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Mining & the mines, 1948

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Fluorescent Lighting in Coal Mines

Construction · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 7

One of the experiments introduced by the National Coal Board in the mines in Britain is installations of fluorescent lighting. The first of nine of such installations was at the Chisley…

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11 Mines Idle

The Sun · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 6

Eleven NSW mines are idle today and one partly idle for a coal loss of about 8690 tons…

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The Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 10

SEVEN mines are idle in the north today and one only partly manned. There are two stoppages in the west and one…

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Ten Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 10

SEVEN mines are idle in the north today and one only partly manned. There are two stoppages in the west and one…

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Ten Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 10

SEVEN mines are idle in the north today and one only partly manned. There are two stoppages in the west and one…

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Ten Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 10

SEVEN mines are idle in the north today and one only partly manned. There are two stoppages in the west and one…

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Miners Vote to Go Back

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wednesday. --By 300 votes to six, coal miners at Booval, in the Ipswich district, today…

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Miners Vote to Go Back

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wednesday. --By 300 votes to six, coal miners at Booval, in the Ipswich district, today…

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Soviet Honors to Miners, Farmers

Tribune · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 5

MOSCOW. — Honors have been awarded here to a number of our best people Included among them are:—…

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Gold Raids By Police

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Gold bars and diamonds worth more than £1300 were seized by…

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Western mines idle over Queensland clash

The Sun · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 2

All Western NSW mines will be idle tomorrow as a protest against "the bashing of demonstrators in Queensland." This was decided by Western miners management…

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Gold Production Reduced Manpower Difficulties

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 7

The slow recovery in Australian gold production is related to the industry's difficulty in regaining labor…

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Stamp to Mark Gold Discovery

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 14

CAN FRANCISCO. -- Postmaster Albert Goldman announced recently that the Post Office Department has issued…

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£800 gold seized in raid

The Sun · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- Detectives, who raided a house at Essendon yesterday,…

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Powerhouse Coal Stocks Decreasing Council 'Holds Week's Supply'

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 9

The Sydney County Council's coal stocks were dropping steadily, the general manager (Mr. G. S. Boyd) a told the council yesterday…

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Surveying Queensland's Coal Resources. Powell Duffryn Technical Services Ltd

Construction · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 6

Powell Duffryn Technical Services Ltd., of London, which firm has been engaged by the Queensland Government to make a survey of the State's coal resources, recently purchased a two-storey…

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Few Coal Mines in N.s.w. Work

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 March 1948 · page 2

Most N.S.W. miners are idle today in protest against police action during yesterday's Brisbane disorders. ALL southern and western…

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Mine Explosion

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 March 1948 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday. --A mine explosion on Sunday at Racha…

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Most State Coal Mines Out Over Qld. Crisis Red Influence Behind Strikes

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 March 1948 · page 1

ALL but ten of the cool mines in New South Wales were idle today. There is no certainty that they will resume tomorrow. Nobody seems to know. It is possible that this stoppage is part of a…

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Most State Coal Mines Out Over Qld. Crisis Red Influence Behind Strikes

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 March 1948 · page 1

ALL but ten of the coal mines in New South Wales were idle today. There is no certainty that they will resume tomorrow; Nobody seems to know. It is possible that this stoppage is part of a…

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