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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1946

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Conference On Coal Crisis

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 July 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.-- State Ministers, will confer to-morrow with the Coal Commissioner, Mr. Williams, in an effort to secure a…

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Community Ownership Suggested As Cure Miners' Strikes

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 July 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.-- While community ownership, of the means of production might or might not. be required in Australia as a…

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Railways May Get More Coal

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs. The Coal Commissioner (Mr. Williams) will examine existing coal stocks, and try to give New South Wales…

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P.M.'s Gold Pass Missing

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thurs. Missing pass, gold, life, in favour of Right Honourable J. B. Chifley, available all lines…

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New In Brief Coal Mines Idle

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 July 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri. -- Only one mine, Hebburn No. 2, was idle on the northern coalfields to-day, but in the west, which has been almost…

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Coal Loss Through Strikes

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun. -- Since disciplinary action was last taken against the coal miners in March 1945. 3,000,000 tons of…

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Yesterday's Coal Loss

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.-- Six mines were idle on the N.S.W. coalfields to -day for the lost of more than 5000 tons of coal…

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Union Action To Discipline Miners

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.-- The Miners' Federation was taking disciplinary action against its members responsible for Unwarrarnted…

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Coal For Sydney Power House

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues. -- Following a suggestion by the Natural Gas and Oil Corporation Ltd. that its colliery might provide a solution…

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Cloud Spotters Help Save Coal

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 July 1946 · page 3

CANBERRA Tues. -- To reduce electricity consumption to the minimum because of the coal shortage "cloud spotters" are at…

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To Advise On Dust Problem In Mines

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 July 1946 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thurs. -- A world authority on coal research and dust abatement will be brought to Australia to advise on the dust…

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Mersey Tender Sunk By Mine

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 July 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Fri.--Eight of the nine members of the crew are believed to have drowned when the 100-ton. Mersey Harbor Board…

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Ships Warned About Floating Mines

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.--Coastal shipping has been warned by the Australian Navy to beware of floating mines. The Navy says that gales and the vagaries of the currents might have broken some mines from their moorings…

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Authority To Control Coal Industry

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 July 1946 · page 1

CANBERRA, Fri.--The Commonwealth Government will introduce legislation into Parliament next week, giving effect to…

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Provisions Of Coal Authority Rill

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 July 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--When the Coal Authority Bill is introduced into the House of Representatives to-morrow it will provide for…

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Miners' Leaders Expect Dispute Will Be Settled

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--Miners' leaders stated to-night they expect a settlement to be reached at the compulsory conference…

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57,300 Tons Of Coal Lost In Three Days

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday. --More coal has been lost by strikes on New South Wales coalfields in the past three days than for any one-week period this year. The coal loss for the past three days is 57,300 tons, compared…

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Bill To 'Create New Deal For NSW Coal Industry'

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 July 1946 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wed.--The Federal Government's Bill to establish a joint New South Wales and Commonwealth Authority to "create a new deal for the New South Wales coal industry" was introduced in the House of Representatives by the…

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Saved 26,000 Toils: Lost 239,000 Tons COAL

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 July 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.--Although 26.000 tons of coal was saved during the past five weeks in New, South Wales by cuts in…

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Nationalisation of Coal Mines

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 July 1946 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sun.--At the A.L.P. rally to-day the Minister for Transport (Mr. Ward) said the day was fast approaching…

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