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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1948

253 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 13 of 13

Koolkhan Power Station Gets first Coal Supply

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 December 1948 · page 3

Delivery of coal to the site of the Koolkhan power station near Grafton began this week. The coal is being mined at…

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Americans Want To Seek Gold In N.G.

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 December 1948 · page 1

NEW YORK, Fri. (A.A.P.).--Many Americans eager to go to New Guinea in search of gold, are telephoning the Australian…

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Coal Shortage Affects Supply Of Materials For Power Extensions

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 December 1948 · page 4

MAJOR programmes planned by the Clarence River County Council will not be developed with confidence until a solution is obtained to the problem of insufficient coal supplies to manufacturers…

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Green And Gold Joins Blue Lass

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 December 1948 · page 5

Green and Gold, five-year-old Collingwood gelding, which failed in two Grafton races last month joined his more successful…

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Miners' Holidays Will Depend On Coal Stocks

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 December 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.--The length of N.S.W mine workers' holidays at Christmas will depend on coal production between now and December 23. The…

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Gold Production Down

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 December 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tues.--A decline in gold production Australia was revealed in figures issued by the Acting Commonwealth…

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Mine Host's Trial Best For 10 Years

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 December 1948 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Villiers Stakes candidate, Mine Host, this morning ran the best trial sen at Moorefield for 10 years…

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Miners May Better Last Year's Figures

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 December 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.--"If min[?] workers can stick to their jobs until Thursday, last year's coal figures of 11,680,000 tons will be…

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Miners Will Have Weeks Holiday

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 December 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.-- Miners' leaders started to-night that New South Wales mineworker's would Have three weeks' holiday at…

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Coal Production Not Satisfactory

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 December 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--In a review of New South Wales coal production during the current year the Research Service says there is no cause for jubilation at the fact that Coal rationing been averted over the Christmas holidays…

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Holiday Work by Miners

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 December 1948 · page 1

PERTH, Sunday.--Miners at Collie Worked yesterday, Christmas Day, and will also work on Monday and on New…

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Mine Host Runs Away With Cartington

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 December 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--Mine Host beat Caruso and Filipino in the Carrington Stakes at Randwick to-day, while the hot favourite, San Domenico, finished second last. The defeat of San Domenico…

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Mine Host for Queensland

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 December 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wed.--Mine Host, winner of the Carrington Stakes at Rand wick yesterday, will be seat to Queensland for the…

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