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Mining & the mines, 1949

6,231 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 250

Award Of Coal Scholarship To Weston Girl

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 6 February 1949 · page 6

The first £250 scholarship offered by the Joint Coal Board has been awarded to Miss E. Graham, l8, of Weston…

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Eight Mines Idle

The Sun · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 5

Eight NSW mines are idle today for a coal loss of about 6300 tons…

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Coal for China

The Sun · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 6

BRISBANE, Monday. -- About 7000 tons of Callide coal are to be exported to China from Gladstone soon…

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Searching for Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 5

This Berlin housewife searches for fragments of coal in the rubble to add to her ration of 25lb for the winter. Heat, not food, is the biggest worry in Berlin this year. Coal flown in on the air lift is needed for essential power…

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Coal Shortage Stops Industry

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Monday.-- Because two colliers which were to have left Newcastle with coal for…

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Oil From Coal Plant Proposed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sunday. — A plant to extract oil from coal may be erected at Callide, in central Queensland, if the…

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N.S.W. Gold Yield Up

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 12

New South Wales produced 7380 more ounces of fine gold in 1948 than in…

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A.b.c. Coal Talk at 8.40 Tonight

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 4

"WHAT Does the Coal Miner Want?" is the title of the discussion to be broadcast in the series "Fuel" by the A.B.C…

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A.b.c. Coal Talk at 8.40 Tonight

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 4

"WHAT Does the Coal Miner Want?" is the title of the discussion to be broadcast in the series "Fuel" by the A.B.C…

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A.b.c. Coal Talk at 8.40 Tonight

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 4

"WHAT Does the Coal Miner Want?" is the title of the discussion to be broadcast in the series "Fuel" by the A.B.C…

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13 Idle Mines Lose 8545 Tons of Coal

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 1

THIRTEEN mines are idle today for a loss of about 8545 tons of coal, but production should exceed 47,000 tons…

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13 Idle Mines Lose 8545 Tons of Coal

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 2

THIRTEEN mines are idle today for a loss of about 8545 tons of coal, but production should exceed 47,000 tons…

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13 Idle Mines Lose 8545 Tons of Coal

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 2

THIRTEEN mines are idle today for a loss of about 8545 tons of coal, but production should exceed 47,000 tons…

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13 Idle Mines Lose 8545 Tons of Coal

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 2

THIRTEEN mines are idle today for a loss of about 8545 tons of coal, but production should exceed 47,000 tons…

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13 Idle Mines Lose 8545 Tons of Coal

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 2

THIRTEEN mines are idle today for a loss of about 8545 tons of coal, but production should exceed 47.000 tons…

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13 Idle Mines Lose 8545 Tons of Coal

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 2

THIRTEEN mines are idle today for a loss of about 8545 tons of coal, but production should exceed 47,000 tons…

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13 Mines Idle

The Sun · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 5

Stoppages at 13 NSW coal mines today lost 8330 tons in output. Total losses for the year total about 79,500 tons…

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Gold Yields

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 13

Golden Horseshoe (New), Jan., re-treatment of Boulder Pers. dump, 65,890 tons, value £11,200. Sandy Creek, Dec., 1850yds., 23oz…

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Gold Yield

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 16

SANDY CREEK: December, 23oz. 6dwt. from 1850 cubic yards. MOUNTAIN VIEW: 200oz. of amalgam mentioned in previous report…

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Red wins miners post

The Sun · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 3

Well-known Communist, Mr. W. Parkinson, Southern Miners president, was elected vice-president of the Miners'…

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