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Mining & the mines, 1946

4,792 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 240

Four Nsw Mines Idle

The Sun · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 3

With three NSW mines idle, owing to disputes, and one held up for lack of empty waggons coal output loss today is 3500…

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U.s. Coal Strike

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 3

WASHINGTON. April 11 (A.A.P.).—Mr. Lewis and members of the United Mine Workers' committee walked out on the negotiations with…

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More Men Needed for Mines

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 2

An effort would have to be made to bring enough men into the coalfields, otherwise the position in the industry would…

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More Men for Mines Needed

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 2

An effort would have to be made to bring enough men into the coalfields, otherwise the position in the industry would…

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More Men Needed for Mines

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 2

An effort would have to be made to bring enough men into the coalfields, otherwise the position in the industry would…

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More Men Needed for Mines

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 2

An effort would have to be made to bring enough men into the coalfields, otherwise the position in the industry would…

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Little Gold In Safe Deposit

The Sun · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 7

When police opened the sale-deposit box of John Woolcott Forbes, after he disappeared from Australia…

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Safe New Light-Bulb For Soviet Miners

Tribune · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 2

MOSCOW—Engineer Vladimir Mitnik, of the Soviet Coal Research Institute, has invented a news blast-proof electric bulb which,…

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Holdings of Gold Mr. Chifley's Reply

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 3

CANBERRA Thursday.—The net dollar receipts which accrued to Australia from spendings by U.S. forces and from other sources in…

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Australia's Coal-Oil Hopes. Plants Expected From Germany

The Sun · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 5

CANBERRA, Friday. — Australia is expected to be offered one or more plants in Germany for the production of oil and petrol from coal. An Australian scientific mission has…

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Finance, Commerce, Mines And Markets Misleading Cloak for Waste by the Financial Editor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 6

No tradesman would ever expect to be paid if he rendered an account for £1 which included an item of 14/7 for unspecified…

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Miners' Claims Heard Challenge Rejected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 April 1946 · page 4

"I am not taking any responsibility for any trouble which might occur on the minefields due to the delaying of this conference," said…

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Steady Decline In Gold Output

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 April 1946 · page 6

New South Wales gold output for January this year is estimated at 1,571 oz fine, valued at £16,912, compared with 2,297 oz fine,…

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Pots of Gold in Movies' Rainbow

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 13 April 1946 · page 31

THE movies have found that there really is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. For pictures, the money is in technicolor, and the trend is so solid that the…

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Finance, Commerce, Mines And Markets More Tax Relief In Britain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 April 1946 · page 6

LONDON, April 12 (A.A.P.).— "If we are to guard against inflation we must not get out of striking distance of a balanced Budget…

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Germans discover edible fat in coal

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 14 April 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Sat.--Fat from coal, tea from pine-needles, and biscuits from horse-chestnuts are among the…

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Jap Massacre in Coal Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 April 1946 · page 3

BATAVIA, April 14 (A.A.P.).—According to the statement of a Korean doctor the Japanese before surrendering threw 400 prisoners of war and…

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Five Coal Mines Idle in New South Wales

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 April 1946 · page 3

FIVE coal mines are idle in N.S.W. today, causing a production loss of nearly 15,000 tons. Caldare open cut on the northern…

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Five Coal Mines Idle in New South Wales

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 April 1946 · page 3

FIVE coal mines are idle in N.S.W. today, causing a production loss of nearly 15,000 tons. Caldare open cut on the northern…

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Five Mines Idle

The Sun · Monday 15 April 1946 · page 2

Only five coal mines in NSW are Idle today, three because of Industrial trouble, and two for other reasons…

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