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Mining & the mines, 1949

6,231 stories in Sydney's papers · page 61 of 250

Colliery Resumes

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 6

Miners at Invincible colliery, near Lithgow, who have been on strike since Monday, resumed work…

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Coal Board Criticised

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 7

Mr. H. Wood, a member of the Northern Miners' Board of Management, said last night that…

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Coal Board Criticised

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 23

Mr. H. Wood, a member of the Northern Miners' Board of Management, said last night that…

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Miners Heckle Labor Minister

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Thurs. --A rowdy scene occurred of West Wallsend tonight when the Minister for Supply and Shipping (Senator Ashley) agreed…

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Coal Hold-up Threat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.— The threat of a hold-up in the northern coal industry developed to-night when 50…

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Shunters May Stop 20 Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Thurs.--A strike of 50 coal train shunters at Port Waratah…

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Gold Cup to Be Won

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 8

Leading jockey Neville Sellwood snapped yesterday as he admired the Sydney Cup. Of gold, and worth £500, it is perhaps the most valuable trophy ever given for a race in Australia. The Sydney Cup race, to be run…

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Steady Rise In U.K. Coal Cut

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 19

THE steady rise in Britain's coal output was maintained last month with production Increasing from 4,301,000 tons In the first week to…

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Bid To Stop Western Coal Tie-up

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 5

The Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr. F. H. Gallagher, yesterday ordered a compulsory conference…

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Straight Talk To The Miners By a Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 2

COPIES of a Government pamphlet against coal strikes have been posted to more than 10,000 miners of the northern…

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Work Resumes at Colliery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 April 1949 · page 4

Miners at the Invincible Colliery on the western field, who had been idle since Monday, resumed work…

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Coal stoppage in West avoided

The Sun · Saturday 9 April 1949 · page 2

LITHGOW, Saturday. -- A strike on the western coalfield was avoided today, when the Coal Industry Tribunal…

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"Runaway Ship's" Coal Cargo Baffles Vic

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 9 April 1949 · page 5

While Victoria suffers from an acute coal shortage, 9000 tons of coal have remained unloaded aboard a Canadian ship in the Port of Melbourne for the past six weeks…

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Menzies’ Figures On Coal Not Accurate

Tribune · Saturday 9 April 1949 · page 3

MR. MENZIES, who on Wednesday evening accused Communists of “being afraid of the truth,” was caught out recently on coal figures…

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Coal Strike Averted

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 10 April 1949 · page 4

LITHGOW, Saturday. — A threatened general strike on the western coalfield next week was averted as the result of a…

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AFRICA Mining Pays

Truth · Sunday 10 April 1949 · page 10

DAR-ES-SALAAM (Tanganyika), Saturday.—For the first time in history Tanganyikan diamond…

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£15,000 Coal -- £14,100 Costs

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 10 April 1949 · page 49

MELBOURNE, Sat. -- The Canadian collier Haligonian Duke has been lying idle in the Port of Melbourne for 47 days…

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The Bookworm's page Digging for gold in a cemetery

The Sun · Sunday 10 April 1949 · page 31

AT the sight of a policeman dropping a handkerchief, a crowd of golddiggers rushed to peg out claims in the cemetery. The handkerchief's fall…

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FINANCE Costs Too High For S.A. Gold Mines

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 April 1949 · page 21

JOHANNESBURG, Monday.-An owner of a gold mine should consider himself lucky, yet with dozens of them producing £100,000,000 a year in Africa, prospectors say they are not worth finding…

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FINANCE Costs Too High For S.A. Gold Mines

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 April 1949 · page 21

JOHANNESBURG, Monday.--An owner of a gold mine should consider himself lucky, yet with dozens of them producing £100,000,000 a year in Africa, prospectors say they are not worth finding…

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