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Mining & the mines, 1950

4,021 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 202

Air mail bags gold-trimmed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 12

Mailbags embroidered with the Ceylon coat-of-arms in real gold held the first direct airmail from Ceylon which…

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Shortage of coal hits U.S. health

The Sun · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 20

WASHINGTON, Wednesday.-- Because of reduced coal production, national health and welfare "is now…

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N.S.W. Gold Output Slight Decline

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 6

Production of gold in N.S.W. for the first eleven months of 1949, at 51,394oz, was 356oz less than in the…

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N.g. Goldfields' Outlook Better

The Sun · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 44

The current year would be an important and critical one for New Guinea Goldfields Ltd., said the chairman (Mr. J. Kruttschnitt)…

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High Coal Output N.s.w. Mines Today

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 2

Today's coal output Will the best this year and [?] approach 58,000 tons. All northern and we…

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High Coal Output in N.s.w. Mines Today

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 2

Today's coal output will be the best this year and should approach 58,000 tons. All northern and western…

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All northern mines working

The Sun · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 9

For the first time this year, there were no stoppages today at northern coalmines. Miners, [?]tting a…

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Miners' Claim On Wheeling Pay Fails

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 5

The Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr. F. Gallagher, yesterday rejected, a claim by the Miners' Federation for an increase of 3d a ton in wheeling rates at northern district collieries…

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Mine Host Passed at 1900 Gns

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 27

Smart sprinter Mine Host was passed in at 1900 guineas at today's William Inglis horse sales…

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U.K. Sends Larger Coal Supply To Europe FINANCE

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 20

GENEVA, Friday.--Thanks largely to Britain, Europe is less dependent upon the United States for coal supplies than at any time since the end of the war. LAST year Britain made the biggest comeback of any of…

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U.K. Sends Larger Coal Supply To Europe FINANCE

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 20

GENEVA, Friday.--Thanks largely to Britain, Europe is less dependent upon the United States for coal supplies than at any time since the end of the war. LAST year Britain made the biggest comeback of any of…

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Calls Blue Spec Mining Co. N.l

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 6

1st. of 2/ a share, payable Feb. 8. MUTOOROO COPPER CORP., N.L., 24th, of 6d a share, making 10/3½ paid, payable Feb. 8…

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Trade, Finance, and Produce Markets Gold Co. expects better results

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 20

The current year would be critical, said the chairman of New Guinea Goldfields Ltd.(Mr. J. Kruttschnitt) at the annual meeting yesterday…

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S. African Gold To Help Close U.K. Dollar Gap Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Jan. 26.— Under a new financial agreement between Britain and South Africa, South…

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Wongawilli Miners Hit

Tribune · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 1

A BOUT 150 members of the Wongawilli Miners’ Lodge on Tuesday protested against the Menzies Government’s plan to ban the Australian…

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B. Athol Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 6

Blair Athol Coal and Timber Co. Ltd. has extended ihe closing date of applications for the new issue to March 3. This follows a request from the…

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Suspended Over Coal Ship Dispute

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday. —The Stevedoring Industry Board to-day suspended for four working…

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Strike May Reduce Gas Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 1

All mines on the Maitland fields are likely to be idle for the day on Tuesday because of a…

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Gold Diggers Are Tough Men

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 10

IN the Cape York Peninsula is the gold show at Buthen Buthen, where there are never more than four white men…

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Two Plans to Extract Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 10

The chairman of Norseman Gold Mines, N.L. (Mr. G. C. Campbell) says that two paths are open if the company…

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