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Mining & the mines, 1946

4,792 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 240

Trouble at Colliery Over Ex-servicemen

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 16

CANBERRA, Friday. -- A serious position was developing at Wallarah colliery because miners were being displaced by returned…

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Eight Mines Idle, 5100 Tons Loss

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 5

EIGHT mines, with a total production of 5100 tons of coal, are idle today. With the exception of Mt. Keira (1000 tons) in the south, all…

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Coal and Labour Shortage Retards French Industry

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 9

Despite the occupation, sabotage, bombings... one thing is certain: France's capacity for industrial production remains almost intact. The coal mines, the iron and smelting works, the chemical industry, the power houses and steam generating stations are…

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Finance, Commerce, Mines And Markets Causes of Inflation Expansion of Credit by the Financial Editor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 6

The word inflation is being worked overtime these days. It appears prominently in most appeals for loan subscriptions…

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Mullock Falls, Kills 2 Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 5

BROKEN HILL, Friday.--Two miners were crushed to death this morning when about five tons of mullock fell on them…

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Coal Stocks Low In Victoria

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Low stocks, of coal in Victoria were causing concern, the Premier (Mr…

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Mine Detector Finds Thief's Buried Hoard

The Sun · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Friday. -- A mine detector was used by Postal Department inspectors to find 153,150 dollars, part of a sum stolen and buried by a former employee in 1944…

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Thief's Hoard Found With Mine Detector

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 3

NEW YORK, Saturday.--An Army mine detector led postal investigators to the largest amount of money ever stolen from the United States mails, it was announced today. FOR two years 153,150 dollars…

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Thief's Hoard Found With Mine Detector

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 3

NEW YORK, Saturday.--An Army mine detector led postal investigators to the largest amount of money ever stolen from the United States mails, it was announced today. FOR two years 153,150 dollars…

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Thief's Hoard Wound With Mine Detector

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 3

NEW YORK, Saturday.--An Army mine detector led postal investigators to the largest amount of money ever stolen from the United States mails, it was announced today. FOR two years 153,150 dollars…

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Northern Miners to Work on

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.--A recommendation from the Miners' Central Executive instructing miners not to do wheeling or shift work will not…

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Northern Miners to Work on

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.--A recommendation from the Miners' Central Executive instructing miners not to do wheeling or shift work will not…

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Northern Miners to Work on

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.--A recommendation from the Miners' Central Executive instructing miners not to do wheeling or shift work will not…

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To Clear North Sea of Mines

The Sun · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 2

OSLO, Saturday. -- Eighty German mine-sweepers, with 3500 men under Norwegian command, will co-operate during…

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Two Killed in Mine Trapped By Fall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 1

BROKEN HILL, Friday.—A double fatality occurred at the 1,850 feet level of the North mine to-day, when a miner and a…

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Britain Has Enough Coal for 150 Years

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 25

LONDON, Friday.--Britain's known untouched reserves of coal are sufficient to last 150 years at pre-war rates of…

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St. Joey's Out Of Gold Cup Eights

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 30

St. Joseph's eight will not start in today's Riverview Gold Cup because their "six" man, Jack Woods, has an infected hand…

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Bid To Avert Threat Of Coal, Power Tie-ups

The Sun · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 3

Efforts fo avert industrial chaos through coal and power hold-ups will be made in Sydney next week. A compulsory conference…

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This Unending Controversy On Coal (Without Prejudice to "Smith's" Policy.) Disagreement With The Davidson Report Where Do We Go From Here?

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 13

JOHNS'S "Australian Biographical Dictionary" includes this item: -- "DAVIDSON, Hon. Mr…

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Trouble on Coal Looming

Truth · Sunday 7 April 1946 · page 30

A major stoppage on the coalfields is imminent. It may come next week. Men's grievances, mainly over a…

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