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Mining & the mines, 1949

6,231 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 250

Coal train men miss treble pay

The Sun · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 11

Railway men were today refused treble time for hauling coal trains on Monday (Australia…

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Miners May Produce 56,000 Tons Today

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 2

COAL production today is expected to approach 56,000 tons--the best this year. All southern and western…

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Miners May Produce 56,000 Tons Today

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 2

COAL production today is expected to approach 56,000 tons--the best this year. All southern and western…

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Miners May Produce 56,000 Tons Today

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 2

COAL production today is expected to approach 56,000 tons--the best this year. All southern and western…

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Problem of Gold Price Below Costs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 5

Australian gold mining is sharing the fate of the industry throughout the world, strikingly demonstrated by…

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Coal Loss on

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Saturday. -- Northern coal production will be cut by 21,000 tons on Monday, the…

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Owners’ Provocation Causes Coal Loss

Tribune · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 3

NEWCASTLE. — Coal owners here started 1949 with a sample of provocation which is likely to, be the pattern for the year…

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£165,815 for Mine Victims' Families

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 2

LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.). -- The National Coal Board will pay £155,600 compensation to 86 dependents of 104 miners killed…

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Coal-haul Ban Effect Of Rail Men's Threat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 1

The Joint Coal Board hopes the expected refusal of railwaymen to haul coal trains on Monday will not…

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Threat to Mine

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 30 January 1949 · page 1

CAPTAIN'S FLAT, Saturday. —The general manager of the local lead and zinc mine, Mr. W. H. Tyler, said the mine would…

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In TIBOOBURRA The Streets Really Are Paved With Gold

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 30 January 1949 · page 8

THEY started fossicking in the street at Tibooburra after the last rain. For this tiny town, away up in the…

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Strikes hit coal output

The Sun · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 3

Seven thousand tons of coal were, lost today by the idleness or part idleness of 10 mines, chiefly because of…

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Dispute Stops Coal Trains

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 6

Decision of Lithgow and Port Waratah railwaymen not to work today may prevent miners from Working tomorrow…

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Rail Men Holding Up Coal

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 4

Twenty-four-hour strikes by railwaymen at Lithgow and Port Waratah have held up coal movements at…

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Rail Men Holding Up Coal

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 4

Twenty-four-hour strikes by railwaymen at Lithgow and Port Waratah have held up coal movements at…

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Rail Men Holding Up Coal

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 4

Twenty-four-hour strikes by railwaymen at Lithgow and Port Waratah have held up coal movements at…

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No Coal-haul To-day Output To-morrow May Be Cut

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 1

Miners in New South Wales will hew coal to-day—at treble-time rates—as part of the Joint Coal Board's programme to increase output…

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Miners Work But Coal Not Hauled

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 3

New South Wales minersw worked yesterday at treble-time rates and produced about 49,000 tons of coal. More than 1,400 N.S.W…

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Mine Critic Pessimistic

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 14

LONDON. -- Nationalisation of the mines would never prove a success because it was contrary to…

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Coal Truck Congestion

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 14

Unless more coal trucks can be made available on the western field, there may be an unexpected loss…

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