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Mining & the mines, 1947

4,492 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 225

"I Wish They Were Mine"

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 5

PAM AND KAY MANNING gaze longingly at a display of Easter eggs in a Melbourne store. With their parents, they had been to Spencer Street Station on Wednesday night to catch a train, but it was two hours late. Wearing red dressing-gowns and felt…

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"Mine Disaster Fault Of Government"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 3

WASHINGTON, March 28 (A.A.P.).—Mr. Charles W. Vursell (Rep., Illinois), in the U.S. House of Representatives…

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South Coast Mine Stoppage Averted

The Sun · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 3

Threatened stoppage on Monday by South Coast deputies and shot-firers, key men in the mines, has been called off…

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South Coast Mine Strike Declared Off

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 2

WOLLONGONG, Saturday.-- The threatened hold-up of South Coast coal production on Monday was averted at a…

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South Coast Mine Strike Declared Off

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 2

WOLLONGONG, Saturday.-- The threatened hold-up of South Coast coal production on Monday was averted at a…

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Miners Elect Communist As New Leader

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 4

Mr. ldris Williams, a well-known Victorian Communist, was last night elected Australian president of the Miners'…

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South Coast Mine Strike Declared Off

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 2

WOLLONGONG, Saturday.--The threatened hold-up of South Coast coal production on Monday was averted at a…

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Sooth Coast Mine Strike Declared Off

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 2

WOLLEONGONG, Saturday.-- The threatened hold-up of South Coast coal production on Monday was averted at a…

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South Coast Mine Strike Declared Off

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 2

WOLLONGONG, Saturday.-- The threatened hold-up of South Coast coal production on Monday was averted at a meet…

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Expert Delayed by Strike Coal Dust Problem

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 4

A colliery strike yesterday delayed an investigation by Professor T. David Jones, the noted Welsh expert, here…

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Miners 'Murdered,' Says Union Man 111 Dead In U.S. Explosion No Enforcement of Safety Code

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Saturday.--"The 111 miners who lost their lives in the Centralia explosion Were murdered because of the criminal negligence of the Secretary for the Interior…

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Miners 'Murdered,' Says Union Man 111 Dead In U.S Explosion No Enforcement of Safety Code

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Saturday.--"The 111 miners who lost their lives in the Centralia explosion were murdered because of the criminal negligence of the Secretary for the Interior (Mr…

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Miners 'Murdered,' Says Union Man 111 Dead In U.S. Explosion No Enforcement of Safety Code

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Saturday.--"The! 111 miners who lost their lives in the Centralia explosion were murdered because of the criminal negligence of the Secretary for the Interior…

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MINERS ' Murdered,' Says Union Man 111 Dead In U.S. Explosion No Enforcement of Safety Code

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Saturday.--"The 111 miners who lost their lives in the Centralia explosion were murdered because of the criminal negligence of the Secretary for the Interior (Mr…

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Miners 'Murdered', Says Union Man 111 Dead In U.S. Explosion No Enforcement of Safety Code

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Saturday.--"The 111 miners who lost their lives in the Centralia explosion were murdered because of the criminal negligence of the Secretary for the Interior (Mr…

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Miners 'Murdered,' Says Union Man 111 Dead In U.S. Explosion No Enforcement of Safety Code

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Saturday.--"The 111 miners who lost their fives in the Centralia explosion were murdered because of the criminal negligence of the Secretary for the Interior (Mr…

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Miners 'Murdered,' Says Union Man 111 Believed Dead In U.S. Explosion No Enforcement of Safety Code

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Saturday.--"The 111 miners who lost their lives in the Centralia explosion were murdered because of the criminal negligence of the Secretary for the Inferior…

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Zinc Mine at Broken Hill

The Sun · Sunday 30 March 1947 · page 8

WE arrived in the grounds of the zinc mine at 2 o'clock. The guide met us, then we commenced to climb up…

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Mine strike may cut steel output

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 30 March 1947 · page 51

NEWCASTLE, Sat. -- The management of the Newcastle B.H.P. Steelworks may announce drastic restriction of output next week…

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Death roll in U.S. mine now 92 ILLINOIS

The Sun · Sunday 30 March 1947 · page 5

NINETY-TWO bodies have been found following the disastrous mine explosion at Centralia…

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