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Mining & the mines, 1947

4,492 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 225

Today's Coal Loss

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 6

ABOUT 8000 tons of coal will be lost to stocks today because of stoppages at seven mines and two open-cuts in the north, one mine in…

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Pension Rise For Miners

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 6

The State Parliamentary Labor Party today agreed to a recommendation by the Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) providing…

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Pension Rise For Miners

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 3

The State Parliamentary Labor Party today agreed to a recommendation by the Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) providing…

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Pension Rise For Miners

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 6

The State Parliamentary Labor Party today agreed to a recommendation by the Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) Providing…

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Authority Of Coal Tribunal

The Sun · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 3

Chairman of the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. Gallagher) today reserved his decision on the question of jurisdiction to hear…

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Will Recalls Desert Gold

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 7

The late Thomas Henry Lowry, who owned the famous mare Desert Gold and raced her successfully in Australia…

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Will Recalls Desert Gold

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 7

The late Thomas Henry Lowry, who owned the famous mare Desert Gold and raced her successfully in Australia…

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Day Dawn Mine Rich Option Taken

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 16

An option for £200,000 has been taken by a Perth syndicate on the rich Mountain View mine at Day Dawn, near…

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Fossickers for Gold Invading Nicaragua

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 21

Managua (Nicaragua), Wednesday.--A minor gold rush is developing in Nicaragua, with an area of 10,000 square miles on the market for exploration as the chief bait for prospectors…

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Fossickers for Gold Invading Nicaragua

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 21

MANAGUA (NICARAGUA), Wednesday.--A minor gold rush is developing in Nicaragua, with an area of 10,000 square miles on the market for exploration as the chief bait for prospectors…

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Miners' Strike Threat Wage Dispute In Queensland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 4

All Queensland mines will be idle next Monday unless colliery proprietors agree to pay increases in wages awarded miners by a…

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Coal Tribunal And 35-Hour Week Claim

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 7

Unless the new Coal Industry Tribunal had the power to decide miners' claims for a 35-hours week, the joint Coal…

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Coal Tribunal And 35-Hour Week Claim

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 7

Unless the new Coal Industry Tribunal had the power to decide miners' claims for a 35-hours week, the joint Coal…

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Coal Tribunal And 35-Hour Week Claim

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 7

Unless the new Coal Industry Tribunal had the power to decide miners' claims for a 35-hours week, the joint final…

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Miners' Pledge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 3

LONDON, Mar. 19 (A.A.P.).— The executive of the National Union of Mineworkers visited No. 10 Downing Street yesterday and gave a pledge…

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Coal Tribunal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 5

The Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr. F. H. Gallagher, is a completely independent authority, the secretary to the tribunal, Mr. J. Hills, said…

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Fire Threat To Colliery Gear

The Sun · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 8

Underground gear in a section of northern colliery Pacific is being removed by men working round the clock to beat a fire…

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Gold Yields

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 12

Aust.-N.Z., 286,000yds., 989oz. bullion. Wiluna, (Feb.) 606oz. Plant alterations…

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Miners' Pension Rise Approved

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 3

The State Parliamentary Labour Party yesterday approved an increase of 5/ a week in the pensions paid to miners…

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Mine Death In Palestine

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 12

JERUSALEM, Thursday.--One British policeman was killed and five soldiers and police wounded yesterday when a jeep…

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