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Mining & the mines, 1947

4,492 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 225

Demands Action On Coal Board

The Sun · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 3

Delay of the Federal and State Governments in appointing the new joint Coal Board was criticised today by the general…

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Women Ready To Shovel Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 2

ONE WOMAN took a shovel when she went to the Melbourne Town Hall yesterday to volunteer to transport coal to gasworks. Hundreds of Melbourne women have volunteered to handle coal…

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New Plan For Peace In Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 4

The general secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. G. W. S. Grant) yesterday proposed an…

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Argentina Taking Back Gold Stocks

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 23

LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.).--The Central Bank of Argentina has disclosed that Argentina is rapidly repatriating its gold, reserves from the U.S. and…

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Emperor Mines' No-div. Policy Smiths Financial Review

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 13

WHEN the operating company is making net profits of approximately £100,000 a year, and shareholders are getting no dividends, it isn't strange that there's discontent in Emperor Mines' household…

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Answers to Readers How do you Account for Coal Formation in the Polar Regions?

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 11

MY pen is rusty with long disuse. My brain has been so completely and delightfully idle for so many months that you can hear it…

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Miners' ballot nominations

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 January 1947 · page 5

Latest nomination for Miners' Federation president is Mr. J. Comerford, president of the Richmond Main Lodge…

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14 trapped in burning mine

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 January 1947 · page 48

LONDON, Sat.--One man was killed, and hope of rescuing 14 others trapped in a blazing mine-shaft at…

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14 Miners Trapped Behind Fierce Fire

Truth · Sunday 12 January 1947 · page 44

LONDON, Saturday.—Rescue squads are working feverishly to reach 14 miners trapped behind a wall of fire in a shale mine at West…

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Fight for top job in miners' unions PAMPHLETS, author

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1947 · page 2

[?]ised by the "The Miners' Committee for Democratic Unionism," are flooding the…

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Fourteen trapped in mining disaster LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1947 · page 1

FOURTEEN miners are trapped in a Midlothian coal mine. One man was killed instantly…

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Fashion Spotlight London's black frocks are all gold-trimmed

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 January 1947 · page 40

LONDON, Sat.--That useful black frock--the fashion must of every wardrobe--appears in new London collections with gold as some form of trimming on frocks for every occasion…

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Miners Move to Oust Communists

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 3

First shots in the campaign to remove Communists from executive office in the Miners' Federation have been fired by…

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Greeks Bummed for Corfu Mine-laying

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.).--An Albanian Note to Britain accuses Greece of laying mines in the Corfu Channel (off Albania) to create ill-feeling between Albania and Britain…

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Rabbit May Help Solve The Coal Problem

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 3

SINGLETON, Sunday. — A wounded rabbit, it was revealed here to-day, has done its bit toward solving Australia's coal…

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Uno Will Hear British Complaint Albania Accused Of Mining Channel Reply Hints at Greece's Guilt

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 8

NEW YORK, Monday.--The dispute between Britain and Albania on the disposal of mines in the Corfu Channel is to be given an early airing before the Security Council…

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Uno Will Hear British Complaint Albania Accused Of Mining Channel Reply Hints at Greece's Guilt

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 8

NEW YORK, Monday.--The dispute between Britain and Albania on the disposal of mines in the Corfu Channel is to be given an early airing before the Security Council…

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Four Mines Idle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 12

Stoppages at four N.S.W, collieries yesterday caused an output loss of 2,240 tons. The idle mines were: Excelsior…

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Ship Hits Mine— 49 Missing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 3

HONG KONG, Jan. 13 (A.A.P.).— The 700-ton ship Toishan struck a mine in the estuary of Pearl River, South China, on Saturday and sank…

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Coal Production Was Near Record

Tribune · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 3

THE Coal Commissioner, Mr. Williams has announced that coal production for the last six months of 1946 was within a few hundred tons…

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