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Mining & the mines, 1945

2,866 stories in Sydney's papers · page 72 of 144

State Reserves Coal Lands At Burragorang

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 3

The Acting Premier and Minister for Mines, Mr. Baddeley, has proclaimed as a State reserve lands to the east of Burragorang…

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Huge Coal Resources Reserved for Future

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 5

Huge coal resources east of the Burragorang Valley had been reserved by the State Government for future development, the Acting-Premier (Mr. Baddeley) announced yesterday…

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Editorial Coal Deputies Hold Workers to Ransom

The Sun · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 1

COAL deputies in the north, by their reckless and selfish strike, are holding to ransom this city of over a million people as well as the bulk of the State's workers, war industries, housewives…

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Coke Co. Loss Caused By Lack Of Coal

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 19

With the output of coke for the year little more than half the capacity of its works, the Illawarra Coke Co. Ltd., finished…

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Coal, Not Fodder, May Now Affect Melbourne Racing

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 24

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--As was expected, Victorian Cabinet yesterday did nothing about stopping racing temporarily in this State as far as the fodder bogey is concerned but racing now faces another obstacle. Shortage…

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Mines and Treatment Plants. Adelaide Branch Application For Award

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 11

Mr. President Morgan, in the South Australian Industrial Court last week, continued the hearing of an application by…

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Union Orders Mine Deputies Back Meeting To Decide To-night

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 4

The State Council of the Mine Deputies' Association yesterday ordered its members to resume work on the Maitland field. The order will be submitted to a meeting of deputies at Cessnock to-night…

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Silliest Of All Silly Strikes Will Hasten Coal Rationing

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 12

CITIZENS daily threatened by rationing of gas and electricity for their baths, heaters, and…

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Argentina's Coal Imports. U.K. Shipments Almost At Vanishing Point

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 2

Illustrating how greatly the volume of Argentine imports of coal has fallen compared with pre-war years and revealing also…

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Finance, Commerce, Mines and Markets Large Notes Flow in £20 Million in Four Months

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 5

The inflow to the banks of hotes of large denominations continued during last month though on a smaller scale than…

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No Gas Likely After Friday If Strike Goes on Companies' Coal Almost Exhausted

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 5

Gas supplies in most Sydney suburbs may cease on Friday unless deputies on strike at 24 South Maitland mines resume work tonight. The Australian Gas Light Co. will exhaust…

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Two Gold Mines For Sale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 6

Two Western Austiallan goldmines, Hill 60 at Mt. Magnet, and the Youanmi Goldmine, the plant of which was taken over by the Commonwealth…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 6

CENTRAL NORSEMAN: Four weeks ended June 12. treated 5,181 tons for 2,199oz fine. GT. BOULDER: Four weeks ended May 1. created 24,075 tons for 5.625.75oz fine…

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Mine Tobacco Issue Slated

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 15

CANBERRA, Thursday.--Because coal miners at Wonthaggi in Victoria had threatened to strike unless they were provided…

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Coal Deputies Resume To-day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 4

The decision of the South Maitland District Coal Mine Deputies' Association to return to work to-day was made by a large majority at a meeting at Cessnock last night…

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£3000 In Notes, Gold Forfeited

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 16

A pawnbroker was ordered yesterday to forfeit gold and foreign currency worth more than…

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Work Resumes at 23 COLLIERIES Deputies Declare Strike Off; Judge To Rehear Dispute

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 11

The deputies' strike on the South Maitland coalfields, which ended last night, involved the loss of about 86,000 tons of coal. Twenty-three pits were idle for four working…

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£10,059 Profit for Paringa Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 22

After charging £4422 depreciation and providing £5500 for taxation, Paringa Mining and Exploration Co., Ltd., earned £10,059 net profit for the year…

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Coal Strike Ends: Plan for Rationing Gas, Power

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 1

Rationing of gas and electricity was recommended to the Government yesterday, and will be considered today by the Acting-Premier (Mr. Baddeley) and the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Cahill). The strike of deputies on the South Maitland coalfields ended last…

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Coal Big Issue at Elections Nationalisation Aim In Britain Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 3

LONDON, June 20.—The nationalisation of coalmines has returned to the forefront of issues in the British elections. Interest has been aroused by the publication of a…

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