Want More Coal For Basic Industries
SYDNEY, Sun.-- Eight union leaders will ask the Minister for Supply (Senator Ashley) in Sydney to-morrow, to set up a…
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Mining & the mines, 1946
304 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 12 of 16
Committee To Assist Coal Commission
SYDNEY, Mon.-- A Coal Distribution Committee to assist the Coal Commissioner in improving the distribution of coal was agreed…
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A giant shovel (background) for removing the overburden, and a smaller shovel (foreground) for working the seam in operation at Georgetown (Chi[?]), where large qualities of surface coal are now being obtained…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seven Mines Idle
SYDNEY, Tues.--Seven mines were idle, and two partially [?]e to-day for the loss of 8100 tons of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Resources Of New South Wales
SYDNEY, Wednesday.--The total proven coal resources of New South Wales amounted to nearly 4000 million tons, said the Premier, Mr. McKeil, in the Legislative Assembly to-day. He was speaking on the second…
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SYDNEY, Fri.-- At 5.5 a m. to-day the Coal Industry Bill was passed without amendment, in the New South -Wales Assembly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Break All Records
SYDNEY, Friday.-- Miners at Burwood colliery yesterday broke all Australian records when they hewed coal at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Some Mines "Ratholes"
MELBOURNE, Sun.--Some coal mines were good mines, and some were "ratholes" and should be closed, the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hopes For Increased Coal Production
NEWCASTLE, Sun.--Leaders of the Miners' Federation and mining craft unions expressed hopes of increased production…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ample Trucks: No Coal
Speaking at Maclean this week Senator S. K. Amour stated that there had been a lot of talk about shortage of trucks for starving…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Scene Of South African Gold Rush
It was near this little dorp at Odendaals Rust (Orange Free State) that engineers recently made a spectacular gold strike. Shares in Orange Free State issue leaped skyward and the small settlement was besieged by visitors. It is now regarded as certain that this little area is in the centre of a vast new goldfield…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plans To Increase Coal Production
SYDNEY, Sun.-- All mine workers in New South Wales will be asked to decide on a number of secret proposals to increase coal production between now and Christmas. The proposals were framed at a conference of about eighty…
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AUCKLAND, Mon:-- The Government has chartered six British ships to aid in importing 50,000 tons of coal from U.S.A. to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drastic Amendment of Coal Bill Likely
SYDNEY, Mon.-- The State Government is concerned about the possibility of the Coal Bill being drastically amended in the Legislative Council to-morrow. The Opposition it is believed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners To Vote On Saturday Work
SYDNEY, Tuesday.--All N.S.W. mine workers will be asked, at the pit-top ballots next week, to work a six-hour shift every second…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Argument About Horse's Collar Laid Mine Idle
SYDNEY, Tues.--An argument about a horse's collar laid Bloomfield New Tunnel mine idle to-day…
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SYDNEY, Tues.--There were tense scenes in the Legislative Council late to-night, when shortly after the debate on the Coal Bill…
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SYDNEY, Wed.--The secret ballot among all New South Wales coal miners to decide whether they are prepared to…
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ATHENS, Wed.--Twenty-one person were killed and twelve wounded in 24 vehicles blown up since September 9, through…
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TRIESTE, Wed.--A British Military Court of Inquiry reported the explosion of 30 land mines on the beach at Pola on…
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