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Mining & the mines, 1948

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Big Trucks for Mining

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 April 1948 · page 3

Mr. F. W. Fisher, an American technician, arrived in Sydney today to supervise assembly of…

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Threat Of Mining Upheaval

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 April 1948 · page 3

A series of meetings within the next few days should decide whether or not there is to be an…

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Threat Of Mining Upheaval

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 April 1948 · page 3

A series of meetings within the next few days should decide whether or not there is to be an…

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Big Trucks for Mining

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 April 1948 · page 3

Mr. F. W. Fisher, an American technician, arrived in Sydney today to supervise assembly of…

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Threats Of Strike On Coal Plans

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

Miners' Federation leaders are threatening to answer the Joint Coal Board's anti-strike plans…

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N.S.W. Mine Strike Threat Leaders Hit New Plans for Output

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 April 1948 · page 5

The central executive of the Miners Federation will recommend a strike in all New South Wales coalmines unless the Joint Coal Board…

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Miners Accept "Challenge"

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 6

The Central Executive of the Miners' Federation is seeking the support of all Federal unions to fight "a challenge of the Joint Coal Board."…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 5

GOLDEN PLATEAU: Four weeks to Apl. 10, treated 1,440 tons for 391oz…

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Miners march at funeral

The Sun · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 1

More than 100 miners marched at the funeral to-day of Henry Octave Wade 27 who was killed…

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Most Mines Work Today

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 3

Coal production improved today. All western mines are working, only one is idle in the south…

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Mining Reports

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 8

FOR the fortnight ended April 8, Ngahere Gold Dredge ran 197 hours and dug 68.705 yards for a yield of 175…

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Mining Reports

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 8

FOR the fortnight ended 1 April 8, Ngahere Gold Dredge ran 197 hours and dug 68.705 yards for a yield of 175…

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Tremors Shake Houses Over Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 7

LITHGOW, Monday. -- Severe earth tremors today shook houses in the Vale of Clwydd, a mining suburb of Lithgow. The tremors were…

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Only Four Mines idle Today

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 2

Coal production improved today. All western mines are working, only one is idle in the south…

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Only Four Mines Idle Today

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 2

Coal production improved today. All western mines are working, only one is idle in the south…

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N. Guinea gold report

The Sun · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 5

PORT MORESBY, Tuesday. --A gold find in New Guinea central highlands is reported in messages from Lae and…

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Lewis Earns U.s. Miners' Pension

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday.-- Union leader John L. Lewis yesterday won a pension of £25 sterling a month for soft coal…

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Lewis Earns U.s. Miners' Pension

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday-- Union leader John L. Lewis yesterday won a pension of £25 sterling a month for soft coal…

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Miners told by leaders to work on

The Sun · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 2

Miners have been instructed by their leaders to continue working until a decision is reached on the…

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Policy on Strikes Coal Board's New Move

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 3

The Joint Coal Board yesterday had told the Miners' Federation that it would no longer act to…

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