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Mining & the mines, 1945

2,866 stories in Sydney's papers · page 79 of 144

Vic. Scheme For Coal After War

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 July 1945 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Victoria will spend millions of pounds after the war in the development of…

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R.a.n. Man's Wife Runs Mica Mine

The Sun · Saturday 14 July 1945 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--Only woman in the world who owns and runs a mica factory lives in Melbourne. She is Mrs H. M. Burrell, wife…

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Finance, Commerce, Mines and Markets Rush of Large Notes "Disgorging" Hastened

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 July 1945 · page 11

Conversion of large notes, which will cease to be legal tender after August 31, into notes of smaller denominations was…

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Spitzbergen Mines

Truth · Sunday 15 July 1945 · page 21

LONDON, Saturday.—Norwegian technicians at Spitzbergen are putting the island's mining industry back into operation. The mines were…

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Rain Stops Work At Four Mines

The Sun · Monday 16 July 1945 · page 3

Because of the refusal of surface hands to work in the rain, about 1875 tons of coal were lost at four northern mines today…

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Work Stops at Seven Mines in N.s.w

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 July 1945 · page 7

PRODUCTION at three northern pits, Pacific. Hebburn No. 2 and Caldare open cut, stopped today because of weather conditions, and a…

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Fewer Deaths in Nsw Coal Mines

Tribune · Tuesday 17 July 1945 · page 1

THE last three months may have established a record “low” for fatal mining accidents, according to Common Cause, Miners' Federation…

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Gold Yields

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 July 1945 · page 12

Central Norseman, 5964 tons, 1890oz. Gold Mines of Kalgoorlie, 7695 long tons, 2044oz. Paringa, 6456 tons, 1569oz…

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Blue Spec Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 July 1945 · page 12

Directors of Blue Spec Gold Mines, N.L., report that 28,425 forfeited shares have been sold on the market at 2 a share, making issued capital of the company 500,000 shares…

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Miners Said to Prefer Rabbiting

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 July 1945 · page 6

"It appears that the men have no desire to work," said the secretary of the Western Coal Owners' Association (Mr…

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Navy Men's Heroism In Mine Disposal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 July 1945 · page 4

CANBERRA, Monday.—Deeds of heroism which won for Royal Australian Navy personnel their highest awards of the war but which have been withheld for security reasons since the beginning of the…

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Laid Mines by Canoe Daring Exploit In French River

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 July 1945 · page 3

LONDON, July 16 (Official Wireless).—The adventures of specially trained Royal Marine volunteers who paddled in two…

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Six Mines Idle

The Sun · Wednesday 18 July 1945 · page 3

Six NSW mines are idle today for a total loss of 7350 tons of coal…

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County Council's Coal Supplies

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 July 1945 · page 6

Sydney County Council has six days' coal supply, and the Australian Gas Light Co. enough for three days. Coal supplies of both concerns are…

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State Attitude To Coal Nationalisation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 July 1945 · page 4

BULLI, Tuesday.—Nationalisation of the mining industry was a plank of the A.L.P. platform and would be examined when…

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Nationalising Industry Coal Difficulty In Britain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 July 1945 · page 3

LONDON, July 17 (A.A.P.).— Mr. E. Bevin, who was Minister of Labour in the National Government, said in a speech at…

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A.W.U. Activities Victoria-riverina Branch P.O. Address: Box 4, Trades Hall Melbourne, Phone: F 6005. Mining Award

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 18 July 1945 · page 11

For quite a long time, writes Branch Secretary J. Macpherson, I have had a number of requests for a variation of the Federal Mining Award in a number of particulars. The matter of the Federal Award…

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Two Stories of a Bomb-shattered Country [?] Jap civil life is hard enough without bombs No meat, milk, gas, or coal, little rice and fish, and clothes rationing five times as severe as it is here

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 July 1945 · page 10

THE Battle of Japan is rapidly turning into the battle of the Japanese. By that I mean that, just as in…

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Five Mines Idle Today

The Sun · Thursday 19 July 1945 · page 2

Ignoring an instruction by their leaders. Stockrington No. 1 miners on the northern field failed to return to work today…

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Men Idle at Five Mines

Daily Mirror · Thursday 19 July 1945 · page 13

Five mines were idle today, three because of disputes and another for the funeral of an employee. At the fifth the men…

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