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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1947

261 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 14

Britain Sells Gold To American Bank

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 September 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.),—The Treasury has announced that the Bank of England has sold gold valued at £stg.20,000,000 to the Federal Reserve Bank, New York. This is the first sale of British gold since the war…

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Strikes Reduce Coal Output

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 September 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Coal Industry Tribunal to-night denied that the Tribunal was responsible for the delay in hearing the claims of wheelers on northern coalfields for increased contract rates…

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Plans To Build Up Extra Coal Stocks

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs. The outcome of the special sitting, of the Coal Industry Tribunal in Sydney to-morrow will probably decide the…

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Mine-sweeping

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 September 1947 · page 2

Sir.—Your editorial yesterday appertaining to the tragic loss of the corvette, H.M.A.S. Warrambool, which you state, provides a…

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Lithgow Mine, Tremors

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 September 1947 · page 1

LITHGOW, Fri.—Homes in the Vale of Clwydd are again menaced by mine tremors Residents were awakened at 1.45 this…

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British Miners Seek Big Wage Increase

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 September 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.).—An all-round wage inirease is to be demanded for British miners, says the "Daily Herald." The…

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Back Saturday Miners Win 9000 Tons Of Coal

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 September 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.—South Coast miners won about 9000 tons of coal in their back Saturday work yesterday. All mines worked and…

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Striking Miners May Be Expelled

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 September 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Miners responsible for any further unauthorised stoppages on the Northern New South Wales coalfields will be expelled from the Miners' Federation. This decision was made by the Northern Miners' Board of Management in…

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Distribution Of Gold To European Countries

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 September 1947 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Thurs, (A.A.P.)—The Acting Secretary of State (Mr. Robert Lovett) told a Press conference that the Allied Big…

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Hearing of Mining Claim Begins

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 September 1947 · page 6

HEARING of claims against Cecil Frederick Norris, of South Grafton, and Arthur Henry Waghorn, of Bellevue Hill, for the recovery of money allegedly paid to them for the pegging out and exploiting of coal mining leases, was begun in the Warden's Court…

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Mining Claim Relationship Between Two Defendants

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 September 1947 · page 6

PROLONGED legal argument concerning the effect of the existing relationship between the two defendants, who were former partners in the Grafton Colliery Co. and operators of the Nymboida coal mine, was a feature yesterday of a claim being heard…

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Chinese Communists Capture Mines

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 September 1947 · page 1

PEIPING, Sun. (A.A.P.).—Chinese Communists were reported to-day to have captured Government mines tapping one of the…

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All Coal Mines Working

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 September 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Mon.—All New South Wales coal mines worked to-day for the first time since June 27. To-day's output is expected to…

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C.R.C.C. Coal Needs All North Coast Deposits To Be Investigated

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 September 1947 · page 4

THE fullest investigation into the use of North Coast coal deposits wherever they exist will he supported by the Clarence River County Council, so that local supplies will be available for the Koolkhan power station, when it is built…

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Mines Work on

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 October 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.—A spokesman for the Joint Coal Board said to-day all New South Wales mines would be working next Monday…

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How To Increase Miners' Pensions

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 October 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.—To obtain increases in miners' pensions, the best thing to do was to bring pressure on the Commonwealth…

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Coal Strike May Spread To All N.S.W. Fields

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 October 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.—A strike by mine deputies on the Maitland and Cessnock coalfields to-day may spread to all N.S.W…

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Vital Conferences on Mining Dispute

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 October 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Two vital conferences will be held in Sydney to-morrow to try to end the deputies and shotfirers' dispute which laid all N.S.W. northern mines idle from to-day for a daily loss of more than 33,000 tons of coal…

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Coal Strike May End At Week-End

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 October 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.—A mass meeting of Northern N.S.W. deputies and shot-firers at the week-end will be asked to end…

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Miners Prepare For General Resumption

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 October 1947 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Sun.—Some deputies and shot fixers on the Newcastle and Maitland coalfields resumed work last night…

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