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Mining & the mines, 1944

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Six Mines Idle. Sydney. The Day

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 September 1944 · page 6

[?] NSW mines were [?] a coal loss of 8350 tons. This is the biggest daily loss in production for about a month. All the mines were…

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More Coal For NSW Railways Representations To The Commonwealth SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 September 1944 · page 6

The Commonwealth Government is at present considering the advisability of modifying the coal restrictions imposed on the NSW railways, the…

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7000 Tons of Coal Lost. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 September 1944 · page 4

About 7000 tons of coal were last today when seven NSW mines were idle. The Coal Commissioner (Mr Mighell) said today that all miners would be required to work…

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Gold Dredge Now Out of Action

Border Morning Mail · Friday 29 September 1944 · page 4

Above is a picture of the largest gold mining dredge in the Southern Hemisphere, which has been operating at Harrietville, head of the Ovens Valley, beneath Mts. Feathertop and Hotham. Vic. Owing to manpower…

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Wants Mines Nationalised SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 September 1944 · page 6

The Government should take control of the mining industry in Australia, not for the purpose of creaing anarchy, but in order that some…

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22,000 Tons of Coal Lost SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 September 1944 · page 6

Three mines in the north and one in the south resumed work today, leaving Elrington (average daily output of (100 tons) the only mine idle…

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£3570 Extra For Miners SYDNEY, Monday

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 3 October 1944 · page 1

[?] cost the Commonwealth Treasury [?] £3750 extra payment for [?]ners who worked on the southern [?]fields today. They were paid…

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Coal Miners’ Tax ‘Slug’ Revealing Figures Quoted

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 October 1944 · page 3

Blame for Australia’s deplorable position today, with resticted clod services in inconvincing the public as well as interfering with the war effort, is generally…

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The Oaklands Coal Field

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 4 October 1944 · page 4

Though Oaklands coal field has fund a chickened career since its discovery in 1917, and hopes of the establishment of an active and profitable…

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10,000 Tons of Coal Lost SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 5 October 1944 · page 2

Nine collieries were idle or partially idle today, resulting in a loss of tons of coal. Mishaps caused loss of 6500 tons and strikes the…

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The Coal Miners' Tax "Slug"

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 October 1944 · page 1

Blame for Australia's deplorable position to-day. with restricted services inconveniencing the public, as well as interfering with the war of…

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Six Mines Idle Big Coal Losses

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 October 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: Six mines are idle to-day, bringing the total losses for the week to 41,750 tons. This is the heaviest total loss since the…

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Coalcliff Colliery Idle SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 6 October 1944 · page 3

For the fourth time since the Government assumed control. Coalclin Colliery was idle today. The Coal Commissioner (Mr…

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41,000 Tons of Coal Lost SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 7 October 1944 · page 2

Six NSW mines were idle today, making a total of 41.000 tons of coal lost in the last five working days. This is the biggest drop in production since…

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Dust Menace in Mines May be Solved SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 October 1944 · page 2

Experiments by the Commonwealth Coal Commissioner (Mr Mighell) to eliminate the dust menace from the Government, controlled Concliff…

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Further Rail Cuts Forecast Coal Position No Better SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 October 1944 · page 1

Further cuts in transport services as a result of the coal shortage were forecast by the Minister for Transport (Mr Ward) yesterday. He said…

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Six Coal Mines Idle SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 October 1944 · page 1

Six coal mines were idle on NSW coalfields today, but only two of the stoppages were due lo industrial disputes. The total coal lost for the day…

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Coal Position Serious in Victoria MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 October 1944 · page 1

Faced with a desperate position, the Railway Commissioners have refrained from further rail cuts until the return of Mr M. J. Canny, who visited…

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Oaklands Coal Company in Process of Formation

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 October 1944 · page 1

In furtherance of a proposition reported in a recent issue of the "Free Press" to float a company to work the Oaklands coal and kaolin deposits a…

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9000 Tons of Coal Lost SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 October 1944 · page 5

Despite the warning at yesterday’s conference between the Federal Ministers and transport authorities that further transport restrictions would be Inevitable unless…

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