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Mining & the mines, 1947

4,492 stories in Sydney's papers · page 70 of 225

Coal Record

Tribune · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 7

IT is claimed that a new coal production record was established in the NSW Western District on March 31. The output of 11,340 tons…

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Six Northern Mines Idle

The Sun · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 2

Because of stoppages at six mines, coal output loss on the northern field today will total 4850 tons…

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Mine Host May Show Improvement

The Sun · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 13

Mine Host ran two good races in the Breeders' Plate and Canonbury Stakes, to finish fourth on each occasion, and looked…

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Loco Men Protest on Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 3

The State conference of the Loco. Enginemen's Union yesterday protested against the quality of coal allocated, because they claimed much…

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Industrial Development in New Caledonia. Nickel Mine Develops Machine to Replace 800 Men

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 7

Saturday, 12th April.—Next week at the Thio nickel mine a machine devised and built locally, to separate the nickel from the stones, will be on trial. If successful, a larger and more finished machine will be adapted. The one now being completed is capable…

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Mine Kills Children

The Sun · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 1

HAMBURG. Saturday. -- Eleven children were killed at Stolberg. near Aachen. when a mine they found in a brook exploded after they had carried…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 6

AUSTRAL N.Z.: Four weeks ended Apr. 12, treated 174,000 cub. yds for 459oz bullion…

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Claim Coal Has Deteriorated

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Friday.—Coal from New South Wales has fallen off in quality, since the end of the war…

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Joint Coal Board Membership

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 5

CANBERRA, Friday.—Of 17 officers appointed to the Joint Coal Board at a salary of more than £500 a year, six have had war service, a…

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Is Another Gold Boom Coming?

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 13

MARKET interest in gold and gold mining is again on the up grade. It isn't a boom or even a boomlet, but conditions are pointing to some revival of that interest which, in the middle '30's, did a few…

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Seawater to Replace Coal for Heating

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 5

NICE.--A heating system in which seawater instead of coal will be used will be put into operation soon in Monaco,…

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Union Row Costs Big Coal Loss

The Sun · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 3

A 19-days-old dispute at Abermain No. 1 Colliery over the union position of a man has reduced…

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Coal Bd. Chairman on £5000 a Year

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 7

CANBERRA, Friday. -- The chairman of the new Joint Coal Board (Mr. K. A. Cameron) received a salary of £5000 a year, the Minister for Supply and…

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Marriage of Mine Manager Went Astray

Truth · Sunday 20 April 1947 · page 44

As a colliery manager, Arthur Richard Thomas (41), of Cardiff (N.S.W.), knows all about the extraction of black…

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Another Blot on Gold Taj's Shield

Truth · Sunday 20 April 1947 · page 2

Last season, as an early two-year-old, the grey filly Gold Taj looked like being a crackerjack…

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Peers' Denial Of Break-up Of Coal Board

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 April 1947 · page 10

LONDON, Monday.--Rumors that the National Coal Board was breaking up through internal dissensions and that Lord…

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Peers' Denial Of Break-up Of Coal Board

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 April 1947 · page 10

LONDON, Monday.--Rumors that the National Coal Board was breaking up through internal dissensions and that Lord…

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Peers' Denial Of Break-up Of Coal Board

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 April 1947 · page 10

LONDON, Monday.--Rumors that the National Coal Board was breaking up through internal dissensions and that Lord…

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Bid to Assassinate British C.-i.-c. Mine Near Football Ground Jew Terrorists Seeking Revenge

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 April 1947 · page 10

JERUSALEM, Monday.--An attempt yesterday by Jewish terrorists to assassinate Sir Alan Cunningham was frustrated…

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