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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1945

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Western Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 1

LITHGOW: Three collieries are idle in the west to-day to enable miners to join in the search for Edward Dobbs, 56, treasurer of…

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Miners and Coal

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: The president of the Miners' Federation, Mr. Wells, said at the coal inquiry to-day that a complete Commonwealth programme…

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Miners and Savings Two Different Views

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY: The general secretary of the Miners' Federation, Mr. H. Wells, told the Coal Enquiry to-day that coal…

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Eight Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 20 March 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: Eight collieries are idle in the N.S.W. to-day, including Hebburn No. 2, which is still idle despite the reports of two…

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Coal Loss

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 22 March 1945 · page 1

The coal loss on the northern field to-day is over 10,000 tons, about one-third of the output. Ten mines are idle to-day…

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Fresh Mining Threat

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 26 March 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: Eleven mines comprising the J. and A. Brown. Abermain-Seabam group are threatened with idleness on Wednesday as a…

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Nine Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 28 March 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: Nine mines are idle in N.S.W. to-day and the production loss is expected to be about 10,000 tons…

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Eight Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 3 April 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: About 400 miners, police and other men are searching for William Thomas Close, 63, who has been missing from his home on…

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Coal Shortage Leads to Dismissals

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 4 April 1945 · page 2

NEWCASTLE: Dismissal "notices have been issued to 150 women employees of Stewart and Lloyds (Australia) Pty., Ltd.; because gas…

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Communists and Coal

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 5 April 1945 · page 2

The western district president of the Miners' Federation, Mr. J Parkinson, who is a member of the Communist Party, denied…

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Nine Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 9 April 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY: With nine mines idle to-day the coal production loss for N.S.W. is estimated at 9500 tons which is only 200 tons less than…

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Miners Sabotaging War Effort of Australia

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 10 April 1945 · page 2

MELBOURNE: Those coalminers who were deliberately sabotaging Australia's war effort and its future were the enemies of the country, declares the Leader of the Federal Opposition, Mr. Menzies…

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Nazi Treasure Trove : How It Was Hidden in a Salt Mine

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday: With the Amnerican Third Army in Central Germany.- Three officers of the 90th Infantry Division, an A M G official; and two British prisoners awaiting repatriation,captured tse greatest booty of the war—scores of millions of pounds' worth of banknotes, art treasures, and museum rarities, and…

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Lost Watch Means 6000 Tons of Coal

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY: Corrimal colliery, on the South Coast, is idle to-day because a miner lost his watch. The owner claimed that the…

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Let Off Miners' Fines

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 19 April 1945 · page 3

It was learned to-day that fines totalling nearly £1500, imposed on 500 coalminers in N.S.W., have been waived…

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Three Men Killed Mine Explosion at Balmain

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 20 April 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: An explosion at Balmain colliery this morning killed three men and injured two…

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Six Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 23 April 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY: Six mines are idle in N.S.W. to-day and production loss is estimated at 5400 tons…

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Went to Sleep Sacked, So Mine Was Held Up

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 1 May 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY: A man who worked as a taxi-driver as well as at his permanent job at the Richmond Main Colliery had gone to sleep on his…

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Thirteen Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 3 May 1945 · page 3

Thirteen mines are idle in N.S.W. to-day, and the production loss will be 14,000 tons…

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New Guinea Road Paved With Gold

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 7 May 1945 · page 3

What is undoubtedly the most expensive highway in the world runs through the wild green jungles of New Guinea…

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