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Mining & the mines, 1950

4,021 stories in Sydney's papers · page 78 of 202

Men Convicted Of Huge Gold Fraud

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 5

JOHANNESBURG, Thursday.--After a trial lasting two years, Joseph Milne (53) and Norbert Stephen Erleigh (45) were found guilty last night of having incited officers of the New Union Goldfields Ltd. to…

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Govt. Accused of Open-cut Coal Sabotage

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday.--A motion accusing the N.S.W. Labor Government of sabotage of open-cut…

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Ace 'Yard' Man to Probe Gold Deals

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 7

LONDON.--Scotland Yard's ace fraud investigator, Chief Superintendent A. Thorpe, is starting a new hunt into the…

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Ace 'Yard' Man to Probe Gold Deals

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 7

LONDON.—Scotland Yard's ace fraud investigator, Chief Superintendent A Thorpe, is starting a new hunt into the…

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Ace 'Yard' Man to Probe Gold Deals

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 7

LONDON.--Scotland Yard's ace fraud investigator, Chief Superintendent A. Thorpe, is starting a new hunt into the…

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Hideous Coal Slag Heaps to Be Clothed with Grass

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday.—West- Yorkshire's mm$ hideous scars—colliery spoil heaps—are to be replaced by artificial hills, clothed with grass and even trees. It has been found that…

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Hideous Coal Slag Heaps to Be Clothed with Grass

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday.--West Yorkshire's most hideous scars--colliery spoil heaps--ore fro be replaced by artificial hills, clothed with gross and even frees.. It has been found that…

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3125 Tons of Coal Lost in 7 Mine's

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 4

Three coal mines are idle in the north for a loss of about 1600 tons, and four are idle in the. west (1525 tons)…

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3125 Tons of Coal Lost in 7 Mines

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 4

Three coal mines are idle in the north for a loss of about 1600 tons, and four are idle in the west (1525 tons)…

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3125 Tons of Coal Lost in 7 Mines

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 4

Three coal mines are idle in the north for a loss of about 1600 tons, and four are idle in the west. (1525 tons)…

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3125 Tons of Coal Lost in 7 Mines

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 4

Three coal mines are idle in the north for a loss of about 1600 tons, and four are idle in the west (1525 tons)…

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Coal Dividend Raised

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 6

Cessnock Collieries Ltd. is increasing the interim dividend to 3 per cent. Last year interim and final…

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Qld. Resents Coal Scheme

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday.--The Commonwealth subsidy on imported Indian and South African coal produced by…

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Qld. Resents Coal Scheme

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday.--The Commonwealth subsidy on imported Indian and South African coal produced by…

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Qld. Resents Coal Scheme

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 2

BRISBANE. Friday.--The Commonwealth subsidy on imported Indian and South African coal produced by…

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Qld. Resents Coal Scheme

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 20

BRISBANE. Friday.--The Commonwealth subsidy on imported Indian and South African coal produced by…

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Qld. Resents Coal Scheme

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 2

BRISBANE, Friday.--The Commonwealth- subsidy on imported Indian and South African coal produced by…

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Tarnished Gold Tinsel Material

The Land · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 25

"Reader": Two correspondents have forwarded the following suggestions for bringing the color back to the tarnished gold material. A Temora reader…

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More Coal Must Be Produced

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 1

SHORTAGE of coal is still the most serious handicap to all major Australian industries, primary and…

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Gold, jewels with mummy of queen

The Sun · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 9

CAIRO, Friday. -- The body of a woman who lived 2500 years ago was found yesterday near…

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