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Mining & the mines, 1948

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Coal Output Below Target

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.).-- Britain's coal output for 53 weeks ended January 3 was 199.700,000 tons…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 5

GOLDEN HORSESHOE: Treated 59,160 tons of dump for gold valued at £A11,750…

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Brilliant Mine Host Handicapped to Lead Way Home in Challenge Stakes Hiraji Selected To Defeat The Stayers

Sydney Sportsman · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 1

When doubles charts make their appearance at the weekend on the Challenge and Anniversary double, readers might do worse than take MINE HOST and HIRAJI. This pair promises to go mighty close to landing it…

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Move on mine dispute

The Sun · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 5

A compulsory conference on the threatened 24-hour strike by mine enginedrivers, which would cause a stoppage…

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Tragic Gold Stolen by Nazis Helps Refugees

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 3

GENEVA, (World News Service) Gold teeth, wedding rings and personal jewellery—the last traces of millions of victims who were killed…

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Coal Strike Threat

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 January 1948 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday. -- In a last-minute bid to avert a coal stoppage the Minister of Labor (Mr. Isaacs) has…

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Mines Resume on

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1948 · page 2

Mining will resume in all New South Wales mines on Monday, with the exception of the State Mine at Lithgow, which reopened…

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Miners back at work

The Sun · Saturday 10 January 1948 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Saturday. -- Preparations have been made for a resumption of work at all coal mines on Monday…

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Coal strike threatened in Britain

The Sun · Saturday 10 January 1948 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday. -- A court of inquiry has been appointed into the dispute between the…

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World's News An international gang muffed History's Biggest Gold Robbery

The World's News · Saturday 10 January 1948 · page 3

RETURN of £9,500,000 in gold to the Bank of Italy under terms of the Italian Peace Treaty ends the final chapter of what might have…

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Miners Trapped By Explosion

Truth · Sunday 11 January 1948 · page 30

PARIS, Saturday. — Pears were held for the lives of 50 miners trapped by a gas explosion at the Petite Rosselle…

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Heavy Loss on Coal State Mines In Britain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 1

LONDON, January 11 (A.A.P.).—Introduction of the five-day week in Britain's newly-nationalised…

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Coal asset

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 6

SIR,--There is one point you do not mention in your most interesting and illuminating articles on the dollar…

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Mine Cages Safer

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 2

MOSCOW. -- A new parachute device that gently lowers coal mine cages which break from their cables has passed its…

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Big Roll-up of Miners

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 2

N.S.W. coalminers returned from their three weeks' holiday in such force today that near-peak…

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Miners back on the job

The Sun · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 5

All but three of the State's 140 coal mines are working today, after the miners' three weeks'…

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Big Roll-up of Miners

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 2

N.S.W. coalminers returned from their three weeks' holiday in such force today that near-peak…

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Backing for Mine Host -- Kerry Lad

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 12

Mine Host and Kerry Lad today were coupled for £2000 in Challenge Stakes -- Anniversary Handicap doubles. BEAU ROBERT was a…

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Backing for Mine Host -- Kerry Lad

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 12

Mine Host and Kerry Lad today were coupled for, £2000 in Challenge Stakes -- Anniversary Handicap doubles. AS a result of last Saturday's…

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Miners Back To-day Holiday Over

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 1

All mines in New South Wales will resume work to-day after the Christmas period holiday break…

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