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Mining & the mines, 1949

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Fun and Adventure for All Ages Pop Gold Dust

The Sun · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 13

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Coal Authority

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 3

LITHGOW, Monday.—Mr. B. W. Cunningham has been appointed local coal authority and chairman of the local reference…

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Mine Host Injured

The Sun · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 19

Mine Host, who was narrowly beaten by Blue Tulip in the Glenfield Handicap last Saturday, bruised a foot…

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Compensation for Miners Dependents

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 14

LONDON.--Compensation for 86 dependents of the 104 miners killed in the 1947 Whitehaven (Cumberland) disaster…

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Compensation for Miners' Dependents

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 2

LONDON,--Compensation for 86 dependents of the 104 miners killed in the 1947 Whitehaven (Cumberland) disaster…

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Compensation for Miners' Dependents

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 14

LONDON.--Compensation for 86 dependents of the 104 miners killed in the 1947 Whitehaven (Cumberland) disaster…

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Council Needs "Quality" Coal

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 2

THE extent of power rationing, which is unavoidable if unforeseen blackouts are to be avoided, will depend on the…

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Council Needs "Duality" Coal

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 2

THE extent of power rationing, which is unavoidable if unforeseen blackouts are be avoided, will depend on…

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Coal Board's Aid To Pits

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 17

The Joint Coal Board had told N.S.W. mine owners it was willing to hire them coal-cutting…

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Stones, Slate in U.k. Coal

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 14

LONDON.--A housewife Of Kemsing (Kent) picked the slate and stones from her coal and sent it to the Ministry for…

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11,585 Tons of Coal Lost

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 4

Unauthorised strikes by mining mechanics yesterday stopped work at five northern mines and caused a loss of 4608…

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Bigger Coal Output This Year; Plans of Board

The Sun · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 2

Coal, steel and power production in NSW will begin to increase greatly from the middle of the year, a Joint Coal Board spokesman said today…

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Coal Blamed For Blackouts

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 11

The only way to end electricity blackouts immediately was to supply Bunnerong with better coal, Cr. J. O. Cramer said yesterday…

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Doomben Is Mine Host's Goal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 10

Mine Host will not start in the Doncaster Handicap but will be prepared for the Doomben…

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Gold Cup Goes Off

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 19

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Morning ton Gold Cup "wrangle" between the club and the V.T.A. took a…

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MISCELLANY Record German Coal Production

Construction · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 2

Last week the Ruhr coalminers established output records on four successive days—the final record daily total being 3 30,000 tons- and production is still rising…

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’Showdown Year’ On Claims By Miners

Tribune · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 6

This is “showdown year” for the miners on their urgently needed claims for 30/- extra, a 35-hour week and long service leave, Miners’ Federation general president Idris Williams said this week. “MINERS are fed up with…

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Gold Cup Stolen; Race Row

The Sun · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- The 200 guineas Mornington Gold Cup was stolen from a display window of…

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Coal Strikes May Cut Steel Output

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—The Newcastle steel works may curtail production because strikes at…

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Coal Machines To Raise Power Output

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 5

A spokesman for the Joint Coal Board said yesterday that increased mechanisation in the coal mining industry would…

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