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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1945

134 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 7

Handling Miners With Kid Gloves

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 August 1945 · page 2

Once again an appeal is being made to the coal miners of Australia to step up production to bring coal stocks back to normal. This is not the first time we have had the sorry spectacle of appeals being made to this section of the Australian workers…

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More Coal Lost

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 August 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—While representatives of 22,000 miners were holding a convention in Sydney to-day, nine New South…

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Biggest Blast In Australian Mining

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 August 1945 · page 4

BRISBANE, Wed.--Seven and a half tons of explosives were sent off at Mount Morgan open cut yesterday in a successful attempt…

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Coal Shortage 200 Trains A Week To Be Discontinued

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 August 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.--About 200 trains a week will be discontinued as a result of drastic cuts in the train services announced by the New South Wales Commissioner for Railways, Mr. Hartigan, to-day…

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Attached Mines To Enemy Ships

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 September 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Mon.--The story has been released of six men in three canoes who sneaked into German held Portolago Harbour, in Leros…

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Sensational Gold Theft

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 September 1945 · page 4

CANBERRA, Wed.--In one of the most audacious thefts in years, a consignment of imported gold worth nearly £2000 was stolen on…

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Mine Explodes at Sea

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 September 1945 · page 3

INNISFAIL, Thurs. --Breaking adrift from its moorings on the Barrier Reef, a mine which had been washed towards the coast…

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Coal Mines Idle

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 September 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Fri.--The coal production loss to-day was 7100 tons from three northern, two southern and two western mines…

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Nationalisation Of Coal Industry Would Be Costly

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 September 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--The chairman of the Coal Commission, Mr. Justice Davidson, told the inquiry to-day that nationalisation of the…

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Manpower Restrictions on Coal Mining Lifted

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 September 1945 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wed.-- The Commonwealth Government has lifted all manpower restrictions from the coal mining industry, In addition,…

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Japanese Gold Will Be Seized by Allies Reparations Policy "Tough On Japan"

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 September 1945 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Wed. -- In Los Angeles Edwin Pauley, American member of the Allied Reparations Commission, who is leaving for Japan shortly, told the…

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No Nationalising Of Coal Mines

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 September 1945 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thurs.-- There was no likelihood of the Federal Government nationalising coalmines…

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Coal Stocks Low: P.M. Appeals To Miners

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 September 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--The appeal by the Prime Minister, Mr. Chiflay, for the abandonment of the one-day stop-work meeting by…

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Football Dorrigo Retains Gold Cup Belling En "All-out" for 6

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 21 September 1945 · page 1

The locals easily retained the Gold Cup on Sunday last, when they defeated the Bellingen League by 38 points to 6, on the…

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Control of Coal Mining

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 September 1945 · page 2

Some time ago Senator Ashley foreshadowed the cessation of Federal Government control over coal production. "The Labour Government's control, or more correctly lack of control, over the industry, is something that the people of Australia will,…

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Coal Stocks Low--Supplies Cut

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 October 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--The Coal Commissioner, Mr. Mighell, today applied a Commonwealth wide cut of 15 per cent. in coal supplies to manufacturers, to operate, from next Monday. The cut will apply to all…

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Abandoned Hope for Peace in Coal Industry

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 October 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--The chairman of the Coal Inquiry, Mr. Justice Davidson said to-day he had abandoned hope for peace…

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Coal Shortage in Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 October 1945 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Wed.--All nonessential industries in Adelaide will be without electric power tomorrow, because of the acute…

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Ship Hits Mine

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 October 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Sun.--Lloyds announced that the British steamer Oceana has struck a mine off Heligoland, and has radioed that…

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Slight Damage When Ship Hits Mine

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 October 1945 · page 5

LONDON, Mon.--It was revealed that no one was injured and only slight damage caused when the British liner, Oceana,…

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