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Mining & the mines, 1946

4,792 stories in Sydney's papers · page 61 of 240

County Coal Stocks Better

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 May 1946 · page 5

County Council coal stocks had improved since yesterday, the Deputy-General Manager of the County Council (Mr. G. S…

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County Coal Stocks Better

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 May 1946 · page 12

County Council coal stocks had improved since yesterday, the Deputy-General Manager of the County Council (Mr. G. S…

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County Coal Stocks Better

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 May 1946 · page 12

County Council coal stocks had improved since yesterday, the Deputy-General Manager of the County Council (Mr. G. S…

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Coal Crisis in Victoria

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 May 1946 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.— Because three ships will not be available to load coal this week at Newcastle, Victoria's railway coal…

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Cessnock Mine to Resume Soon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 May 1946 · page 3

Cessnock No. 2 colliery, where a fire has been burning for more than a week, should be in production again within a few days…

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No Meat; State Mine Is Idle

The Sun · Thursday 2 May 1946 · page 3

Miners at Lithgow State mine ceased work today in protest against the meat shortage. Sydney butchers still open…

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Mine Deputies Strike South Coast Idle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 May 1946 · page 3

Negotiations yesterday to avert a stoppage of deputies and shotfirers in South Coast mines were unsuccessful and the mines will be…

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Gold Boom Gives Brokers Jitters

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 May 1946 · page 11

JOHANNESBURG, Thursday. -- Brokers' staffs are on the verge of collapse as a result of the Orange Free State gold boom and from…

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Chaos If All Coal Pits Stop

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 May 1946 · page 1

If New South Wales miners carried out a threat to close all pits, Sydney would be paralysed within two or three days…

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Miners' Ultimatum On State Control; Conference Called

The Sun · Thursday 2 May 1946 · page 2

An ultimatum to Federal and State Governments to place the NSW coal industry under State control is expected at an important coal conference next Wednesday…

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New Threat by Miners State Control Demanded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 May 1946 · page 3

A warning that "another coal crisis threatens if the industry is not placed under State control" and that the miners are "tired…

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Editorial Do Miners Know What They Want?

The Sun · Thursday 2 May 1946 · page 1

REGARDLESS of past experience, the central executive of the Miners' Federation threatens another hold-up of coal production if its demand for State control of the mines is not conceded…

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State Asked to Resume Control of Coal Industry

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 May 1946 · page 5

THE Miners' Federation is to seek an undertaking from Federal and State Government members on Wednesday that immediate steps be taken to restore control over the mining…

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Finance, Commerce, Mines And Markets Slow Reconstruction Bank Figures Significant by the Financal Editor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 May 1946 · page 6

Some indication of the progress of reconstruction may be gleaned from the monthly statistics relating to banking…

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Vital Coal Conference on Wednesday Miners Determined On State Control

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 9

The Miners' Federation will press its demand for State control of the cool industry at a conference with Federal and State parliamentarians in Sydney next Wednesday…

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100Ft. Fall in Mine

The Sun · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Falling from a staging at the Central Nell Gwyn Mine at Bendigo today, George Murphy, 42,…

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Victorian Industry Needs Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Some industries relying on large coal supplies will be idle by…

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Govts.' Plan For Mine Subsidies

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 9

Commonwealth and State Governments may suggest next Wednesday a system of substantial subsidies to the mining…

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Reserve of City Coal Increases

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 14

County Council coal stocks had continued to improve, and there were now four days' reserve suppliers, the deputy…

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Reserve of City Coal Increases

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 14

County Council coal stocks had continued to improve, and there' were now four days' reserve supplies, the deputy…

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