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

Mining & the mines, 1946

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Miners Who Work Naked

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 June 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY: Queensland miners are working under the most primitive conditions the Commonwealth Coal Controller, Mr. R. P. Jack,…

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From Everywhere a Good Day for Coal

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 June 1946 · page 4

Coal production to-day will be close to the year's record. Only two mines were idle, only one as the consequence of a dispute. Mr…

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All Mines Busy

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 7 June 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY: All N.S.W. mines are working to-day. It is the final day of a record production week and it is the second time this…

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Miners Refused Extra Holidays

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 7 June 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY: It is vital, that the mines, at Captain's Flat and Cobar should produce up: to the capacity needed for their…

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Four Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 12 June 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY: Four northern collieries were Idle to-day and loss: of coal will amount to more than 5000 tons, the heaviest loss for…

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Government Control of Coal

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 13 June 1946 · page 5

CANBERRA: It is believed here that the N.S.W. Government has notified the Federal Government that it is ready to hand over the…

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Coal

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 14 June 1946 · page 3

To support Brisbane's striking meat workers Queensland miners decided on on a State wide coal strike: ; However, 70 per cent…

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New Coal Plans Before Cabinet

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 14 June 1946 · page 3

CANBERRA: The new coal plans for the coal industry will be the first item discussed at the meeting of the…

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Ship Hits Mine

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 17 June 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday: The Netherland steamer Meerkerk (8000 tons), bound from Rotterdam…

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Severe Rail Cuts Result of Coal Shortage

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 18 June 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY: Drastic cuts in railway passenger services, including the withdrawal of all sleeping cars, will come into…

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Huge Gold Theft Amazing Plot Alleged

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 20 June 1946 · page 1

BATAVIA, Wednesday: One of the world's biggest thefts—gold and Jewels and money worth seven million…

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Biggest Gold Rush Since Klondyke Golden Circus in South Africa

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 20 June 1946 · page 1

The greatest gold rush o'ne the Klondyke was on savs a recent exchange. But most of the prospectors were the slick, sharp-eyed speculators of the London and Johannesnurd stock excu[?], in the"kaffir circuses"—…

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Big Mine Idle While They Talk of More Cuts

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 24 June 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY: While the Power Committee assembled this morning to consider whether the power cuts already made…

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Coal Position Is No Better More Mines Idle To-day

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 June 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY: Although there was a deterioration in the coal supply position this morning, when seven N.S.W. mines were idle through industrial disputes, the city is expected to weather the next two days without further rationing…

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Coal Arrives in Nick of Time No Black-out in Sydney

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 26 June 1946 · page 5

CANBERRA: An emergency session of the N.S.W. Parliament be called to pass legislation to establish a joint Commonwealth Authority proposed recently by the Federal Government…

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11,000 Tons of Coal Lost To-day's Big Total

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 July 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: When State Cabinet met to-day to examine the coal supply crisis it was informed that three…

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Miners and Dust

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 3 July 1946 · page 5

CANBERRA: A Federal Government spokesman is reported to have assured the South Coast miners that the owners on the…

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More Trouble with Coal

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 July 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY: Fresh trouble is reported to be brewing on the South Coast over the dust problem, which earlier this week led to a…

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McLEAN Gold Cup

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 4 July 1946 · page 3

Next Saturday and Sunday, July 6th rand 7th the McLean Gold Cup will be completed for by members over 36 holes-- 18 each day. The…

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Coal Strikes What They Mean to Community

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 July 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY: Coal lost through strikes had increased from 7.4 per cent. of production in 1942 to 23.07 per cent, in…

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