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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1943

46 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 3 of 3

North Coast Coal

Macleay Argus · Friday 5 November 1943 · page 6

Recently it has been stated on good authority that there is a great deal of good commercial coal at various places on the North Coast and…

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Food and Coal

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 6 November 1943 · page 3

Sir Earle Page, speaking at Kempsey, said "as food is as important as coal to Australia and the United Nations, the Clarence dairy…

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White Coal

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 20 November 1943 · page 6

After visiting an immense defence project and a shipbuilding yard at Sydney, Sir Walter Layton, leader of the British newspaper delegation,…

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Further Train Cuts to Save Coal

The Northern Champion · Saturday 20 November 1943 · page 2

As from Sunday further cuts will be made in passenger train services in order to conserve coal. Changes in the Kempsey mail time-table are:…

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White Coal

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 1 December 1943 · page 4

After visiting an immense defence project and a shipbuilding yard at Sydney, Sir Walter Layton, leader of the British Newspaper Delegation, said…

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Mine Stoppage

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 10 December 1943 · page 2

Thirteen boys caused a stoppage of work at Stanford Main No. 2 on Wednesday, which involved a loss of 1,200 tons of coal. Some of the boys…

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