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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1945

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200,000 Tons of Coal Available Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 December 1945 · page 2

More than 200,000 tons of coal will be available from this week’s production, is the opinion of the Commonwealth Coal…

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Latest News Easing Coal Restrictions Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 December 1945 · page 3

Announcing today that the gas and electricity restrictions would be again examined tomorrow in the light of a report received on…

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Coal Industry “Needs to be Put on Better Basis” SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 December 1945 · page 1

Certain legal opinions have been received on the powers the State and Commonwealth might possess for the purpose of introducing a system of…

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Warning Issued by Minister On Reports of Coal “Discoveries” SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 December 1945 · page 1

A warning against acceptance by the public of reports of the discovery of “good” coal unless officially confirmed by this department was…

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180,000 Tons of Coal For Week Loading on Saturday Afternoon SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 December 1945 · page 1

Loading coal is exected to proceed on Saturday afternoon so that the maximum quantity mined before the Christmas holidays can be…

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Gas--Electricity Rationing to be Reviewed Today May Mean Welcome News Favorable Coal Output And Power Saving SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 December 1945 · page 1

Review of electricity and gas restrictions will be made by the Minister for Local Government (Mr Cahill) tomorrow. Outcome of this review will, it is anticipated in department circles, be welcome to the…

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Battle Against Mines London

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 December 1945 · page 2

Every available British and Allied minesweeper was mobilised on Friday to fight hundreds of mines driven by the recent gales…

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“Failed In Their Duty To People” Government And The Coal Strikes SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 December 1945 · page 2

“The Federal Government is entitled to credit for standing up at long last for the rule of law and the principles of arbitration,…

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Win for Gold French Decision to Devalue Franc PARIS

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 December 1945 · page 2

Pointing out that the French decision to devalue the franc merely recognises what it, already an established fact, Reuter’s…

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Coal Quickly Distributed SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 December 1945 · page 3

Apart from supplies wanted for local use, the 180,000 ions of coal mined in NSW. during the week’s work after the miners’ strike ended, has…

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France Seizes Saar Mines PARIS

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 December 1945 · page 6

France has confiscated the mines of the Soar district, in the French-occupied zone of Germany, which are second only in importance to those of the…

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Christmas Work on Mines LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 December 1945 · page 4

[?] disposal squads, working [?] and day throughout the Christmas holidays on gale-swept [?] of the south coast rendered…

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Hope for Miners Abandoned PINEVILLE (Kentucky)

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 December 1945 · page 3

Hope has been abandoned for between 30 and 40 miners, who were [?]embed today by an underground blast Rescue workers encountered an…

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Gale in Channel Washes More Mines Ashore London

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 December 1945 · page 6

Naval mine disposal squads worked night and day throughout the Christmas holiday on the gale-swept coast of southern England to “delouse”…

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German Gold Handed Over by Spam MADRID

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 December 1945 · page 2

With more than, a ton of gold, [?] £500,000 sterling, aboard a U.S. Dakota transport plane took off for Frankfort, where the money will be…

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"Failed in Their Duty to People" Governments and the Coal Strikes Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 December 1945 · page 1

"The Federal Government was entitled to credit for standing up at long last for the rule of law and the principles of arbitration,…

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10 Million Torn of Coal Won SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 29 December 1945 · page 3

Coal output for 1945 in NSW was expected to exceed 10 million tons, said the Minister for Mines (Mr Baddeley) today. He said the year had been a…

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Coal Costs Soaring Mr Mair Perturbed SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 29 December 1945 · page 8

“The State Statis[?] and costs report on the [?] mining industry from 1939 to 1944 [?] for every [?] minded citizen [?]…

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£10,000 Damage at Mine Newcastle

Border Morning Mail · Monday 31 December 1945 · page 6

Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused by a fire and three explosions at the Waratah coal mine, near Charlesworth, yesterday…

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Rescued From Blazing Mine New York

Border Morning Mail · Monday 31 December 1945 · page 6

Nine men, survivors of between 30 and 50 coal miners entombed by an underground explosion at Pineville, Kentucky, were brought…

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