealand…

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J. & A. Brown and Abermain Seaham Collieries, Ltd. Interim Dividend Declared

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 4 June 1945 · page 2

An interim dividend of 2 p.e. has been declared by J. and A. Brown and Abermain Seaham Collieries Ltd. The company has…

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Miners' Loss of Time Britain Compared With N.S.W.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 June 1945 · page 5

A comparison of working days lost per employee in the coalmining industry of Britain and New South Wales during the war, and…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 June 1945 · page 6

BLACK JACK: Treated 55 tons for 11 tons concentrate. MORNING STAR: Two weeks ended May 29. treated 531 tons for 324oz fine…

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Miners Endorse Production Call

Tribune · Tuesday 5 June 1945 · page 3

MINERS’ officials on Friday endorsed the appeal for maximum coal production made by the Commonwealth Coal Commissioner Mr…

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"Nationalise the Mines" Shire Council View

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 June 1945 · page 4

BULLI, Monday.—Bulli shire council to-night carried a resolution advocating the nationalisation of coal mines…

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German Mines in France Millions Planted

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

LONDON, June 4 (A.A.P.).— The U.S. 7th Army has captured and turned over to the French Government detailed German…

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Bunnerong's Vanished Coal Stocks Emphasise Need For Economy In Electricity

The Sun · Tuesday 5 June 1945 · page 3

Danger Point: Two vast paddocks at Bunnerong usually stacked 16ft. high with power- house coal reserves, are now bare except for the pile beneath the grab (not the steam shovel) in the left- hand picture…

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Finance, Commerce, Mines and Markets Civil Imports Higher Export Value Steady

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 June 1945 · page 6

Civil imports of merchandise to Australia, though fluctuating, are running at a slightly higher average monthly rate this…

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