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Mining & the mines, 1947

4,492 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 225

Five Collieries Idle

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 22

ALL southern and western mines are working today, but there are five stoppages in the north. N.S.W. coal production should be about…

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Five Collieries Idle

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 2

ALL southern and western mines are working today, but there are five stoppages in the north. N.S.W. coal production should be about…

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Five Collieries Idle

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 2

ALL southern and western mines are working today, but there are five stoppages in the north. N.S.W. coal production should be about…

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Strike Over Mine Ruling

The Sun · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 9

First strike against a desion of the newly created, Industrial Tribunal occurred No. 1 Colliery…

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Strike By Mine Men

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Monday. -- Secretary for the Interior (Julius Krug) refused yesterday to engage in a controversy on…

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N.z. Coal Strike

The Sun · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 5

AUCKLAND. Monday.--Drastic reductions in railway services, including the cancellation of special Easter trains, are…

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Mine Deputies to Work Strike Deferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 3

Members of the Illawarra branch of the Deputies' and Shotfirers' Association decided at Wollongong on Saturday that they would not…

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6-Day Halt at U.s. Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 4

NEW YORK, Sunday (A.A.P.). --John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, has called a stoppage of all work…

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Food Goes to Racketeers Germans Stage Hunger March; Miners Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday.--Thousands of tons of grain are disappearing into Germany's black market while hunger demonstrators in the industrial towns demand food…

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Guide For Investors Coal Shares Anomaly Little Incentive To Risk New Money

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 8

It is a curious anomaly that the importance of the coal industry to the people is out of all proportion to the current benefits to holders of…

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Stop-work Call In Memory Of 111 U.S. Miners Staff Correspondent And A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, March 30.— John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, has called a work…

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Coal Miners Get Pay For Holidays

The Sun · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 7

Coal miners in future will receive payment for statutory holidays in New South Wales, Victoria. Tasmania and Queensland…

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B.H.P. to Get More Coal Mine Resuming

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Monday.—The immediate threat of large-scale cuts in production at the B.H.P. steelworks was averted to-day,…

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Victim's Heartrending Notes Dying Miners' Last Farewell "Quit the Mine" Son Tells Dad

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 19

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--Many victims of the Centralia Mine disaster were entombed for 15 hours before they died. THIS is indicated by…

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Victim's Heartrending Notes Dying Miners' Last Farewell "Quit the Mine" Son Tells Dad

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 19

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--Many victims of the Centralia Mine disaster were entombed for 15 hours before they died. THIS is indicated by…

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Victim's Heartrending Notes Dying Miners' Last Farewell "Quit the Mine Son Tells Dad

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 19

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--Many victims or the Centralia Mine disaster were entombed for 15 hours before they died. THIS is indicated by…

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Victim's Heartrending Notes Dying Miners' Last Farewell "Quit the Mine" Son Tells Dad

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 19

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--Many victims of the Centralia Mine disaster were entombed for 15 hours before they died. THIS is indicated by…

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Victim's Heartrending Notes Dying Miners 'Last Farewell "Quit the Mine" Son Tells Dad

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 19

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--Many victims of the Centralia Mine disaster were entombed for 15 hours before they died. THIS is indicated by…

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Mine President's New Post

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 3

The southern miners' president, Mr. F. Lowden, said yesterday that he would resign his position to accept the post of welfare officer to…

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Coal Threat In South

The Sun · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday. --Another general coal stoppage is threatened following a stopwork meeting of the…

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