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Mining & the mines, 1947

4,492 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 225

New Pensions Bill Miners Benefit

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 March 1947 · page 1

The annual cost involved in the 5/ rise in miners' pensions is estimated at £61,000 annually under the Coal and Oil Shale Mine…

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Fall Us State Gold Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 March 1947 · page 4

Gold production of New South Wales for 1946 was 32,009 oz. fine, a decline of 11,120 oz. on the year. The value at £344,501 compares…

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U.S. Stir Over Australian Mines Appointment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 March 1947 · page 3

WASHINGTON, March 21 (A.A.P.).—John L. Lewis, the miners' leader, told the Senate Public Lands Committee yesterday…

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11 Weeks' Coal Loss 547,500 Tons

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 March 1947 · page 9

Strikes and stoppages in New South Wales coalmines in 11 weeks this year have lost 547,500 tons, a spokesman for the Combined Colliery Proprietors'…

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Awapuni Gold Cup to Beau Le Havre

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 March 1947 · page 15

AUCKLAND, Saturday.--The champion three -years- old Beau Le Havre (8.4) beat Bruce (9.0), the leading handicap horse in New…

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Awapuni Gold Cup to Beau Le Havre

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 March 1947 · page 15

AUCKLAND, Saturday.--The champion three- years- old Beau Le Havre (8.4) beat Bruce (9.0), the leading handicap horse in New…

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British miners' production pledge

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 23 March 1947 · page 13

CANBERRA, Sat.--British miners have promised to deal drastically with slackers, and reduce absenteeism to a minimum, United Kingdom High…

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Chinchilla Worth Weight In Gold

Truth · Sunday 23 March 1947 · page 30

NEW YORK.—The chinchilla is an animal which resembles a cross between a rabbit and a rat Full grown, it weighs about 20 ounces. In America, chinchillas cost £400 a pair, which means they are literally worth their weight in gold. This makes the chinchilla easily…

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Driver says lorry hit "mine" on road

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 23 March 1947 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Sat.--Alfred George Hancock, lorry driver, of Seventh Street, Boolaroo, believes he ran over a land mine or small bomb near…

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Britains Film News British to film African gold rush

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 23 March 1947 · page 37

LONDON, Sat.--South Africa is making a determined bid to outrival Australia as another potential Commonwealth base for British film production. Simultaneously this week…

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Six Idle Coal Mines Will Lose 8400 Tons

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 9

ALL mines are working in the south and west today, but in the north six are idle and loss will be about 8400 tons…

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Six Idle Coal Mines Will Lose 8400 Tons

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 9

ALL mines are working in the south and west today, but in the. north Six are idle and loss will be about 8400 tons…

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Six Idle Coal Mines Will Lose 8400 Tons

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 9

ALL mines are working in the south and west today, but in the north six are idle and loss will be about 8400 tons…

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Six Idle Coal Mines Will Lose 8400 Tons

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 9

ALL mines are working in the south and today, but in the north six are idle and loss will be about 8400 tons…

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Six Idle Coal Mines Will Lose 8400 Tons

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 9

ALL mines are working in the south and west today, but in the north six are idle and loss will be about 8400 tons…

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Gold Medal For Rescuer

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 20

LONDON. -- An 18-years-old youth of Peacehaven, Sussex, has been awarded the Royal Humane Society's Stanhope gold…

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Dutch Bank Calls in All Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 6

AMSTERDAM, March 23 (A.A.P). —The Netherlands Bank is calling in all gold, gold coin, and gold alloys, and all foreign currency notes and…

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Miners’ Auxiliary Thanks Communists

Tribune · Tuesday 25 March 1947 · page 6

THE Scarborough Women’s Auxiliary of the Miners’ Federation has the following letter to the Australian Communist Party:…

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Mining Activity

The Sun · Tuesday 25 March 1947 · page 12

Gold Mies of Australia, Ltd., has placed contracts for erection of a six-cubic-feet dredge to work the Jim Crow area at Newstead…

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Aust. Gold Output in December Down

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 March 1947 · page 21

PRODUCTION of gold in N.S.W. for December last is estimated at 3,275.95 ozs. fine valued at £13,915 (standard rate) or £A35,257. The…

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