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Mining & the mines, 1948

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No Talks Yet On Coal Chief

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 3

The appointment of a director of Coalmines to control the new State coal mines, had not yet been discussed, the…

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No Talks Yet On Coal Chief

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 3

The appointment of a director of Coalmines to control the new State coal mines, had not yet been discussed, the…

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No Talks Yet On Coal Chief

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 3

The appointment of a director of Coalmines to control the new State coal mines, had not yet been discussed, the…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 5

HARRIETVILLE: Week ended Feb. 28, treated 38,000yds for 138oz, value £1,449. VICTORIA DREDGING: Fortnight…

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Gold Output Falls

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 16

Victorian gold yield for January was 3699oz. fine, a decrease of 1180oz. on the corresponding period of 1947…

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Victorian Gold Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 5

Gold production of Victoria for January totalled 3,699oz fine, a decrease of l,180oz on January, 1947…

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Miners Housed in Maternity Ward

Daily Mirror · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 5

LITHGOW, Thursday.--Miners fresh from the collieries are being received in Lithgow Hospital's new maternity ward…

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Miners Housed in Maternity Ward

Daily Mirror · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 5

LITHGOW, Thursday.--Miners fresh from the collieries are being received in Lithgow Hospital's new maternity ward…

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R.n. Dash to Gold Coast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 3

LONDON, March 3 (A.A.P.).—Two British sloops left Simonstown, South Africa, to-day for the Gold Coast,…

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Queensland Miners Divided Help for Rail Men Opposed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 5

Latest developments in union attempts to blockade Queensland and dislocate the State's internal transport are:--…

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Price of Tin Raised No Aid To Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 5

The maximum price for tin sold to consumers in Australia has been raised by £35 to £550 a ton…

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Coal Losses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 3

Coal losses yesterday, according to Joint Coal Board figures, were 7,525 tons. Nine mines were on strike…

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Miners Joining Strike

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 1

Queensland coalminers have decided to come out on strike to-morrow in sympathy with the…

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Six Mines Idle

The Sun · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 7

Six NSW mines are idle today for a coal loss of 6700 tons. At the Steelworks colliery in the west (daily…

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Miners out for manager

The Sun · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Friday.-- North Wallarah Colliery lost 500 tons of coal today because the manager was…

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Youth Badly Hurt in Mine Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 2

LITHGOW, Friday. -- Glen Lennox (18), pit-top employee, of Lithgow, suffered a fractured skull and multiple…

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Qld. Strike Settlement Offer Fails Miners Join Railwaymen

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 5

The central disputes committee controlling the Queensland rail dispute last night rejected terms for settlement…

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Six Mines Idle in N.s.w. Today

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 5

ALL southern mines are working today, but five are idle in the north, causing a loss of about 6700 tons of coal…

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Six Mines Idle in N.s.w. Today

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 5

ALL southern mines are working today, but five are idle in the north, causing a loss of about 6700 tons of coal…

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Air Reinforcements For Gold Coast Riots From Our Staff Correspondent And A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 3

LONDON, March 4.— Troop-carrying planes are standing by at Gibraltar ready to take a battalion of the…

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