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Mining & the mines, 1946

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New Training Scheme for Miners Opening a Path for Youth to Climb to the “Highest Places in the Industry.” Study and Mechanisation

Construction · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 6

Ed.: This rising from bottom to top is within everyone’s province in all walks of life if the workmen apply themselves diligently to the task, but it is rather like…

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N.S.W. Branch. Irrigation Area, Gibsonvale Mining Field and Batlow Fruit Growing District. Branch President Joe King's Report

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 13

Since my last report, writes Branch President J. King, I have visited Gibsonvale Tin Mining Field to attend a…

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British Coal "Must Be Socialised"

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.). --Radical reconstruction of the British coal industry was impossible except under national…

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Coal Production Ignored Says Former Minister

Daily Mirror · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 10

LONDON, Thursday. -- Too much stress had been placed on ownership while production was ignored. Major Lloyd George, a former Fuel…

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4100-Ton Loss at Three Idle Mines

Daily Mirror · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 9

ONLY three N.S.W. mines were idle today--Richmond Main and Stanford Main No. 2 (North) and Invincible (West)…

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The Coal Industry -- 2 A guaranteed price for all coal produced is one solution Certainly it offers more hope than nationalisation or union-smashing

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 10

EVEN if continuity of employment is guaranteed we shall not suddenly, overnight, get…

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Coal "Disaster" Warning British Bill Debated From Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 3

LONDON, January 30.—"It is my duty to warn the House that the existing position in the c[?] industry contains the elements of industrial disaster and that radical reconstruction cannot be done except under…

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Owners Cause Coal Strife

Tribune · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 6

PROVOCATION by mine owners is likely to interrupt the good production record maintained since the miners resumed work after their…

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Coal Bill in Commons

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Jan. 31 (A.A.P.).—The Coal Nationalisation Bill was read a second time without division after the House of Commons, by 356 votes to…

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Horse "Unfit;" Miners Go Home

The Sun · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 3

Claiming that a horse was unfit for work today, employees of Neath West coal tunnel, in northern NSW, returned home…

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Finance Gold Shares Active On'change

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 15

ACTIVITY in gold shares was a feature of Stock Exchange business today, five stocks changing hands in early sales. THREE of the shares receded…

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Finance Gold Shares Active on 'Change

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 15

ACTIVITY in gold shares was a feature of Stock Exchange business today, five stocks changing hands in early sales. THREE of the shares receded…

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Finance Gold Shares Active On'change

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 15

ACTIVITY in gold shares was a feature of Stock Exchange business today, five stocks changing hands in early sales. THREE of the shares receded…

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Finance Gold Shares Active on Change

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 15

ACTIVITY in gold shares was a feature of Stock Exchange business today, five stocks changing hands in early sales. THREE of the shares receded…

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Conserving Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1946 · page 2

Sir,—We have just had a cut-out of power due to coal shortage. Manufacturing, etc., has been thrown back three months, yet we have the Lord…

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Five Mines Idle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1946 · page 11

Five New South Wales collieries were idle yesterday, involving a [?]oss in output of almost 3,100 tons. The idle mines were: Stanford Main…

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Another Loss Far Wiluna Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 February 1946 · page 20

Loss of £7920 was sustained by Wiluna Gold Corp., Ltd., for the year ended March 31, 1945, against a loss of £8159 in 1943-44. No dividend was received…

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Gold Teeth Paid for Last Meal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 February 1946 · page 3

PARIS, Friday.--A Hungarian nobleman who was shot at Nice today for having collaborated with Germans, paid for his last meal with his gold teeth…

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Finance, Commerce, And Markets Profit From Coal £2,759 After Subsidy of £20,793

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1946 · page 4

After receiving Commonwealth subsidies of £20,793, the Mount Kembla Collieries Ltd. shows net profit of £2,759 for the year…

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Three more chucklers win gold star badges

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 3 February 1946 · page 42

Three more Chucklers have won Gold Star Badges! They are Marcia Munter, 11, of 42 Wangee Road, Lakemba; Beryl Anderson, 12, of 65 First Street, Ashbury; and Margaret Lynch, 13, of 46 O'Connell Street, Kogarah…

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