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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1949

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12 Accept For Moonee Valley Gold Cup

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Twelve horses to-day accepted for next Saturday's Moonee Valley Gold Cup, run over 13 furlongs. The field is the smallest since Yours Truly won in 1941…

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Coal Rationing Probable Soon

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 October 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.--Unless New South Wales coalminers reduce their Christmas holidays to two weeks, coal rationing will have to be introduced immediately…

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Sufficient Coal For Christmas

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 October 1949 · page 3

CANBERRA, Friday.--Mr. Chifley told Mr. Holt (Lib., Vic.) in the House of Representatives provided there was…

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Angry Mob Chases Selene Miners

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 October 1949 · page 3

MONTO, Friday.--Fifty angry farmers and miners at Mulgeldie to-day threatened to run out of town a group of Selene miners…

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Coal Future Bright In Queensland

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 October 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday.--Two German scientist who inspected [?] and Blair Athol fields believe Queensland's…

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Coal Strike Averted

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 October 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--The threatened stoppage on Thursday of all Northern N.S.W. mines, which would have caused a…

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Mine Benefits By Coal Stnke

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 October 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wed.--A windfall of about £200,000 has been gained by Mt. Morgan, Ltd., because the coal strike…

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Mine Owners Criticised

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 October 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.--The Central Coal Reference Board Chairman (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) to-day in granting long service leave to…

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Coal Stoppage Threatened

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 October 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wed.--Unless the Selene mine dispute is settled earlier, all Queensland coal miners will stop work for 24…

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Asbestos Mine at Baryulgil

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 October 1949 · page 11

In an endeavour to augment supplies of asbestos fibre, a deposit of ore at Baryulgil, on the Upper Clarence River, has…

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Warning To Miners On Christmas Leave

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 October 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.--The Joint Coal Board 'has warned the Miners' Federation that industry will be drastically short of coal…

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Big Drop In Gold Production

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 October 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.--The general coal strike had been responsible for the "drastic reduction" in gold production in New South…

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Coal Mining Not Attractive To Youths

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 November 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday--The gradual yearly withdrawal of youths from the coal mining industry is referred to as…

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Union Decision On Mine Shifts

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 November 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed. --The State Executive of the Federated Engine Driver's and Firemen's Association has decided that its…

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May Order Cut In Mine Leave

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 November 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.-- The Joint Coal Board is expected to decide shortly whether it will issue an order to New South Wales miners to cut their holidays from three weeks to…

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Coal Reports "Premature"

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 November 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.--A Joint Coal Board spokesman said to-night that reports that coal rationing to industrial users was. threatened were "Completely premature."…

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Coal Board Officer Resigns

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 November 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Mr. J. P. Carrington; Chief Officer of the Joint Coal Board Welfare Division has resigned. As Chief Welfare Officer,…

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Mining Technique From Sweden

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 November 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday:--A special mining technique, developed by the Atlas Diesel Company in Sweden, will be demonstrated, to engineers on the Snowy River hydro-electric project. Mr. B. G. Gibson, who has…

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Miners Reject Board's Plan

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 November 1949 · page 1

SIDNEY, Friday.--N.S.W. miners have now officially advised the Joint Coal Board that they have rejected the Boards proposal that they take two instead of three…

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Queensland Coal Would Not Be Economical

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 November 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Fri.--Development of the vast Blair Athol Queensland coal deposits would not be economical, except for…

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