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Mining & the mines, 1949

6,231 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 250

Chinese rush to save gold SHANGHAI

The Sun · Sunday 23 January 1949 · page 2

SHANGHAI police and Nationalist troops last night guarded the city's business centre while…

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Four Mines Idle

The Sun · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 2

Four mines idle in the north lost 3345 tons of coal output from NSW coalfields today. All mines in the south…

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Miners' Warning to Reds

The Sun · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.--A campaign against Communist activities in the coalfields has been started by the…

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UK capital to exploit coal seams

The Sun · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 2

British financial interests have arranged the necessary capital to exploit the Blair Athol coal reserves in…

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Big Production of Coal Likely Today

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 2

NEARLY 53,000 tons of coal should be produced in N.S.W. today. Four mines, with a daily…

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Big Production of Coal Likely Today

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 2

NEARLY 53,000 tons of coal should be produced in N.S.W. today. Four mines, with a daily…

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Gold Production Lower

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 5

Gold produced in Australia in the 11 months ended November was 6 per cent. lower than that in the corresponding period of 1947…

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Mining Ventures

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 2

CURRENT ENTERPRISES.--Total losses to June 30, 1948; State Mining Enterprises £471,786; Bowen Coke Works £92,166; Irvinebank State Treatment Works £142,375…

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Mines to Work Next

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 9

The Combined Mining Unions' Council yesterday unanimously decided to recommend to mineworkers that they work next Monday, the…

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Nation's Gold Yield Rising

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 16

AUSTRALIA'S production of gold showed further recovery in November when output was 76.846 ozs. valued at…

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Aust. Gold Output Rises

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 13

CANBERRA, Mon. -- Australia's gold production continued to recover last November when the output totalled 76.846oz…

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Triple Pay Offered Holiday Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 1

The Joint Coal Board yesterday agreed that mineworkers should be paid up to three times the normal rate to…

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Move by Miners Drive Against Communists

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Jan. 24 (A.A.P.).—Members of the National Union of Mine-workers in the Yorkshire area…

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Boy Trips, Falls Under Coal Train

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--Believed to be racing a coal train in Bruce St., Cooks Hill, today, Cecil Huddleson (11)…

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Drop in U.k. Coal Exports

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 16

GENEVA, Tuesday.--Britain's coal exports to Europe during the first three months of 1949 will be 2,210,000 tons,…

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Monday's Coal (If Any) Will Be Dear

The Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 2

If miners agree to work next Monday (Anniversary Day) at treble rates, the coal produced will be the dearest in NSW in recent years. On a normal production day…

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Britain Aids Dominion Resources Plan for Big Increase in Gold Output

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--Latest industry to receive attention under Britain's plan to invest £100,000,000 in developing Commonwealth resources is…

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Railways reject coal

The Sun · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wednesday.-- Coal from Callide mine has been found unsuitable for locomotive use, a Railway…

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Mines may work

The Sun · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 5

Early returns indicate that NSW mine workers will accept the Joint Coal Board's offer to work next Monday…

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Wallsend Coal Profit Lower

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 6

The Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company earned a net profit of £8,297 in 1948 against £12,500 for the previous year…

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