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Mining & the mines, 1949

6,231 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 250

Coalfields Engineers Call Off Strike Mines Begin Wonk Today

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 5

The engineers' strike which had stopped production on the South Maitland coalfields for five days ended yesterday…

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Danger To Banking No Big Red Gold Sales

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 8

GENEVA, Monday.--Rumors of massive sales of Soviet gold on Swiss markets are considered without foundation by Swiss Press circles in close touch with highest…

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Letters Plan to Get More Coal Do Not Restrict Use

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 2

Sir,—Let us see the coal position from another angle. There is one fact that stands out clearly. The coalminers, having caused a…

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Coal Output Up

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 6

Coal output at Bowne Consolidated Mines Ltd., Brisbane, for the six months ended December 31 was 40,590 tons, an increase of 14,562 tons on the previous…

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Man Dead In Mine Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 9

ADELAIDE, Mon.--A fall of earth buried and killed a man instantly at…

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Alarm Over Drift From Mines

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 3

So seriously do Federal authorities regard the drift of labor from the mines that the Minister for Fuel…

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Alarm Over Drift From Mines

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 3

So seriously do Federal authorities regard the drift of labor from the mines that the Minister for Fuel…

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Alarm Oyer Drift From Mines

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 3

So seriously do Federal authorities regard the drift of labor from the mines that the Minister for Fuel…

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Month's Gold Output Rises

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 13

Production of gold in New South Wales during January last is officially estimated at 5375oz. fine…

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N.s.w. Gold Output

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 16

N.S.W. gold production for January was 5375 oz. fine, an increase of 1437 oz. compared with January, 1948…

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Coal Output Will Be High Today

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 1

ALL southern and western mines are working today, and the north is at near-peak production. There are only…

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N.s.w. Gold Output Higher

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 6

N.S.W. gold production for January was 5,375 oz fine, an increase of 1,437 oz, or 36.5 per cent, compared with output in…

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Coal Unions' Campaign Moves For Big Changes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 3

The Combined Mining Unions Council decided yesterday on an intensified campaign of union activity on the…

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AU But Three Mines Working: Gas Supply Believed Safe

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 4

With the ending of the mining engineers' strike all but three New South Wales coalmines worked yesterday. Sydney gas companies reported last night that…

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Miners' Leaders Move to Aid Sharkey Demand Lifting Of Prosecution

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 7

The Combined Mining Unions Council yesterday demanded that the Federal Government withdraw summonses served on the general…

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Maxwell Mine Aid

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 6

Application of Maxwell Consolidated N.L. to the Victorian Mines Department for financial assistance has been approved on the basis that the department…

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Mines Resume Work

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 4

The engineers' strike which had stopped production on the South Maitland coalfields for five days, ended on Sunday. A mass meeting at Kurri of…

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Gold Yields

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 16

A.1 Consol., 490 tons, 297oz. Whippet, partial clean-up, 185 tons, 235 34 oz. bullion; sands est, 11dwt…

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More Coal Predicted

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--The northern executive of the Miners' Federation predicts greater coal…

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More Coal Predicted

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 22

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.-- The northern executive of the Miners' Federation predicts greater coal…

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