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Mining & the mines, 1948

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Mine Cable by Air

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 5

TWO rolls of cable, weighing 1661lbs. and urgently needed for the John Darling mine, were flown from Melbourne to…

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Mine Cable by Air

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 4

TWO rolls of cable, weighing 1661 lbs. and urgently needed for the John Darling mine, were flown from Melbourne to…

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Mine Cable by Air

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 2

Two rolls of cable, weighing 1661lbs. and urgently needed for the John Darling mine, were flown from Melbourne to…

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Mine Cable by Air

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 5

TWO rolls of cable, weighing 1661lbs. and urgently needed for the John Darling mine, were flown from Melbourne to…

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Miners clash on Communists

The Sun · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 2

National leaders of the Miners' Federation have gone to Western Australia, where the delegate board at Collie…

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Miners call off strike

The Sun · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 2

Obeying the order of the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher), miners at the J. and A. Brown Abermain…

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Miners Call Off Strikes

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 10

Stoppage of nine northern mines, planned for today, has been cancelled by direction of the…

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Mine Cable by Air

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 5

TWO rolls of cable, weighing 1661lbs. and urgently needed for the John Darling mine, were flown from Melbourne to…

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Sporting Back to Randwick Mine Host and Herbert River

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 8

Royal Randwick will be the rendezvous for racegoers on next Saturday—in fact on Saturday, June 5,…

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Tin Mines' Loss

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 June 1948 · page 16

New England Tin Mines, N.L., reports a loss of £167 for the year ended November 30. Cash stands at 247 and creditors at…

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Trouble still of BHP mines

The Sun · Thursday 3 June 1948 · page 3

Stoppages at BHP mines continue. Burwood, partly idle during the past few days, has…

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News In Brief Trousers As Trophy Mine Football

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 June 1948 · page 3

LITHGOW, Wednesday. —The Joint Coal Board will donate 16 pairs of trousers to Lithgow Rugby League to…

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Queensland Open Cut Coal Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 June 1948 · page 3

This picture shows open cut coal mining being developed on a big scale at Blair Athol in Queensland. Men and plant in the foreground are dwarfed by the size of the cut, which is being worked by a British company…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 June 1948 · page 6

G.M. OF KALGOORLIE: Four weeks ended May 25, treated 12,363 tons for 3,118o[?] fine…

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Gold Co. s Share Offer

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 June 1948 · page 12

Consolidated Gold Mining Areas, N.L., will offer its remaining 50,000 shares in Blue Spec Gold Mines. N.L., to…

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Engine Damage Hampers Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 June 1948 · page 16

It will take months to repair the damaged engine bedplate of Blue Spec Gold Mines. N.L. The Federal Government has…

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African Coal May Be Costly

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 June 1948 · page 3

Victorian Premier Hollway should be wary about signing a proposed contract to buy 100,000 tons of South African coal at £7…

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The Joint Coal Board is the Fairy Godmother of the coalfields It gives miners pants but gets no coal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 June 1948 · page 6

AT the Trades Hall last week union officials awarded the Joint Coal Board a novelty jackpot…

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Good Day for Coal

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 June 1948 · page 2

FOR the first time this year, all northern mines are working today, only one mine is idle in the west, and two in…

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Good Day for Coal

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 June 1948 · page 2

FOR the first time this year, all northern mines are working today only one mine is idle in the west, and two in…

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