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Mining & the mines, 1949

6,231 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 250

Stop Press Commentst Losts Miners Poll

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 20

LONDON, Wednesday.-- After holding the vice-presidency of the Western Miners Fedebation for two years prominent cebtral west…

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Thar's Gold In Them Thar Hills

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 1

NURSERYMAN Perce Spriggs examines "buried treasure" dug form the grounds of his nursery in Windsor Road, Baulkham Hills. His biggest find was a perfectly preserved Sydney Mint Sovereign,…

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Sharp fall in coal output in north after holiday work

The Sun · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 5

Output at Northern NSW mines today dropped sharply after the almost strike-free days that were necessary under the miners award to qualify them for the high triple rate for working on the Monday holiday…

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Aerial coal lumpers are now the heroes of Berlin chimney sweeps

The Sun · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 4

Berlin's master chimney sweeps yesterday presented 200 cigarette lighters to RAF crews of the Berlin Airlift, in appreciation of the fact that by flying in coal to the city the RAF has kept the sweepers' jobs…

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Professor to Go Down Coal Mines

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 2

An English professor who has arrived to take over the Chair of Geology at Sydney University…

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Professor to Go Down Coal Mines

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 6

An English professor who has arrived to take over the Chair of Geology at Sydney University…

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Professor to Go Down Coal Mines

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 6

An English professor who has arrived to take over the Chair of Geology at Sydney University…

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Professor to Go Down Coal Mines

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 3

An English professor who has arrived to take over the Chair of Geology at Sydney University…

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Professor to Go Down Coal Mines

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 2

An English professor who has arrived to take over the Chair of Geology at Sydney University…

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Professor to Go Down Coal Mines

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 6

An English professor who has arrived to take over the Chair of Geology at Sydney University…

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Professor to Go Down Coal Mines

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 2

An English professor who has arrived to take over the Chair of Geology at Sydney University…

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Professor to Go Down Coal Mines

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 6

An English professor who has arrived to take over the Chair of Geology at Sydney University…

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Professor to Go Down Coal Mines

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 6

An English professor who has arrived to take over the Chair of Geology at Sydney University…

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Coal Interests Compensation

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.--Under the nationalisation of the coal mines, £164,660,000 compensation will be…

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Red Loses in Mine Ballot

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 4

LITHGOW, Wed.--A Communist has failed to regain Office as vice-president of the Western Miners' Federation…

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Tipped aunt down mine-shaft

The Sun · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 15

LONDON, Thursday.--Five years after tipping her great-aunt's body down a 530ft mine shaft in Yorkshire, Winifred…

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Professor to Go Down Goal Mines

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 6

An English professor who has arrived to take over the Chair of Geology at Sydney University…

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Small Mines Idle

The Sun · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 7

Sixteen mines idle today lost 5585 tones of coal output. A number of small mines could not work because of an…

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Millfield Mine Dispute Ends

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 16

A TWO-MONTHS-OLD Strike at Millfield mine, due to an inter-union dispute, was settled after a private…

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Big Loss at Mine

The Sun · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 3

More than 17,500 tons of a coal have been lost by the two-months-old inter- union dispute at Millfield mine, the…

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