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Mining & the mines, 1949

6,231 stories in Sydney's papers · page 78 of 250

Gold Found Mile From Coolgardie

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 2

KALGOORLIE, Thursday.--A new gold find at Coolgardie, which has already produced specimen dirt, has been made by Eric Clews, only one mile outside the town…

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Gold Found Mile From Coolgardie

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 5

KALGOORLIE, Thursday.--A new Coolgardie gold find has been made by Eric Clews, only one mile outside the town. FORTY-TWO Ounces of gold…

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Gold Found Mile From Coolgardie

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 5

KALGOORLIE, Thursday.--A new Coolgardie gold find has been made by Eric Clews, only one mile outside the town. FORTY-TWO ounces of gold…

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S.a. Coal Cuts Hit Workers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 12

ADELAIDE, Wed. -- Hundreds of workers who walked to the city today found when they got there that they were temporarily out of work…

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British cash for open-cut coal

The Sun · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 11

LONDON, Thursday.-- Prepared to Invest £200,000 in open-cut coalmining, if prospects are favorable, a Liverpool engineer, Harold Gerrard, 34, will fly to Sydney at the…

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Warning On "Very Low Coal Stocks"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 5

A spokesman for the Joint Coal Board said last night that any sudden drop in coal production now would quickly bring essential services to a standstill…

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Mechanics' Stoppage Throwing All Nsw Mines Idle

The Sun · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 7

Stopwork meetings by mine mechanics next Monday will throw almost every NSW mine idie. Maitland Branch of the Amalgamated Engineering…

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No Move by A.L.P. Miners' Claims

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wednesday. —The Federal A.L.P. executive to-day refused a request that it support the Combined…

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Movie Star Finds Gold in New Role

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 14

HOLLYWOOD, Thursday.--"Shopgirl" Maureen O'Hara has just wound up her first year as a dress store proprietor. And, she reports, if her feet are a little bigger from all that standing, around, so is her bank account…

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Movie Star Finds Gold in New Role

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 14

HOLLYWOOD, Thursday.--"Shopgirl" Maureen O'Hara has just wound up her first year as a dress store proprietor. And, she reports, if her feet are a little bigger from all that standing around, so is her bank account…

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Movie Star Finds Gold in New Role

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 14

HOLLYWOOD, Thursday.--"Shopgirl" Maureen O'Hara has just wound up her first year as a dress store proprietor. And, she reports, if her feet are a little bigger from all that standing around, so is her bank account…

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Follow Arbitration, A.L.P. Tells Miners Can't Help with Log

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 7

CANBERRA, Wed. -- The Labor Party Federal Executive today decided to recommend strongly to the Combined Mining Union's Council that it…

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Stoppage at mines averted

The Sun · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 2

Stoppage of all NSW mines next Monday was averted by a compulsory conference before the…

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All Mines State Working

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 5

FOR the first time for many months, every mine in N.S.W. is working today…

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No Action On Mine Leaders

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 16

CANBERRA, Friday. -- Miners' leaders would not be prosecuted for ordering a one-day stoppage on…

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No Action On Mine Leaders

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 7

CANBERRA, Friday. --Miners' leaders would not be prosecuted for ordering a one-day stoppage on…

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Cancel Order to Close Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 14

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Thurs.-- The London directors of the Martha Gold Mining Co., which Operates at Waihi. have…

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No Action On Mine Leaders

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 7

CANBERRA, Friday. --- Miners' leaders would not be prosecuted for ordering a one-day stoppage on…

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Hold-up in Mines Avoided

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 4

The threatened stopwork meetings of mining mechanics next Monday, which would have thrown…

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All Mines In State Working

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 2

FOR the first time for many months, every mine in N.S.W. is working today…

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