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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 7 of 14

Coal Supplies To Be Cut

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 June 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.--The Joint Coal Board to-day announced there would be a 20 per cent, cut In coal supplies from next Monday to all consumers except hospitals, food…

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Incentive to Miners

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 June 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.-- Goal miners are to be given added incentive to work continuously until December. A decision of the Coal…

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Latest Coal Report Is Pessimistic

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 June 1947 · page 3

The South Grafton abattoirs was using coal from Newcastle which cost 15 a ton more than what had been paid for…

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Interest In Coal Seam At Kempsey

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 June 1947 · page 2

KEMPSEY Sat.-- There is a belief by old residents of the Macleay that workable deposits of coal exist in the district. This…

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Cut In Coal Supplies Has Adverse Effect On Industries

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 June 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.-- When the 20 per cent, cut in coal supplies to all except essential undertakings operates to-morrow it will have…

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Unemployment From Coal Cut To Be Divided

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 June 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--Industries directly affected by the 20 per cent, cut in coal are likely to close factories one s day weekly…

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Mining Experts Visit Plant At Drake

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 June 1947 · page 3

TENTERFIELD, Tuesday.-- Mr. Oliver Woodward, technical director of Electrolytic Refining and Smelting Co. of Australia…

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500,000 Tons More Coal If Half Number Of Strikes

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 June 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--The secretary of the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association (Mr. R. W. Davie) to-night said that if…

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Review Of Cut In Coal Supplies

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.— At least one month's good production on the New South Wales coalfields would be required before the 20 per cent. cut in coal supplies to non–essential industries could be reviewed, said the acting chairman of the Joint Coal…

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The Coal Shortage

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 June 1947 · page 2

LABOUR supporters would have branded as fantastic and absolutely without foundation any statements made during the recent election campaign that the coalminers of New South Wales were then working assiduously to ensure the return of…

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Shortage of coal causes rail and fuel cuts and stresses Need For Decision On Gorge Scheme

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 3

THE events of last week must cause everyone on the North Coast furiously to think where we are travelling as a district, and whether, interview of what is happening, we must radically modify our electrical development programme, said Sir Earle…

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Log Of Claims For Uranium Miners

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 June 1947 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Mon.--The Secretary of the A.W.U. (Mr. C. R. Cameron) is preparing a log of claims to cover uranium miners…

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Mining Tie-up Possible

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 June 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.—The threat to tie-up all New South Wales coal mines, and the subsequent dislocation of industry and transport, still exists…

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Coal Production Has Improved

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 June 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY. Sun.--Coal production in N.S.W. has improved in the past two weeks,) and there are hopes that there may…

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Holiday Pay For Coal Miners

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 June 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--Coalminers in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania required to work on holidays, will…

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Coal Miners' Demands May Exhaust B.H.P. Stocks

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 June 1947 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Wed.--If an ultimatum from three miners' lodges Burwood, John Darling and Lambton, is not recognised by…

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Japanese Control Of Mining

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 1

TOKIO, Thursday.—General MacArthur to-day authorised the Japanese Government to assume responsibility for the complete operation of the Anguar Island phosphate rock project as from July 1, says an A.A.P. Reuter message…

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Virtue and All Gold Outstanding Track Sprinters

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thurs.—Virtue and All Gold were outstanding sprinters on all tracks this morning. Others to impress were…

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French Coal Strike Settlement Probable

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 June 1947 · page 1

PARIS, Fri.--A settlement of the French coal strike seems imminent. After a meeting, M. Robert Lacoste. Minister for Industrial…

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Mass Holiday In U.S.A. Miners On Vacation Might Not Return

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 June 1947 · page 1

PITTSBURG, Sunday.--In the largest mass holiday in American history, the nation's 400,000 soft coalminers began a to-day paid vacation yesterday. The nation has 48,000,000…

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