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Mining & the mines, 1947

4,492 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 225

Gold Taj Just Fails to Keep Owner's Promise to Friend

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 26 January 1947 · page 13

A promise made last year by Mr. N. Frazer, owner of El Senor and Gold Taj, to a personal friend in England narrowly missed being fulfilled of Randwick yesterday. Mr. Frazer's promise was that…

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Old Gold Miners Tell Of Boom Days

The Sun · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 3

Stories of gold miners who made £1000 in a week and of others less lucky were recalled when 300 veterans of the Major's Creek and Araluen diggings held their annual picnic at…

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Swimmers Delouse Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 5

CAIRNS, Sunday.--Two navy men today swam to a mine drifting in the entrance to Cairns harbor and made it safe with…

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Raw Gold for World Bank

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 5

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 (A.A.P.).— The Abyssinian Government has sent chunks of raw gold by air to make up most of its first payment to the…

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Shower of Gold From Air Crash

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 5

HONGKONG, Monday.--Gold from a £4,875,000 cargo of bullion and coins was scattered over a wide area last week when…

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Shower of Gold From Air Crash

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 3

HONGKONG, Monday.--Gold from a £4,875,000 cargo of bullion and coins was scattered over a wide area last week when…

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Shower of Gold From Air Crash

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 18

HONGKONG, Monday.--Gold from a £4,875,000 cargo of bullion and coins was scattered over a wide area last week when…

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Two Men Swim to Mine and Lift Detonator

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 2

CAIRNS, Monday. -- A mine which had floated close to the entrance to Trinity Bay was demolished yesterday by naval…

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Unusual Strike By Gold Miners

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 3

JOHANNESBURG, Tuesday. -- A strike by European goldminers has caused another mining crisis, which may develop into a major political issue. ABOUT 6000 of the 14,000 white…

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Unusual Strike By Gold Miners

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 3

JOHANNESBURG, Tuesday. -- A strike by European goldminers has caused another mining crisis, which may develop into a major political issue. ABOUT 6000 of the 14,000 white…

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Vic. Miners’ Big Gains

Tribune · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 6

THE Victorian district of the Miners’ Federation has made history in the union by being the first district in Australia to win long service leave…

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Stoppage Threat In Ten Mines

The Sun · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 2

Miners' lodges of the 10 J. and A. Brown Abermain-Seaham pits, producing 10,000 tons of coal daily, have threatened to…

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Govt. Wants Coal Board Independent

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 7

CANBERRA, Monday.--The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) said today the Government did not want representatives of either the miners or the…

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Miners' Strike in Malaya Jap. Substitutes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 3

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 27 (A.A.P.).—The Malayan Government announced yesterday its decision to use Japanese prisoners to…

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Miners To Answer State Govt. Rebuff With Strike

Tribune · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 6

Because results of miners’ interviews in the last fortnight with NSW Cabinet Ministers are regarded as completely unsatisfactory a strike of South Coast miners probably follow a lodge officers’ conference next Wednesday. MINISTERS interviewed by the miners’…

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Other Cable Items 6,000 Miners Idle Strikes On Rand

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 3

LONDON, Jan. 27 (A.A.P.).— Six thousand European goldrmners began a strike to-day, says Reuters Johannesburg correspondent…

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Mine Dispute Settled

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 January 1947 · page 1

A settlement was reached yesterday in the dispute involving the 10 mines of the J. and A. Brown Abermain Seaham group…

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Law Forces Gold-miners to Carry First-aid Kit. New Sterile Bandage Package

Construction · Wednesday 29 January 1947 · page 5

So high was the accident rate amongst goldminers in South Africa that the Government passed a law insisting that every miner should carry a sterile bandage to dress cuts and scratches at the…

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Seyen Mines Idle Yesterday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 January 1947 · page 11

About 5,000 tons of coal was lost yesterday because of strikes at seven collieries. Collieries idle yesterday were:—…

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Gold for Stabilisation

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 January 1947 · page 17

LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.).--The Rome financial newspaper, Il Globo, says America has agreed to lend Italy 29 tons of gold worth £7,500,000 to help…

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