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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 4 of 19

Coal Production Loss For Year Passes 309,000 Ton Mark

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.—Coal production loss for the present year rose to over 309,000 tons to-day when the general strike on the South…

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Coal Conference Ends Without Settlement

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 February 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.—A conference convened by the Mines Minister, Mr. Baddeley, in an endeavor to settle the dispute at the Coalcliff…

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Coal Control Bill Gives Great Power To Commissioner

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 February 1944 · page 4

CANBERRA, Fri.—Under the Coal Control Bill, which was read a first time in the House of Representatives to-day, the…

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New Coal Bill Disregards All Except Miners

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 February 1944 · page 3

CANBERRA, Sun.—The Leader of the Senate Opposition, Senator McLeay, to-day declared that the new Coal Bill…

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17 Mines Idle Yesterday

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.—The total loss of coal in New South Wales to-day was 16,000 tons, due to the idleness of 17 pits employing…

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Coal Commission Orders Miners To Start

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 February 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.—A move to quickly terminate the general stoppage which has laid South Coast coal mines idle since…

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Coal Bill Second Reading

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 February 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Wed.—The Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin, said to-day that the Acting Minister for Supply, Dr. Evatt,…

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Russians Take Krivoi Rog German's Last Stronghold Lost in Dnieper Bend with World's Biggest Iron Mines

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 February 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Tues.—Last reported to be "slipping from the Germans' grasp, street by street," Krivoi Rog, the last German stronghold in the Dnieper Bend, is now in the hands of the Red Army, which has also captured the economically important area…

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4870 Miners Idle

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 February 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs.—About 4870 miners were involved in to-day's stoppages, and the production loss for the period is estimated at…

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South Coast Miners Reject Govt.'s Order to Work

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 February 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Fri—South Coast miners to-day ignored the order of the Commonwealth Coal Commissioner, Mr. Mighell, to…

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Coal Owners Ready To Start As Ordered By Govt

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 February 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.—The owners will have the mines ready for work to-morrow morning under the terms of the order of the Coal…

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Gloves Off in Coal Fight Five Hundred Miners Have Received Call-up Notices for Military Service

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.--There were rapid and dramatic developments in the South Coast coal strike to-day, when military authorities, aided by a special squad of Commonwealth police commenced serving Army call-up notices on 500 miners in the 18-35 years age…

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Miners Welcome Call-Up Notices

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 March 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--Apart from the service of additional army call up notices on striking miners in the 18-25 age group,…

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14,000 Tons of Coal Lost Yesterday By N.S.W. Mine Stoppages

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 March 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.--The order by the Executive of the Northern Miners' Federation to resume work was to-day obeyed by the…

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Coal Bill Attacked by Menzies in Canberra Debate

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 March 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Wed.--The Federal Government's Coal Production Bill was evasive of the real problem of coal production…

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Call-up Of Miners Is Proceeding

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 March 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.—The only New South Wales mines idle today, other than those involved in the South Coast dispute, were…

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Fadden Suggests A Cure For Coal Strikes

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 March 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thurs.--The freezing of the funds of the Miners' Federation and the prohibition of payment of strike…

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Coal Bill Passes Alter Debate Of Thirteen Hours

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 March 1944 · page 4

CANBERRA, Fri.--The Coal Production (Wartime Act) passed all stages in the House of Representatives at 7.20 a.m. after…

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Call-up for Miners on Strike Will Not Be Stopped

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 March 1944 · page 5

CANBERRA, Fri.--The Government has not changed its attitude towards the striking coal miners on the South Coast…

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Coal Miners Refuse to Go Back to Work

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.--The Couth Coast miners to-day decided not to return to work to-morrow morning…

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