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Mining & the mines, 1947

4,492 stories in Sydney's papers · page 78 of 225

Boys in Blue and Gold Improve with Every Run Hearn Shines In Tough Tussle With Norths

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 7 May 1947 · page 12

Leading North Sydney 14-7 at half-time, Parramatta Rugby League team almost gained their first victory, due to the brilliant play of their captain, Bob Andrews, lock forward, Barney Hearn, and winger, Keith Gersbach, at…

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Seven Coal Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 May 1947 · page 1

SIX northern and one southern coal mine are idle today. Production loss is expected to exceed 10,000 tons…

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Seven Coal Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 May 1947 · page 2

SIX northern an done southern coal mine are idle today. Production loss is expected to exceed 10,000 tons…

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Seven Coal Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 May 1947 · page 1

SIX northern and one southern coal mine are idle today. Production loss is expected to exceed 10,000 tons…

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Seven Coal Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 May 1947 · page 3

SIX northern and one southern coal mine are idle today. Production loss is expected to exceed 10,000 tons…

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Seven Coal Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 May 1947 · page 1

SIX northern and one southern coal mine are idle today. Production loss is expected to exceed 10,000 tons…

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Seven Coal Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 May 1947 · page 1

SIX northern and one southern coal mine are idle today. Production loss is expected to exceed 10,000 tons…

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Seven Coal Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 May 1947 · page 2

SIX northern an done southern coal mine are idle today. Production loss is expected to exceed 10,000 tons…

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Coal Loss Growing Miners Claim Holiday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 May 1947 · page 3

Strikes caused a loss in coal output of 441,505 tons during the eight weeks ended April 5, the Coal Industry Tribunal,…

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Colliery Disaster

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 May 1947 · page 3

LONDON, May 7 (A.A.P.).—It is feared that nine men lost their lives in an explosion at Barnsley Main colliery…

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Nine Killed in Mine Explosion

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 May 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday.--Nine men are believed to have been killed and 20 injured in a coal-mine explosion today. The explosion occurred in the…

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No Day Off After Mine Disaster

The Sun · Thursday 8 May 1947 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday.--Barnsley Main Colliery, Yorkshire, where an explosion killed nine men…

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Increased British Coal Output Aids Industry

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 May 1947 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday. -- Due to the improved coal situation this year, industry is expected to reach 90 per cent. of capacity, it was stated…

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Increased British Coal Output Aids Industry

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 May 1947 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday. -- Due to the improved coal situation this year, industry is expected to reach 90 per cent. of capacity, it was stated…

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The Sydney Morning Herald Thursday, May 8, 1947 Thursday Features King Coal's New Realm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 May 1947 · page 9

IN the mid-eighteenth Century William Murdoch, a Scottish boy, tried to cook coal in his mother's teapot. His…

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Eight Mines Idle

The Sun · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 3

Stoppages at eight mines on the northern and southern NSW coalfields will cause an output drop of about 8850' tons today…

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Threat to Tie Up All Coal Mines Open Cuts Ceasing Tonight Enginedrivers Making Demands

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 5

A COMPLETE tie-up of the coal industry in N.S.W., affecting about 17,000 employees and involving a total daily coal loss of 50,000 tons, is threatened…

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Coal Agreement Reached

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 1

According to an agreement signed by Messrs. Bidault, Bevin and Marshall, France will receive a certain percentage of the coal from the Western zone of Germany. Exports will be determined, for the six months following the 1st July, 1947, on a mobile scale. France will receive 21% when the daily…

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Miners Work After Disaster

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 3

LONDON, May 8 (A.A.P.).—Because of the coal shortage, Barnsley Main Colliery will work to-day[?] although nine miners lost their lives in…

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Communist’s Win In Miners’ Poll

Tribune · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 3

Mr. W. Smart, a member of the Australian Communist Party, has been elected vice-president of the Southern District of the Miners’ Federation. ON the same day, as reported in the…

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