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

Mining & the mines, 1947

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Albanian Reply Mining of Ships

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 2 January 1947 · page 3

LONDON Thursday Albania has notified U. N. O. that British warships "thrice brutally violated…

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One Pound of Uranium Equals 1500 Tons of Coal

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 4

ADELAIDE: One pound of uranium burnt completely in an atomic boiler would generate as much power as 1500 tons of coal, said Professor Marcun Oliphant, the famous Australian physicist. Spending a few days with…

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News of the World New Coal Machine

Yass Tribune-Courier · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 6

A new British machine which should help materially to increase coal production in the United Kingdom is now going into some North…

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Offence Proved Woman Bound Over Gold Wristlet Watch Recovered

Yass Tribune-Courier · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 2

Before Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M., at the last sitting of the Court of Petty Sessions, Msr. Mary Caroline Williams, domestic duties, residing…

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WON £45,072 Did not Want to Go Down Mine Again

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday: Told that he had won £45,072 in. a football, penny points pool. a 34-year-old Doncaster…

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14 Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY: Fourteen collieries were idle to-day and 13,820 tons of coal were lost, making the total loss for the week 48,530…

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New Coal Machine

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 5

A new Britis machine which should help materially to increase coal production in the United Kingdom is now going into some north of England mines…

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Eleven Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 7

SYDNEY: Coal disputes flared up in N.S.W. to-day, and 11 mines are idle, resulting in a loss in output of over 10,000 tons…

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Miners Object to Meat Rise

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 7

NEWCASTLE: Miners Lodges have recommended that a 24 hour coal stoppage be called in protest against the increase in meat prices…

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From Everywhere New Coal Board

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 2

The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley said yesterday the Government did not want representatives of either the miners or…

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Four Mines Idle Meat Prices Protest

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY: As a protest against butchers shops opening for business again after three weeks and selling at increased prices,…

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Miners on Strike Lake George Stoppage

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 4

More than 500 men are on strike at the Lake George Mine at Captain's Flat following a dispute with the…

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Coast Mines Idle Meat Prices Protest

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY: A mass meeting to discuss grievances on dust and compensation claims resulted in all South…

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Coal Looting in Hamburg 4563 Arrested

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 5

HAMBURG, Wednesday: German police unleashed Alsatian police dogs to disperse thousands of coal…

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Mine Still Idle Captain's Flat Dispute

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 6 February 1947 · page 1

There is no indication of an early settlement of the strike at the Lake George Mine at Captain's Flat,…

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Miners' Threat

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY: The Central Council of the Miners' Federation is expected to decide to-day whether or not to call a…

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Export Ban British Coal

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 5

LONDON, Friday: The Ministry of Fuel has banned all shipments of coal for overseas ports and…

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Coal Production Losses

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY: New South Wales coal production losses for the first five weeks of this year were 41 per cent higher than…

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Signs of Fuel Crisis Easing in Britain Coal Beginning to Move

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday: While President Truman announced in Washington that he had ordered a study of emergency measures which the United States might be able to take to relieve the British coal shortage, the fourth day of Britain's battle for coal brought encouraging news to cold Britons that the…

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U.S. May Assist Great Britain with Coal President Truman Orders Study of Situation

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Thursday: President Truman had ordered a study of emergency measures which the United States might be able to take to relieve the British coal shortage. The President, in a statement last night said: "The United States Government…

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