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Mining & the mines, 1947

4,492 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 225

Gold Bar Was Just Put Away on Shelf

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 April 1947 · page 4

LONDON.--A Dutch businessman sent a registered parcel containing valuables, including a gold bar, to a friend in Copenhagen, on March…

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No Trains in Adelaide Sudden Crisis In Coal Supply

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 April 1947 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Friday.— Lack of coal caused the cancellation of all metropolitan train services to-day,…

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In U.S.A. Miners' Walk-out Symptom Of Unrest In Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 April 1947 · page 7

THE six-day stoppage of work called by John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, in memory of the 111…

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Moscow's Gold Came Back to Roost

The Sun · Sunday 6 April 1947 · page 3

LAST week it seemed that the Soviet had been hoaxed to the extent of 50 million German marks. This week it was a question of who hoaxed whom. The Russian Purchasing Commission had been buying gold…

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GERMANY The gold was only skin deep TIME

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 6 April 1947 · page 24

Rheingold -- rarest gold. How pure and bright once didst thou beam on us…

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No Gold From Silver Rocks Blame For Breasley; Loyal M. Again

Truth · Sunday 6 April 1947 · page 6

An unlimited commission, which included "One Grand" of the owner Mr. Bert Englebert was placed on the Melbourne horse, Silver Rocks, in yesterday's Tocal Handicap at…

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TODAY: Political Roundabout National Affairs The real coal experts just didn't understand

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 6 April 1947 · page 26

COAL and transport authorities, mainly hard-headed men, can be naive. Some of them were discovered last week searching for the…

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Man Sweeps Gold From Riverbed

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 April 1947 · page 15

NEW YORK.--Philip Bishop (37), an ex-serviceman from Sultan (Washington State), has brought gold prospecting up to date…

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U.S. Miners Threaten Big Stoppage Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 April 1947 · page 1

WASHINGTON, April 6. —All soft-coal mines in the United States are expected to stay closed indefinitely under…

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Two Coal Mines Idle In North

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 17

All southern and western coal mines are working today, but Abermain No. 1 and Millfield are idle in the north…

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Two Coal Mines Idle In North

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 17

All southern and western coal mines are working today, but Abermain No. 1 and Millfield are idle in the north…

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U.S. Industry Hit by Big Coal Mine Strike Phones Silent In 41 States

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--First repercussion of the strike by U.S coal miners yesterday was the laying off of 1500 employees by Pennsylvania Railroad. Other industries are expected to follow suit as coal…

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U.S. Industry Hit by Big Coal Mine Strike Phones Silent In 41 States

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--First repercussion of the strike by U.S. coal miners yesterday was the laying off of 1500 employees by Pennsylvania Railroad. Other industries are expected to follow suit as coal…

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U.S. Industry Hit by Big Coal Mine Strike Phones Silent In 41 States

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--First repercussion of the strike by U.S. coal shiners yesterday was the laying off of 1500 employees by Pennsylvania Railroad. Other industries are expected to follow suit as coal…

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U.S. Industry Hit by Big Coal Mine Strike Phones Silent In 41 States

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--First repercussion of the strike by U.S. coal miners yesterday was the laying off of employees by Railroad Other industries are industries are expected to follow suit as coal…

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Gas Companies Short Of Coal

The Sun · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 10

Sydney's shortage of coal for gas production has been referred to the Joint Coal Board. Announcing this today, the…

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Only Two Mines Were Idle Today

The Sun · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 9

Only two mines were idle in NSW today, when miners resumed after their Easter holidays…

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Spain Buys Surplus War Goods with Gold

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 16

LONDON. -- The Franco Government is out to purchase British surplus war material with Spanish gold reportedly deposited in a…

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Spain Buys Surplus War Goods with Gold

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 16

LONDON. -- The Franco Government is out to purchase British surplus war material with Spanish gold reportedly deposited in a…

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640,000 Strike In U.S.--Coal Crisis

The Sun · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Monday.--Government officials predict that the miners' "safety strike" will hold up soft-coal production indefinitely, seriously affecting steel and other industries. Three-fourths of the nation's 400,000 soft-coal miners, and 340,000 telephone…

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