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Mining & the mines, 1949

6,231 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 250

Eight Mines Idle Today

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 5

Eight mines, with a total capacity of 5295 tons, are idle in the State today. IN the north, Richmond Main…

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Eight Mines Idle Today

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 5

Eight mines, with a total capacity of 5295 tons, are idle in the State today. IN the north, Richmond Main…

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Storybook Gold Millionaire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 2

THE name Claude Albo de Bernales! How it rang through Australia from the West in the middle 'thirties. When in…

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Year's First Coal Arrives

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 13

New South Wales twiners produced 53,000 tons of coal yesterday, their first day's work after three weeks' annual holidays…

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More Coal on Way Yesterday's Output

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 3

Distribution of the first day's coal production since the miners' holidays—almost 50,000 tons— is proceeding satisfactorily. The Joint Coal Board…

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Gaol Sentence for Possession of Gold

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 2

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.-- Charles Edmund Brown (42). miner, was sentenced in the Police Court today to three…

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Old Car Gold Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 2

BOMBAY, Tues. (A.A.P.).--Indian Customs officials found gold bullion and coins…

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Nine Mines Idle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 8

Nine coalmines were idle in New South Wales yesterday. A Joint Coal Board spokesman said 50,000 tons of coal were…

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Vast Untapped Wealth of North Australia Mr. Chifley's Talk on a National "Gold Mine"

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 6

Forging ahead with the beef industry in Northern Australia and fostering the pearling industry were interesting subjects which formed the background of a highly important…

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Miners win pay dispute

The Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 2

A dispute, which accounted for the greater part of today's coal output loss of 10,000 tons in Northern NSW,…

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Coal Export to Asia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tuesday. — Cabinet to-day approved applications for shipments of 5,000 and 2,000 tons Callide…

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Disputes Hold Up 12 Mines

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 13

Coal losses today, the third working day of the miners' New Year, will be the heaviest for months…

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Disputes Hold Up 12 Mines

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 13

Coal losses today, the third working day of the miners' New Year, will be the heaviest for months…

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Disputes Hold Up 12 Mines

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 13

Coal losses today, the third working day of the miners' New Year, will be the heaviest for months…

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Disputes Hold Up 12 Mines

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 13

Coal losses today, the third working day of the miners' New Year, will be the heaviest for months…

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Disputes Hold Up 12 Mines

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 13

Coal losses today, the third working day of the Miners' New Year, will he the heaviest for months…

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N. Territory Gold Venture

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 6

Northern Territory Alluvials Gold Dredging Co. N.L. is being formed with nominal capital of £20,000 to acquire alluvial areas…

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Coal Supply To Victoria Cut

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Victoria's coal quota from N.S.W. has been cut by a quarter for this week…

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Coal Supply To Victoria Cut

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Victoria's coal quota from N.S.W. has been cut by a quarter for this week…

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Curious Reversal by American Miners' Chief French Coal Strikers Attacked by John L. Lewis Newspaper Says He Is Bidding for Commo Support

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 10

The "capitalist" Secretary of America's United Mineworkers, Mr. John L. Lewis (whose salary totals £16,000 a year), sent a shiver down the spines of American workers…

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