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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1944

372 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 16 of 19

N.C. Timber Mills May Close Down Through Coal Shortage

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 October 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.--Further cuts in the transport services as a result of coal shortage were forecast by the Minister for Transport, Mr…

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Six Mines Idle

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 October 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.--Six coalmines are idle on the New South Wales coalfields to-day, but only two of the stoppages are due to…

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Transport Cuts To Be Extended If Coal Production Lags

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 October 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Mon.--Further cuts in the transport, services are not immediately proposed, but unless coal production, can be…

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Seven Mines Idle

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 October 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tues.--Despite a warning tit yesterday's conference between Federal Ministers and the Transport authorities that…

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Priority Freights As a Result of Coal Shortage

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 October 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Fri.--Tues.--The indications are that, arising from the conference held by the Minister for Labor and National…

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Coal Position May Grow Worse

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 October 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.--If a break develops between the Federal Government and the Miners' Federation, due to recurring mine…

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General Strike On Coal Fields Is Threatened

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 October 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs.—The threat of a general strike in the coal mining industry has developed as a result of the Full High Court's…

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Some Mines Production Losses 70 Per Cent

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 October 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.--The question of the nationalisation of mines was at the present time a matter for the Federal Government, said…

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Six Mines Idle Through Strikes

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 October 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wed.--The coal loss in New South Wales mines to-day was 6600 tons, with six mines idle, due to strikes…

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Mines Wrought Havoc €ii Enemy Ships In Normandy Landing

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 October 1944 · page 5

LONDON, Wed.--A joint Admiralty and Air Ministry communique reveals that over 100 enemy warships, auxiliaries and…

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Coal Miners Ask For Minister's Appointment

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 October 1944 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thurs.—The Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Forde, was told by a deputation from the Miners' Federal…

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12 Mines Idle

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 October 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.—The loss of coal production, due to strikes, in New South Wales coal mines to-day was 12,030 tons…

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Coal Miners Expected to Shape Future Policy

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 October 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Fri.--Important decisions on future industrial policy are expected to be made by the Miners' Central Council on…

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Miners Urged To Produce Coal

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 October 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.--The Central Council of the Miners' Federation to-day urged members to resist the provocation of the owners…

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Miners' Move In Coal Judgment

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 October 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.--Until the legal and other issues associated with the High Court judgment on the powers of the coal industrial…

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Hermit's Hoard In Gold and Notes

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 October 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tues.--A 78-year-old hermit who died recently had £1200 in gold and notes hidden in his house…

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Eight Mines Idle Yesterday

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 October 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.--Eight coal mines were idle in New South Wales to-day, involving a loss of 8450 tons…

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Coal Losses Alarm Unions

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 October 1944 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thurs.--At an urgent conference to-day between officials of the Miners' Federation and the emergency…

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Miner Says Plenty of Coal Dairy Cockies to Blame for Present Travel Conditions

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 October 1944 · page 2

The cat is out of the bag and now we know what is wrong with the railways and the present deplorable conditions prevailing thereon!…

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New Move by Miners Against "Shadow-sparring"

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 October 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Fri.--The time for shadow sparring in the coal industry has passed, the General Secretary of the Miners'…

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