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Mining & the mines, 1950

4,021 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 202

Loss for Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 30

Caledonian Collieries, Ltd., incurred a loss for 1949. Net profit for 1948 was £36,549…

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Colliery Co. Suffers Loss

The Sun · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 40

Caledonian Collieries Ltd. suffered a loss for 1949 and the company will not pay any arrears of preference dividends…

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14 Mines Idle; Big Coal Loss No explanation given for three strikes

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 9

Stoppages at 14 mines in the northern arid southern coalfields yesterday caused a loss of 12,962 tons of coal…

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Meeting of miners

The Sun · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 13

LITHGOW, Thursday. -- The executive of the Western Miners' Federation today ordered all lodges on the…

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Miners Back 'Victimisation' Claim Resent Refusal By Coal Board Of Aid To Catholic Schools

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 5

MINERS on the Northern, Western and Southern coalfields have written to "The Catholic Weekly" actively supporting the protest made at West Wollongong recently, when the parish priest (Rev. Father John J. Mulhren) criticised the action of the Joint Coal Board in refusing the same amenities for Catholic school…

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Machines in the mines

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 16

IN the last 15 years the Australian steel industry has spent millions of pounds mechanising its…

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Machines in the mines

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 16

IN the last 15 years the Australian steel industry has spent millions of pounds mechanising its…

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Machines in the mines

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 16

IN the last 15 years the 91 Australian steel industry has spent millions of pounds, mechanising its…

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18 mines idle today

The Sun · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 13

Eighteen mines idle or partly idle in NSW today caused a loss of 11,720 tons of coal…

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Machines in the mines

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 16

IN the last 15 years the Australian steel industry- has spent millions of pounds mechanising its…

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Machines in the mines

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 16

IN the last 15 years the Australian steel industry has spent millions of pounds mechanising its…

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Machines in the mines

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 16

IN the last 15 years the Australian steel industry has spent millions of pounds mechanising its…

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Machines in the mines

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 16

IN the last 15 years the Australian steel industry has spent millions of pounds mechanising its…

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Machines in the mines

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 16

IN the last 15 years the Australian steel industry has spent millions of pounds mechanising its…

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Burning Coal Sealed Off

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 1

CESSNOCK, Wednesday.— A large section of Bellbird mine which has been burning since Sunday was sealed off…

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Work to lift mine output

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 9

Mechanisation of a new section of the State Coal Mine at Lithgow was expected to increase production at the mine…

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Big Loss Of Coal Today

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 11

Coal output has been seriously below requirements throughout this week, and again today…

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Big Loss Of Coal Today

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 11

Coal output has been seriously below requirements throughout this week and again today…

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Rise Forecast In Coal Output

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 2

Three mines the State Government- proposed to open at Burragorang would be the largest in Australia, each producing 500,000 tons of coal a year, said the Director of State…

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Rise Forecast In Coal Output

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 2

Three mines the State Government proposed to open at Burragorang would be the largest in Australia, each producing 500,000 tons of coal a year, said the Director of State…

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