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Mining & the mines, 1947

4,492 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 225

France Asks Britain For Coal From Ruhr

Tribune · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 8

PARIS.—French coal miners have appealed to Britain to allow coal exports to France from the British controlled Ruhr…

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Gold Reserve Action Argentina's Fear Of Embargo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 6

BUENOS AIRES, January 16 (A.A.P.).—Central Bank sources have disclosed that Argentina is rapidly repatriating its gold…

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W. A. Mines Ready To Start

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 13

There's an augury for better returns from goldmining in WA in production figures for 1946…

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James English Queueing Up For Gold

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 15

ALMOST 700 miles from Darwin the black ribbon of the great North-South…

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REDS v. A.L.P. Fight For Miners' Leadership

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 10

A BITTER struggle between Communist and Labor Party supporters on the coalfields has followed the resignation of Harold Wells as general president of the Miners' Federation…

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In LONDON Britain's Plan To Overcome Coal Problems

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 8

THE British Labour Government is facing a winter vision of empty factory coalbunkers, dwindling coal stocks at power stations,…

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Goldfields Road Neglected New Guinea Transport Problem

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 6

Unless an energetic repair programme for the Wau-Labu road is promptly and efficiently organised, operators on the New Guinea…

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They wanted coal independence

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1947 · page 4

In an effort to make itself independent of NSW coal supplies, South Australia is expanding its Leigh Creek coalfield…

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Lead miners got £6 a week bonus

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1947 · page 4

Soaring lead prices are swelling the pay envelopes of miners employed by Broken Hill mining companies…

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Gold Still Shows Phenomenal W.A. Mine "Richer As We Drive Deeper"

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 8

KALGOORLIE, Monday.--The phenomenal Mountain View mine at Day Dawn in still showing bright seams of gold, two and three inches wide, at a depth of 350 ft. according to…

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Gold Still Shows Phenomenal W.A. Mine "Richer As We Drive Deeper"

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 8

KALGOORLIE, Monday.--The phenomenal Mountain View mine at Day Dawn in still showing bright seams of gold, two and three inches wide, at a depth of 350 ft. according to…

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Gold Still Shows Phenomenal W.A. Mine "Richer As We Drive Deeper"

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 8

KALGOORLIE, Monday.--The phenomenal Mountain View mine at Day Dawn in still showing bright seams of gold, two and three inches wide, at a depth of 350 ft. according to…

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Five Mines Idle

The Sun · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 2

Five stoppages and two partial stoppages in NSW coal mines to-day lost output of 7050 tons…

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Ship Hits Mine Off Denmark

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 1

COPENHAGEN, Jan. 19 (A.A.P.). A new tanker, the British Earl (8,000 tons), en route to Stockhoim, struck a mine off Denmark, and had to be…

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Jews Set "Biggest' Land-Mine Ever"

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P).--British engineers yesterday found on a road near Jerusalem the most powerful [?]and-mine ever seen in Palestine…

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300 Reported Killed When Ship Hits Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday.--Three hundred people are reported to have been killed when a Greek ship hit a mine near Athens early today, says Reuter's Athens correspondent…

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Coal Vital to British Economy, Says Minister

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--The extent to which British production problems are linked with coal was again emphasised by the Minister for Fuel…

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Coal Vital to British Economy, Says Minister

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--The extent to which British production problems are linked with coal was again emphasised by the Minister for Fuel…

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Stalin Wants To Know About Our Gold Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1947 · page 2

QUERIES which officials at Australia House in London are required to answer from time to time range from aboriginal archaeology…

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Stop-press Coal Threat

The Sun · Tuesday 21 January 1947 · page 1

State Government informed by Miners' Federation that unless Coalmines Regulation Act amended first session…

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