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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1951

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Coal Shortage in Britain

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 January 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Fri.(AAP).--The British railways, planning to cut train services because of the acute coal shortage, has…

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Conference To Prevent Coal Stoppage

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) to-day called a conference of mining unions and…

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Miners' Move On Glen Davis

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday The Central Executive of the Miners Federation will meet in Sydney to-morrow morning to decide on action aimed at preventing the…

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Gold Dollar Reserves "Too Low"

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Thurs. (AAP).-- Gold and dollar reserves of Britain and the sterling areas Increased by 544 million…

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Immediate Increases Accepted By Miners

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Fri. (AAP). --The National Union of Mine Workers has accepted the Goal Board's offer of immediate…

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Glen Dayis Miners Resolute Over Closure

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.--The Central Executive of the Miners' Federation decided to-day to support any action taken by the Federation's western district to prevent…

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Coal Position At Bunnerong

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 January 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.--The chairman of the Sydney County Council (Cr. Hensen) said to-night that stocks of good quality coal…

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Jobs Endangered If No Coal

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 January 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.--Unless full supplies of coal were available this week, electricity services and the jobs of thousands of…

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Coal Hold-up Averted

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--A stoppage on the western New South Wales coalfields scheduled for to-morrow was cancelled after the Federal Government had given…

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Crisis Threatens In Power And Coal

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.--Unless miner return to work at 85 coal mines in New South Wales to-morrow, the Joint Coal Board may not be able to avoid rationing…

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Coal Outlook "Desperate"

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--Cuts in essential services--gas, electricity and railways--are inevitable because of coal shortage COAL will be short because…

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Book Review. Gold Industry

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 5

Almost 100 years ago -- in 1851 -- payable deposits of gold were discovered in Australia. That event had a far-reaching effect…

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Miners Vote For Weekly Stoppages

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs,--Miners at aggregate meetings in four States to-day voted in favour of holding a one-day stoppage each week as a protest against incentive payments…

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Coal Miners' Stoppage Ban

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.-- The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) to-day issued orders aimed at prohibiting threatened one -day a week stoppages by coalminers…

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Premier Critical On Miners

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 January 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.--His Government stood for conciliation and arbitration, the Premier (Mr. McGirr) said at the annual…

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Coal Position In Britain

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 January 1951 · page 6

Britain's miners have been presented with a new scheme for increasing coal output. It shows seven ways in which…

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May Avert Coal Crisis

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 January 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.--Quarters close to the mimers leaders expressed the hope to-night that a final clash between the miners and the Federal Government might be averted…

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Coal Leaders Meet To-day

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--The Central Council of the Miners Federation will meet at 2 p.m. in Sydney to-morrow to decide whether to abide by an order issued by…

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No Decision On Coal Stoppages

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--The Central Council of the Miners Federation reached no decision to-day on whether to go ahead with plans for calling one day a week stoppages in the coal mining industry, as a…

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UK Coal Deficit

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Wed. (AAP).--Britain this year burned one million tons more coal than she produced, and…

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