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Mining & the mines, 1947

4,492 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 225

2000 Miners In Scene, Police Act

The Sun · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 1

Two thousand miners from the South Coast staged a noisy demonstration outside Parliament House this afternoon and police broke them up into small groups and ordered them to move on…

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Chinese Gold Smugglers Use Aircraft

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 5

The Chinese had so little confidence in their currency that they had imported more than one million ounces of…

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All Southern Collieries to Stop Decision Made at Meeting in Sydney Domain

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 2

AT a Domain meeting following their demonstration outside Parliament House today, southern miners decided to cease work in all southern collieries…

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Judge Would Have Liked To See Miners

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 2

Judge Rainbow would like to have been present at the miners demonstration against him; he said in the Workers'…

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Judge Would Have Liked To See Miners

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 3

Judge Rainbow would like to have been present at the miners' demonstration against him, he said in the Workers'…

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Bunnerong Coal Sufficient For Only 24 Hours

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 6

Bunnerong Power Station had little more than 24-hours' supply of coal on hand, the chairman of the Sydney County Council (Mr. F. G. Pursell) told a Council meeting yesterday…

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German Scientists To Investigate Brown Coal Industry

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 5

"Australia wad entitled to something in the way of reparations from Germany and to obtain the benefit of scientific…

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R.S.L. Will Challenge Coal Board Appointment

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 4

The State secretary of the Returned Service[?]'s League (Mr. J. R. L'[?] said on Sunday night that the R.S. L. would challenge the app[?]nt of…

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Background To The News Coal Crisis Lowers British Income

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 3

MOST industries in Britain stopped this month because there was not enough coal to make the necessary electric…

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Miners' Protest March in Rain Attempt to Get Improvement in Conditions

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 2

MORE than 2000 coal-miners, their wives and sympathisers, paraded through rain in Sydney today. THEY marched to Parliament House…

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Soviet Backs Albania British Complaint On Corfu Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 3

NEW YORK, Feb. 25 (A.A.P.). —Russia yesterday asked the Security Council to drop the British complaint against Albania that she…

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Mines Adrift Off Qld. Coast All Ships Warned; Navy Orders Flotilla To Sea

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 7

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--Six drifting British-type electric mines are threatening shipping inside the Great Barrier Reef. The Navigation Department has radioed a…

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ALL N.S.W., Victorian Mines Idle Northern Men Join One-Day Stoppage

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 5

All mines in New South Wales and Victoria will be idle today, causing a total loss of nearly 57,000 tons of coal. The Northern Board of Management of the Miners' Federation…

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British Industry's Huge Loss Result or Coal, Freeze Crisis Difficulties for Treasury

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 17

LONDON, Wednesday.-- British industry will suffer a loss of close on £J20,000,000 because of the shut-down caused by the coal and freeze crisis…

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British Industry's Huge Loss Result of Coal, Freeze Crisis Difficulties for Treasury

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 17

LONDON, Wednesday.-- British industry will suffer a loss of close on £120,000,000 because of the shut-down caused by the coal and freeze crisis…

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Shipboard Search for Illegal Gold Huge China Market Says Ex-Official

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 9

Sydney Customs officials yesterday searched the liner Yochow before she sailed for the Far East. They are trying to check black-market gold…

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Bunnerong on "Razor's Edge" Still Only 24 Hours' Coal Blame Put on Commissioner

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 17

BUNNERONG Power House supplier of Sydney's light and power, is still balanced on a razor's edge as far as coal is concerned. THIS public concern, seller of…

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Bunnerong on "Razor's Edge" Still Only 24 Hours' Coal Blame Put on Commissioner

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 17

BUNNERONG Power House, supplier of Sydney's light and power, is still balanced on a razor's edge as far as coal is concerned. THIS public concern, seller of near…

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Bunnerong on "Razor's Edge" Still Only 24 Hoars' Coal Blame Put on Commissioner

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 17

BUNNERONG Power House, supplier of Sydney's light and power, is still balanced on a razor's edge as far as coal is concerned. THIS public concern, seller of…

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Bunnerong on "Razor's Edge" Still Only 24 Hours' Coal Blame Put on Commissioner

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 17

BUNNERONG Power House, supplier of Sydney's light and power, is still balanced on a razor's edge as far as coal is concerned. THIS public concern, seller of…

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