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Mining & the mines, 1947

4,492 stories in Sydney's papers · page 79 of 225

Threat to Tie Up All Mines

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 2

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…

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Threat to Tie Up All Mines

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 4

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…

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New Tennant Creek Gold Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 6

Tennant Creek Gold Mines Ltd. has been formed in Sydney, with a nominal capital of £100,000 in 400,000 shares of 5/ each, of which…

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Lucknow Mining Merger Scheme

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 6

Lucknow Gold, N.L., has concluded negotiations for the merging of 120 small mining leases held by 15 separate mining companies…

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Coal Company's "Prosperity" Short Delivery Claim

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.—In the 20 years between 1923 and 1943, Rylance Collieries and Brickworks Pty. Ltd. had paid dividends…

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Stop Press Ferrier Shares Gold Lead

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 28

HOUSTON (Texas), Friday.-- Australian golfer Jim Ferrier returned a three under par card of 69 to share the lead with Lew…

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Coal Hold-up Threatened; Engine-drivers' Ultimatum

The Sun · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 2

Production of all NSW coal mines is threatened by a dispute in the State's eight open cut mines. The Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association instructed its members in open-cut mines to cease work tonight, and the union…

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Mt. Lyell Mines at Loss for Half-year

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 12

Mt. Lyell Mining and Railway Co., Ltd., reports that mining for the six months ended March 31 last, was carried on at a loss, and no interim…

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Ngahere Gold Results Improve

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 May 1947 · page 5

Net profit of Ngahere Gold Dredging, Ltd. (N.Z.), at £18,193 for the year ended December 3l, is an increase of £4,790…

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16-Year-Old Causes Mine Strike

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 10 May 1947 · page 11

Foolish stoppages still occur on NSW coalfields. Recently a 16-year-old boy at Pelton (South Maitland) colliery…

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Stocks Of Gas Coal Very Low

The Sun · Saturday 10 May 1947 · page 1

The manager of the Australian Gas Light Co. (Mr. H. Tindale) said today that Mortlake gas works had only…

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Coal Output Up in U.k

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 May 1947 · page 8

LONDON, Saturday.--Stating that more coal than was expected had been produced this year, the President of the Board of Trade (Sir…

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Coal Output Up in U.k

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 May 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Saturday.--Stating that more coal than was expected had been produced this year, the President of the Board of Trade (Sir…

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Gold Titan Just Downs Sefiona In Tight Finish

The Sun · Saturday 10 May 1947 · page 8

BRISBANE, Saturday.--Gold Titan, desperately ridden by W. Briscoe, and with a 23lb. weight advantage, just beat Queensland's best two-year-old, Sefiona, in today's Claret Stakes at Eagle Farm…

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The city of GOLD From our Vancouver Office

The World's News · Saturday 10 May 1947 · page 6

IN the golden mountains of Canada's Yukon even the floor boards of the cafes and hotels are worth money—they bear the gold…

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Four Page Story by Carson Gold The Jackpot of Death

The World's News · Saturday 10 May 1947 · page 8

"NURSE Claims Doctor Tried To Murder Her." It was an intriguing headline, and the fact that the published…

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Finance, Commerce, Mines, And Markets British Export Policy No Diversion For "Hard" Currency

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 May 1947 · page 5

Britain would not make other areas do without her exports because of her drive to increase sales to "hard" currency…

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Search For Secret Gold Smelting Factory In London Our Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 May 1947 · page 3

LONDON, May 9.—Scotland Yard is searching for a secret goldsmelting factory in London. This follows the seizure by…

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Threat of Another Gas Crisis Coal Reserves Low; 30,885 Tons Lost During Week

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 May 1947 · page 7

The Australian Gas Light Company had less than one day's coal reserves on hand at Mortlake, the general manager of the company (Mr. H. Tindale) said last night…

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Baume's Budget Now It Is The Miners' Strike

Truth · Sunday 11 May 1947 · page 29

THE Glasgow-born dock strike dawdled to an end this week as surface strikers at British mines made 32,000 miners idle…

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