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Mining & the mines, 1946

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Transfer of Gold by France

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 6

In order to pay America for imp[?] of an essential character. France [?] transferred seventy-three miles pounds of gold to the Exchange…

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Truman's Order to U.s. Miners, Owners

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Friday.--President Truman has told the mine workers leader, John L. Lewis, and mine owners to submit their deadlocked…

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How Bhp Dominates Aust. Coal Industry

Tribune · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 7

The Australia coal industry, previously dominated by shipping firms, is today overshadowed by the Broken Hill Proprietary. THIS is the opinion of the Left…

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Attempt to Smuggle French Gold Foiled

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 3

PARIS, Friday.--Nice police seized 1000 pieces of gold worth about £14,600, which were hidden in the hollow door of a car carrying a…

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Where’s Coal Gone? Asks ALP Paper

Tribune · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 7

The Standard, Official Labor Party paper, asks “what mysterious power keeps coal for essential services at such low…

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Big Parley on Coal Plan Preparation Made

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 3

The largest conference in Australian coal-mining history would be held in Sydney next Tuesday, miners' officials declared…

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Govt. Gift Of £4,000.000 To Coal Owners

Tribune · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 7

The Federal Labor Government has shown marked reluctance to advance funds to the NSW Labor Government to…

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Levy on Pay Refused Impasse In U.S. Coal Strike

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 3

WASHINGTON, May 16 (A.A.P.).—American softcoal mine-owners have unequivocally rejected the demand by the United Mine…

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Finance, Commerce, Mines And Markets Shortage of Labour Sources of Relief

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 6

Because of the prevailing shortage of labour, and of materials that depend for their making on labour, reconstruction is held up all along the…

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Conference on State Mine Control Attempt To End Stoppages Effect on Other Unions As Issue

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 5

DETAILED plans prepared by Miners' Federation officials for State control of the coal mining industry will be discussed at a conference on Tuesday with State and Federal…

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Melbourne Faces Coal Shortage

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 May 1946 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Melbourne again faces gas, transport, and industrial production cuts because of the shortage of coal from N.S.W…

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Coal Shortage in Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 18 May 1946 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Because of the shortage of coal for the production of electric light, Melbourne will revert to dim…

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Gold Fever In Australia

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 18 May 1946 · page 13

LONDON'S gold fever over South African discoveries, seems to have overflowed into Australia…

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Gold Company in Liquidation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 May 1946 · page 3

LONDON, May 17 (A.A.P.).—A statement of affairs of the British-Australian Gold Development Company by the Official Receiver, Mr. H…

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Move To Stop Coal Disputes

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 May 1946 · page 11

N.S.W. Combined Colliery Proprietors' Association has told the Commonwealth Government that it will co-operate to its fullest…

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Strikes Against Strikers Mine Remains Idle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 May 1946 · page 3

In the last two days rival groups of miners in a northern colliery have been striking alternately against the other side's strike,…

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New Fan for Mine Plan To End Strike

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 May 1946 · page 4

Provision of an underground boosting fan was agreed upon to-day as a means of settling the dispute about ventilation, which has…

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Sport and Sportsmen Worth His Weight In Gold

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 18 May 1946 · page 16

WHEN a stable is in luck it is a sound policy to follow the flow of success. Randwick trainer, R. H. (Bob) Abbott won the Doncaster with Blue Legend, and then scooped the pool at the QTC autumn carnival with Good Idea, who is particularly fit at present…

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W. A. Gold Yield Improves Still Far Below 1939

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 May 1946 · page 10

PERTH, Friday.—Though improving, gold production of Western Australia is still at a rate of less than half the pre-war output…

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Coal Controversy Not Without End Where Do We Go From Here?

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 18 May 1946 · page 15

IT'S all too seldom, in our community divided by party passions and class interests, that you find…

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