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Mining & the mines, 1949

6,231 stories in Sydney's papers · page 70 of 250

Seven-month Strike Ends Captain's Flat Miners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 April 1949 · page 1

After seven months, the strike of zinc and lead miners at Captain's Flat, between Braidwood and…

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Big Gold Find in the West

The Sun · Saturday 30 April 1949 · page 1

KALGOORLIE, Saturday.--A rich gold find has been made by half caste Norman…

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Miners Open Factory Blitz Support For Claims Asked

Tribune · Saturday 30 April 1949 · page 6

Miners from Southern and Western coalfields have opened a factory blitz throughout Sydney seeking support for the Miners’ Federation's new log of claims…

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Drop In W. A. Gold Shares

Truth · Sunday 1 May 1949 · page 5

A wide crock in the Sydney market valuation of two much-talked-of West Australian gold shows developed during the week. In the case of Coolgardie Gold Mines buyer bids have subsided from 26/6 to…

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New gold found in South Africa

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 1 May 1949 · page 42

LONDON, Sat. -- -South Africa has now become a Mecca for the film boys. Harry Watt has been searching the veldt for a South…

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Miser Murdered for Greed: Flypaper Poison Gold Was His God The SPILSBURY CASES—No. 4

Truth · Sunday 1 May 1949 · page 31

OF the hundreds of times Sir Bernard Spilsbury heard the death sentence pronounced in court none was more dramatic than the day in 1912 Frederick Henry Seddon, Islington insurance manager, was convicted of the murder by flypaper poisoning of a middle-aged miserly spinster. Miss Eliza…

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Farmer Sticks to Steeple 'Gold Mine'

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 20

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Some racing men who take their sport more seriously than Welshpool dairy farmer, Mr. A, Sutherland, have made several fruitless attempts recently to buy his crack steeplechaser, Paroxena, with the Grand, National…

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Mines Idle Today

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 14

THERE will be a loss of approximately 56,000 tons of coal today, all mines in N.S.W. being idle because of the May…

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Mines Idle Today

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 14

THERE will be a loss of approximately 56,000 tons of coal today, all mines in N.S.W. being: idle because of the May…

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Mines Idle Today

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 14

THERE will be a loss of approximately 56,000 tons of coal today, all mines in N.S.W. being idle because of the May…

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Mines Idle Today

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 14

THERE will be a loss of approximately 56,000 tons of coal today, all mines in N.S.W. being idle because of the May…

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Mines Idle Today

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 14

THERE will be a loss of approximately 56,000 tons of coal today, all mines in N.S.W. being idle because of the May…

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Mines Idle Today

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 1

THERE will be a loss of approximately 56,000 tons of goal today, all mines in N.S.W. being idle because of the May…

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Good Show, Mine Tinkit!

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 2

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Loss From Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 13

New Chum Syncline Gold Mine, N.L., lost £8198 for the year ended November 28, against £8823 loss in the…

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Lack of Coal for Railways

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 7

Lack of coal had cut down loading of goods into ships at Darling Harbor to four days in each of the…

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Anxiety for Railways Coal Shortage '

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 4

The shortage of coal had now become so serious that rail transport faced a complete breakdown, the chairman of…

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Vital decisions likely by Miners' Council

The Sun · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 7

Vital decisions are expected by the miners' central council meeting which begins tomorrow…

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Gold, Whisky To See Cup

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Sun. -- Football fans yesterday offered gold sovereigns, bottles of Scotch whisky, and nylon stockings for tickets for the Soccer Cup final at Wembley. Scalpers made big…

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Coal Position "Perilous" May Day Holiday For Miners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 3

The spokesman for the Joint Coal Board said last night that coal stocks held by all public utilities yesterday were perilously low. "The position now is as bad as it has ever…

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