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Mining & the mines, 1948

4,740 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 237

Miners Support Railway Strikers

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.-- The Northern Miners' Board of Management has pledged financial support to the…

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Miners Support Railway Strikers

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.-- The Northern Miners' Board of Management has pledged financial support to the…

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Miners Support Railway Strikers

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.-- The Northern Miners' Board of Management has pledged financial support to the…

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Miners Support Railway Strikers

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.-- The Northern Miners' Board of Management has pledged financial support to the…

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Miners Support Railway Strikers

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.-- The Northern Miners' Board of Management has pledged financial support to the…

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Officialdom "Delays Coal Output"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 1

Much coal was being lost because of "bureaucratic" refusals of permits for building mine…

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Reply by Miners on Amenities

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 8

"After the people Mr. McNally represents have neglected their mines for years, it is amusing to find…

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Reply by Miners on Amenities

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 2

"After the people Mr. McNally represents have neglected their mines for years, it is amusing to find…

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Reply by Miners on Amenities

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 2

"After the people Mr. McNally represents have neglected their mines for years, it is amusing to find…

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No delay in housing tor cool mine amenities

The Sun · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 3

Housing priorities will not be sacrificed to miners' demands tor materials to provide pit-top and underground amenities, a State Government spokesman said today. "The Government will…

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Miners on Strike for Amenities Govt. Authorities Refuse To Supply Materials

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 7

Yesterday the State Mine, Lithgow, was idle because the 500 miners who work there decided to demonstrate against the management's failure to…

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Gold Share Issue

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 14

Directors of South Costerfield Antimony and Gold Mining Co., Ltd, have decided to issue 20,000 contributing shares at 17--the present…

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Queensland Coal. Record Output

Construction · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 5

Queensland coalfields last year produced a record output of 1,883,406 tons, valued at £2,238,000. The previous record production in 1943 wass 1,699,000, valued at £1,825,000…

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Miners Determined to Win Nationalisation

Tribune · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 6

At a Government-convened compulsory conference of all mining unions in Sydney tomorrow (Thursday) the powerful Miners’ Federation is expected to express extreme disatisfaction with the whole coal set-up and…

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Coal Output Last Year Near Record

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 3

Australian coal output last year has been beaten only once--in 1942 during the great drive for vital…

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Conference Called To Win More Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 6

Mineworkers' demands for amenities will be one of the major topics discussed at a coal conference in Sydney tomorrow…

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Nuggets of Gold Worth £141 Found

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 2

COOLGARDIE, Wednesday.--Reginald Baker, member of a well-known prospecting family, found a nugget of gold…

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They find gold in the streets

The Sun · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 2

PERTH, Wednesday.--Fossickers and speckers have been reaping a gold harvest since weekend…

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Nuggets of Gold Worth £141 Found

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 2

COOLGARDIE, Wednesday.--Reginald Baker, member of a well-known prospecting family, found a nugget of gold…

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