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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1946

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Protests Against Coal Bill

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 August 1946 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tues.--Opposition protests against the lack of provision for compensation to owners for losses on controlled mines…

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Coal Shortage Means Loss To Railways

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 August 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--Unless supplies of railway coal are greatly augmented in the next few months the railways may not be able to…

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Coal Board Powers "Not Dogmatic Nationalisation"

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 August 1946 · page 2

CANBERRA, Wed.-- Powers given to the joint Coal Board to assume the control and management of mines and to acquire…

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All N.s.w. Coal Mines Worked Yesterday

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.-- For the first time since June 7, all New South Wales coal mines worked to-day, and the probable output was 45,000 tons. The Minister for Mines (Mr…

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Stone and Coal Sandwich

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 1

After examining the specimen of a stone-coal sandwich, supplied to the Queensland Railway Department, Queensland's Minister for Transport (Mr. Walsh) concurred with a statement that stones were bought from coalmines. The coal was between layers of stone…

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Gold Claims Pegged Out

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 2

PERTH, Thurs.--Almost the entire town of Norseman, 100 miles south of Kalgoorlie, has been pegged out as gold claims by…

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New Zealand Short of Coal

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 3

AUCKLAND, Thurs.-- Shortage of coal in New Zealand is so acute that the Government is importing supplies from the United States of…

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Yesterday's Coal Loss

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 August 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.-- Fourteen hundred miners at four New South Wales coal mines were idle to-day, for an output loss of 4500…

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Investigation Of Nymboida Coal Resources Possible

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 August 1946 · page 6

THE importance of investigating the coal resources at Nymboida was stressed at yesterday's meeting of the Nymboida Shire Council. A letter from the Department of Mines stating that the…

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Coal Commissioner Resigns

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 August 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.--The Minister for Supply (Senator Ashley) disclosed last night that the resignation of the Commonwealth Coal…

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Must Have Coal To Keep Industry Going

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 August 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.--There was no need for panic over future employment in Australia provided sufficient coal came forward to…

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B.H.P. Coal Quota To Remain

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 August 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.--In no circumstances woud be cut down the B.H.P. coal quota, said the Coal Commissioner (Mr. Williams)…

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Coal Shortage Will Reduce Flour Exports

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 August 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.-- The export of New South Wales flour to wartorn countries would be seriously affected because of the coal…

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Open Cut Mining at Muswellbrook

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 August 1946 · page 1

There is plenty of work for great bulldozers in open cut mining. This one is removing overburden at…

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Plan To Develop Queensland Coal

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sun.-- Large-scale development of the huge black coal deposits at Blair Athol in the Rockhsmpton district, by the…

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Plans for Direct Appeal to Miners

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.-- Plans for a direct appeal to miners for additional coal production will be made this week by members of an industrial panel set up by the N.S.W. Trades and Labour Council…

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Mines Exploded On Shore

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 August 1946 · page 1

TRIESTE, Mon.-- Forty-three were killed and 57 injured, including two British soldiers hurt, when several mines exploded at…

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Gold Day In Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 August 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.-- Sydney had its lowest temperature reading for a year this morning, when thermometers showed 41 degrees…

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Miners Create Condition of Instability

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.--Coal miners in search of security for the Federation had succeeded in creating a condition of instability, which…

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Week's Coal Loss

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 August 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.--Coal loss through stoppages this week totalled 34,000 tons, which is 16,000. tons less than the…

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