Desperate Outlook In Adelaide Coal Shortage
Daily Examiner · Monday 29 July 1946 · page 1
ADELAIDE, Sun.--The severest gas arid electricity cuts in South Australia's history, now in force, have brought about a desperate outlook. Thousands already are out of work, and community is suffering unprecedented inconvenience and discomfort…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatality in Mine
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 3
BRISBANE, Mon.--One man was killed and another fatally injured when crushed by a runaway, coal skip at Baralaba mine…
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Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 3
SYDNEY, Mon.--Seven N.S.W. coalmines were idle, or partly idle, to-day, for the less of 6640 tons of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Oil and Coal Industry
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 2
Tamworth branch of the Graziers Association will ask its head office to aproach the Prime Minister, Mr. Chifley, and request…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Surprise Move on Coal Bill
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 July 1946 · page 1
CANBERRA; Tues.--A surprise, move as made in the House of Representatives to-night, when the Minister for Post-war Reconstruction (Mr. Dedman) announced that the Government would withdraw a complete section from the Coal Bill, which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Compensation for Contract Miners
Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 August 1946 · page 4
SYDNEY, Wed.-- Contrac miners in New South Wales transferred from the coal face to do wheeling, clipping or other…
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Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 August 1946 · page 1
SYDNEY, Wed.-- More coal was lost on the New South Wales coalfields in July than for any previous months of this…
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Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 August 1946 · page 1
ADELAIDE, Wed.-- About 40,000 men will be unemployed to-morrow, when all power for industry will cease at 8 a. m…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Frank Talk With Miners' Leaders
Daily Examiner · Friday 2 August 1946 · page 3
CANBERRA, Thurs.-- Tension which threatened last night over the Government's stand on the Coal Bill was relieved…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →5800 Tons Of Coal Lost Yesterday
Daily Examiner · Friday 2 August 1946 · page 1
SYDNEY, Thurs.-- For the second time this week all southern mines worked to -day, and in the west the only mine idle was the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Co-operative Mining Should Be Tried Member Suggests
Daily Examiner · Friday 2 August 1946 · page 1
CANBERRA, Thurs.-- Co -operative mining, which has been successful in New Zealand and other countries, should be tried in Australia, Mr. Morgan (Lab., N.S.W.) said in the House of Representatives to -day, resuming the debate on the Coal Bill…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Visiting a Coal Mine
Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 August 1946 · page 4
My father took me on a visit to a coal mine on day. It was very interesting as I had never seen coal being brought to the surface…
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Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 August 1946 · page 1
SYDNEY, Fri. -- All southern and western coal mines worked to-day, but five northern mines were idle for the loss of 7000 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Further Powers Sought For Coal Board
Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 August 1946 · page 3
CANBERRA, Fri. -- The Coal Board should be empowered to pay subsidies to ensure owners a fair profit on capital invested, the Deputy Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Harrison) declared in the House of Representatives to-day. He was speaking during…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir Earle Page Says Coal Bill Badly Received; Immediate Action Urged
Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 August 1946 · page 6
CANBERRA, Thursday. -- The Bill may be brought down for its psychological effect, but notwithstanding this it seems to be badly received by every section of the industry. A better psychology and more coal would be secured by immediate action…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Attitude To Mechanisation
Daily Examiner · Monday 5 August 1946 · page 1
SYDNEY, Sun.--The Miners' Federation was net opposed to the mechanisation of the coal industry, if secondary industries…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Distribution On Equitable Basis
Daily Examiner · Monday 5 August 1946 · page 3
SYDNEY, Sun.--The only way to improve the coal position was by extra production, said Senator Ashley yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District Power Source Short Of Coal
Daily Examiner · Monday 5 August 1946 · page 2
Zara street power station, which supplies Newcastle with electricity, has little more than a day's supply of coal on hand. This…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Union Leaders Will Ask Miners To Produce More Goal
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 August 1946 · page 1
SYDNEY, Mon.--The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) told union leaders to-day that he was unable to divert more coal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trousers Stolen -- Mine Idle
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 August 1946 · page 3
SYDNEY, Tues.--The Renown Emended Mine on the western coalfields was idel to-day because a pair of trousers…
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