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Mining & the mines, 1947

4,492 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 225

City Power Maybe Cut Bid To Avert Rationing Govt. Seeks More Coal

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 March 1947 · page 3

LAST-MINUTE efforts are being made by the State Government to avert rationing of electricity. The Minister for Local Government…

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LETTERS to the EDITOR They still dump food while many hunger Food is gold

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 March 1947 · page 8

SIR,--An article in the Telegraph last week by L. J. Miller said that food was the world's No. 1 political problem…

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General Coal Strike Off; Miners Strong Opposition

The Sun · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 3

NSW miners today voted overwhelmingly against an immediate general coal strike. Even on southern fields where the miners are now on strike, the vote favored the Miners Central Council recommendation against…

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Coal Mines Bill To Improve Working Conditions

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 3

A bill to amend the Coal Mines Regulations Act so as to ensure the best possible safety precautions and to give the…

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Proposed General Coal Strike Off Miners Vote Against Stoppage Influenced by Govt. Promises

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 5

A GENERAL coal strike and the consequent dislocation of industry and services have been averted. At aggregate meetings today miners…

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Proposed General Coal Strike Off Miners Vote Against Stoppage Influenced by Govt. Promises

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 5

A GENERAL coal strike and the consequent dislocation of industry and services have been averted. At aggregate meetings today miners…

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Proposed General Coal Strike Off Miners Vote Against Stoppage Influenced by Govt. Promises

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 5

A GENERAL coal strike and the consequent dislocation of industry and services have been averted. At aggregate meetings today miners…

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Proposed General Coal Strike Off Miners Vote Against Stoppage Influenced by Govt. Promises

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 5

A GENERAL coal strike and the consequent dislocation of industry and services have been averted. At aggregate meetings today miners…

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Proposed General Coal Strike Off Miners Vote Against Stoppage Influenced by Govt. Promises

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 5

A GENERAL coal strike and the con- sequent dislocation of industry and services have been averted. At aggregate meetings today miners…

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Victoria-Riverina Branch Metalliferous and Gold Mining Industries Conference with Employers

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 13

In the latter part of last year a new log of rates and conditions was served upon a number of mines in the States of Victoria and Tasmania, writes Branch Secretary H. O. Davis…

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Victorian Gold Output

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 21

VICTORIAN gold output during January was 4879oz„ valued at £52,512…

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Victorian Gold Output

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 21

VICTORIAN gold output during January was 4879oz., valued at £ 52,512…

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Miners Likely to Turn Down Strike

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 18

Voting at aggregate meetings of miners on all N.S.W. fields today, is expected to be against a general coal…

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Discontent in Mine Zone Corvette Recalled

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.— Trouble among the crew of the minesweeper H.M.A.S. Deloraine because of…

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Question On Oil From Coal Plant

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 3

The Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Treatt) asked in Parliament today if the Government had approved the establishment…

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Question On Oil From Coal Plant

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 3

The Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Treatt) asked in Parliament today if the Government had approved the establishment…

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Coal Strike Unlikely: Crisis At Bunnerong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 1

The threat of a general coal strike has probably been averted, but Bunnerong power-house exhausted its coal reserves yesterday for the first time on record. The position is described…

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Question On Oil From Coal Plant

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 3

The Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Treat) asked in Parliament today if the Government had approved the establishment…

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Question On Oil From Coal Plant

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 3

The Leader of the Opposition (Mr Treatt) asked in Parliament today if the Government had approved the establishment…

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No Light Yet on Bunnerong Coal Position

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 2

Sydney County Council today baldly announced that the position at Bunnerong power house was "still far from satisfactory."…

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