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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1946

304 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 16

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…

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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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Yesterday's Coal Loss

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…

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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…

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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…

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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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Coal Loss For July

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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Coal Shortage In South Australia

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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Yesterday's Coal Loss

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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