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

Mining & the mines, 1945

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Mine Broke Loose

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 6 September 1945 · page 3

BRISBANE: A mina which apparently came adrift from its moorings on the Barrier Reef exploded yesterday on the North…

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Eight Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 6 September 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: Eight collieries are idle in N.S.W. to-day and the coal loss will he over 10,000, tons. Amongst the northern pits idle…

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Bold Theft of Gold £2000 Worth Stolen

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 6 September 1945 · page 3

CANBERRA: Theft of a mailbag of gold being carried from New Zealand to Melbourne, via Sydney, by…

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Boys Docked: Mine Stops

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 13 September 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: Boys of 16 years of age stopped work at. Stanford Male No. 2 coliery today because their pay had been docked…

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Refined Gold

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 20 September 1945 · page 4

Courage in man and woman takes different forms of expression, and through the past six years every known…

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Well, Well! Mr. Chifley on Mines

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 20 September 1945 · page 5

CANBERRA: The Prime Minister, Mr. Chifley, said in the House of Representatives to-day that no useful purpose…

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12 Mines Stop Total of Strikers Grows

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 September 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: Miners at 12 collieries stopped work to-day and added 3000 men to the 20,000 idle In the State…

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Coal Loss Heavy 14 Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 27 September 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: Coal loss as a result of strikes was the heaviest to-day for several weeks this despite an appeal yesterday by the…

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Gas Works Increased Cost of Coal Poor Quality

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 27 September 1945 · page 2

The cost of coal for the gas works increased by £146 for the first half of this year, and the engineer reports that the…

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Football Weissel Gold Cup Harden - Murrumburrah Retain Possession Cowra Defeated 15 to 8

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 27 September 1945 · page 4

Withstanding a determined challenge by Cowra on Sunday, Harden Murrumburrah will now hold the Waissel Gold Cup until next year…

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Services Depend on Coal Assist. Commissioner for Railways Visits Moss Vale

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 October 1945 · page 2

Plans for the Immediate expansion of the railway service throughout the State have been drawn up for introduction when the position becomes clarified. and were outlined by the Assistant Commissioner, Mr. Garside. on the occasion of…

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From EVERYWHERE Railway Coal

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 October 1945 · page 2

In his annual report the Commissioner for Railways, Mr. Hartigan, said that the serious decline in railway coal reserves had…

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Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 October 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: Twelve mines are idle in N.S.W. today, with a coal loss of 11,000 tons…

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Labour Council's Fiat Coal Supplies for Bunnerong to Stop Threat to Call Railways Into the Trouble

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 10 October 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: Taking speedy action to implement the Trades and Labour Council's decision to ban coal supplies to Bunnerong and Pyrmont power houses, following the failure of settlement moves at…

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Ship Strikes Mine

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 15 October 1945 · page 3

LONDON:. It is now revealed that no one was injured when the British steamer Oceana struck a mine off Heligoland…

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1945 Melbourne Cup Will Be Gold

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 15 October 1945 · page 4

There is an added incentive for owners to win the Melbourne Cup this year. For, in addition to the prize of £10,000, the owner of the…

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10 Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 23 October 1945 · page 3

Ten mines are idle to-day in N.S.W. .and the coal loss is over 8000 tons. All stoppages were due to disputes…

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From EVERYWHERE 14 Mines idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 24 October 1945 · page 2

Fourteen mines are idle in the State to-day, with a production loss of 25 per cent of the daily capacity…

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Gale Brings More Mines

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 26 October 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday: As high tides came in yesterday afternoon, the gale while has been battering the British, Isles this…

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Mines' on Seashore

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 29 October 1945 · page 3

LONFON, Monday: Despite improved weather, a number of mines were washed up during the week-end between Newhaven and…

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