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Mining & the mines, 1947

4,492 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 225

Chifley Acts to End Coal Crisis

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 2

The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) will discuss the present coal crisis with the Minister for Supply and Shipping (Senator Ashley) on Monday morning…

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Chifley Acts to End Coal Crisis

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 2

The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) will discuss the present coal crisis with the Minister for Supply and Shipping (Senator Ashley) on Monday morning. THE general secretary of the…

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Chifley Acts to End Coal Crisis

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 2

The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) will discuss the present coal crisis with the Minister for Supply and Shipping (Senator Ashley) on Monday morning. THE general secretary of the…

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Chifley Acts to End Coal Crisis

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 2

The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) will discuss the present coal crisis with the Minister for Supply and Shipping (Senator Ashley) on Monday morning. THE general secretary of the…

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Chifley Acts to End Coal Crisis

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 2

The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) will discuss the present coal crisis with the Minister for Supply and Shipping (Senator Ashley) on Monday morning. THE general secretary of the…

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P.M's. "No Strike" Plea to Miners

The Sun · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 3

The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) again appealed to miners leaders today not to call a general coal strike. In a telegram to the general secretary of the Miners…

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Albanian Coast Closed Mines For 110 Miles

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 3

LONDON, Feb. 28 (A.A.P.).— The coast of Albania, where two British destroyers struck mines last October, has been closed to…

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Man Gaoled For Haying Illegal Gold

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 2

KALGOORLIE, Saturday. -- Caught with a bar of gold in his possession when members of the gold stealing detection staff…

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Man Gaoled For Having Illegal Gold

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 2

KALGOORLIE, Saturday. -- Caught with a bar of gold in his possession when members of the gold stealing detection staff…

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Man Gaoled For Having Illegal Gold

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 2

KALGOORLIE, Saturday. -- Caught with a bar of gold in his possession when members of the gold stealing detection staff…

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Had Illicit Gold; Man Is Gaoled

The Sun · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 3

KALGOORLIE, Saturday.--Caught with a bar of gold in his possession when members of the Gold Detection Staff raided a place in Boulder, a 32-year-old clerk was today…

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Man Gaoled For Having Illegal Gold

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 2

KALGOORLIE, Saturday. -- Caught with, a bar of gold in his possess, when members of the gold stealing detection staff…

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Man Gaoled For Having Illegal Gold

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 2

KALGOORLIE, Saturday. -- Caught with a bar of gold in his possession when members of the gold stealing detection staff…

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Food, Houses for Miners Plan To Stimulate Production

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 3

LONDON, Feb. 28 (A.A.P.).— More food and more houses will be provided for mining areas to stimulate coal production…

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Coal Crisi Turn Jobs In Peril; Talks Held

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 1

Industrial paralysis because of the present coal strikes is now overtaking the steel and iron industry of the South Coast, and is threatening the B.H.P…

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Fresh Moves on Coal Crisis Assurances To Men May Prevent Nationwide Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 9

Two developments yesterday may avert a general coal strike, miners' leaders said last night. The decision of the Joint Coal Board…

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Meet The King Of Diamonds,The Man With A £1,500,000 Income Ladies, meet the world's most eligible bachelor, John Thorburn Williamson, owner of the fabulously rich new diamond mine at Mwadui, Tanganyika. His present income is £1,500,000 a year; recently he refused £7,000,000 for his 299 shares in the mine he discovered. Also, he is the only man in the world who can force members of the all-powerful diamond cartel to bow their heads in acknowledgment to him as King. If Williamson chooses, he can smash the ring by flooding the market with high quality stones

The World's News · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 4

WHEN and it handsome young John Thorburn Williamson falls for a girl, she can have almost anything she wants — especially…

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Male vanity was a new gold mine

The Sun · Sunday 2 March 1947 · page 1

The vanity of American men is measured in a statistician's report which discloses that more than £670,000 is spent each year…

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Newcastle's Coal Crisis

Truth · Sunday 2 March 1947 · page 32

NEWCASTLE, Saturday. — Unless coal intake at the B.H.P. steel works improves next week drastic curtailment in iron and…

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P.M. appeals to miners as coal tension grows 1,000,000 Jobs in Balance

The Sun · Sunday 2 March 1947 · page 3

PRIME Minister Chifley urged miners yesterday to refrain from general strike action which, within the next few weeks, threatens employment of 1,000,000…

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