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Mining & the mines, 1947

4,492 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 225

Britain Emerging From Coal Crisis; Stocks Increase

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 10

LONDON, Wednesday.--More than 230,000 tons of coal have been saved by the restrictions imposed in Britain. FOR the week ended February 15…

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Mining Inspector As Opponent for Baddeley

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 2

NEW CASTLE, Wednesday. -- Chief check inspector of the Northern District Mines (Mr. W. May) has been invited to contest Cessnock seat…

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Mining Inspector As Opponent for Baddeley

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday. -- Chief check inspector of the Northern District Mines (Mr. W. May) has been invited to contest Cessnock seat…

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Mining Inspector As Opponent for Baddeley

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday. -- Chief check inspector of the Northern District Mines (Mr. W. May) has been invited to contest Cessnock seat…

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Mining Inspector As Opponent for Baddeley

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday. -- Chief check inspector of the Northern District Mines (Mr. W. May) has been invited to contest Cessnock seat…

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Crisis Nears End More Coal Stocks Move to Import Workers

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 9

LONDON, Wednesday.--More than 230,000 tons of coal have been saved by the restrictions imposed in…

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Crisis Nears End More Coal Stocks Move to Import Workers

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 9

LONDON, Wednesday.--More than 230,000 tons of coal have been saved by the restrictions imposed in…

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British Power Cuts Stay Coal Supplies Going To Vital Centres

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.--Power rationing to homes in Britain is expected to continue until the end of March. Heavy supplies of coal continue to be sent…

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The Frailties of Northern Climates Why England Feels the Gold

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 5

Australians who have never been to the United Kingdom may wonder why it is that English people are at present apparently feeling the cold far more than do residents of other countries, such as Canada…

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Miners Strike on Transport Want Special Train For Protest March On State Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 7

Three hundred South Bulli miners struck yesterday because the Railway Department has not yet replied to South Coast miners' request for a special train to Sydney next…

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Miners Threaten Big Strike Hours And Pay Demands FEB. 28 Deadline for Govt. Reply

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 18

UNLESS satisfactory replies to demands are received within nine days, the Miners' Federation will consider an Australia-wide coal strike…

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Miners Threaten Big Strike Hours And Pay Demands FEB. 28 Deadline for Govt. Reply

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 18

UNLESS satisfactory replies to demands are received within nine days, the Miners' Federation will consider an Australia-wide coal strike…

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Miners Threaten Big Strike Hours And Pay Demands FEB. 28 Deadline for Govt. Reply

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 18

UNLESS satisfactory replies to demands are received within nine days, the Miners' Federation will consider an Australia-wide coal strike…

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Miners Threaten Big Strike Hours And Pay Demands FEB. 28 Deadline for Govt. Reply

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 18

UNLESS satisfactory replies to demands are received within nine days, the Miners' Federation will consider an Australia-wide coal strike…

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Miners Threaten Big Strike Hours And Pay Demands FEB. 28 Deadline for Govt. Reply

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 18

UNLESS satisfactory replies to demands are received within nine days, the Miners' Federation will consider an Australia-wide coal strike…

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N.S.W. Branch North and North-west Sheds Mines and Jobs Organiser J. Rich's Report

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 15

Since last reporting, writes Organiser J. Rich, I have visited the following sheds, dredges and mines in the…

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Scotland Has 100 percent. Mechanised Mine "Almost a Vision," Says Herbert Morrison Ideal External and Internal Conditions

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 16

There is a coalmine in Scotland, referred to by Herbert Morrison as "The Cat's Pyjamas," which, he said, he would almost think was a vision—a painting of 50 years hence under nationalisation…

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Coal Position Improves Relief Fqr British Industry Soon From Our Staff Correspondent And A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 3

LONDON, February 18.—The safety margin of coal stocks at power stations in Britain is expected to be reached by the end of the week and the present…

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What Britain lacks is not coal, but guts the Great Bureaucratic Peril "By dither, delay, lack of decision, avoidance of responsibility, and rank incapacity, bureaucracy has practically run the country to a standstill."

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 10

LONDON, Tuesday. -- What is most lacking in Britain today? Not coal--as you may think--…

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Coal Talks On Feb. 27: Miners' Claims

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 1

The Federal Government will call a conference to discuss coalminers' claims for a "New Deal" in Sydney…

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