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Mining & the mines, 1950

4,021 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 202

Dittmer Gold Issue

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 6

The prospectus of Dittmer Gold Mines Ltd. was filed in Melbourne yesterday for the issue of 2,800,000 ordinary shares of 2/6 each, of which 2,000,000 shares are…

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Mine Fire Fought Desperate Efforts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 1

CESSNOCK, Monday. —Teams of miners have been working desperately to-day and to-night, a mile…

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Miners Claim Stop Work Not Strike

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 7

NEW YORK, Tuesday.-- The Mineworkers' Union yesterday pleaded innocence when charged with contempt of court, insisting that it had called no strike and that its members had each individually decided to quit work…

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Miners Claim Stop Work Not Strike

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 7

NEW YORK, Tuesday.-- The Mine workers' Union yesterday pleaded innocence when charged with contempt of court, insisting that it had called no strike and that its members had each individually decided to quit work…

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Miners Claim Stop Work Not Strike

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 7

NEW YORK, Tuesday.-- The Mineworkers' Union yesterday pleaded innocence when charged with contempt of court, insisting that it had called no strike and that its members had each individually decided to quit work…

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Miners Say Stop Work Not Strike

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 3

NEW YORK, Tuesday. -- The Mineworkers' Union yesterday pleaded innocence when charged with…

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Coal for Less Than Week Left

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 2

Strikes, breakdowns, and flooding of open cuts during heavy rains this year, have reduced…

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Coal for Less Than Week Left

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 7

Strikes, breakdowns, and flooding of open cuts during heavy rains this year, have reduced…

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Coal for Less Than Week Left

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 7

Strikes, breakdowns, and flooding of open-cuts during heavy rains this year, have reduced…

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Coal for Less Than Week Left

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 2

Strikes, breakdowns, and flooding of open- cuts during heavy rains this year, have reduced…

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Coal for Less Than Week Left

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 7

Strikes, breakdowns, and flooding of open- cuts during heavy rains this year, have reduced…

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Coal for Less Than Week Left

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 7

Strikes, breakdowns, and flooding of opencuts during heavy rains this year, have reduced…

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Coal for Less Than Week Lift

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 7

Strikes, breakdowns, and flooding of open cuts during heavy rains this year, have reduced…

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Coal for Less Than Week Left

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 7

Strikes, breakdowns, and flooding of open- cuts during heavy rains this year, have reduced…

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Coal Supplies Low Big Loss In North

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 4

A total of 23,777 tons of coal was lost in New South Wales yesterday — about 41 per cent, of the State's potential output. The Joint Coal Board spokesman said there…

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Coal Outlook Grim In U.S. Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 1

NEW YORK, February 27. —Talks between soft-coal mine operators and the president of the United Mine…

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Official Warns on Coal Famine "Inevitable" at present output

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 4

A winter coal famine was inevitable unless miners worked as hard as they did before their Christmas holidays, a Joint Coal Board spokesman said…

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Big Lag In Coal Mines

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 15

Mainly because of strikes, coal losses will be heavy again today, and if the present rate continues…

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Big Lag In Coal Mines

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 3

Mainly because of strikes, coal losses will be heavy again today, and if the present rate continues…

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Loss at Lithgow State Coal Mine

The Sun · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 7

The State coal mine at Lithgow showed a loss of £707 for 1948-49, reducing the accumulated profit since…

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