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Mining & the mines, 1945

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5000 Tons of Coal Lost Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 March 1945 · page 1

Today’s loss of coal as the result of mines in the north was 5000 tons,…

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13[?] Tons of Coal Lost. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 March 1945 · page 4

Stoppages at nine [?] today resulted in a loss of 13,000 tons of coal, the heaviest loss for any day this year…

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Correspondence Oaklands Coal Field (To the Editor)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 March 1945 · page 3

Sir, --The announcement that the Federal Government has voted £50,000 to assist the Lake Creek coalfield in South Australia which is…

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13.000 Tons of Coal Last. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 March 1945 · page 6

Ten mines were idle in NSW [?] for a Ioss of 13,000 tons…

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Coal Stocks at Low Level SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 March 1945 · page 5

A warning that coal stocks in NSW, Victoria and South Australia were considerably below the levels of this time last year was given today by the…

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Loss of 10,000 Tons of Coal Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 March 1945 · page 5

Cost losses continue on a high level. with seven [?] idle again today reducing production by over 10.000 tons A dispute which began a week ago at [?] may…

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Tried to Keep Mines Working Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 March 1945 · page 4

In an [?] the mines in the area working [?] district miners’ officials [?] than £330 in 1943. said the president of the district (Mr…

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Two Die When Mine Explodes Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Monday 2 April 1945 · page 2

Two youths were fatally injured and three other people are in hospital as a result of the explosion of what is believed to have been a…

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Big Loss of Coal Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 3 April 1945 · page 3

The existing coal position had been thrown into sharp relief by the announcement from BHP Ltd that operations cannot be continued on present…

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Gold Hoard Escaped Japs (From Frank Dexter, at Manila)

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 3 April 1945 · page 2

Gold bullion valued at £40,000, which was burled In [?] the capital of Panay, Philippines, on April 14, 1942, as the Japanese advanced…

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No Coal; Workers To Be Dismissed SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 April 1945 · page 3

Because the BHP is short of coal supplies, 121 female employes at Stewart and Lloyd’s works have received notices of dismissal. The BHP supplies…

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Reds Blamed For Coal Stoppages SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 5 April 1945 · page 6

Giving evidence before the Board of Inquiry in the coal industry today the secretary of the Northern Colliery Owners’s Association (Mr. H. G…

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Oaklands Coal Field and The, Question of Degasification

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 April 1945 · page 2

For the past twelve months a great deal of valuable publicity has been given through the columns or the "Free Press" to the "question" of…

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Big Loss of Coal Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 7 April 1945 · page 8

Loss of production on the NSW [?] continues at a high level, the reduction in output this week amounting to 44,820 tons. This has been exceeded…

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German Gold Reserve Found ? LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 April 1945 · page 3

Probing into the depths of a salt mine at Nerkers, a village 14 miles southwest of Elsenoch, troops of the 19th Infantry Division of the US Second Army have…

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Gives Reasons For Miners’ Absenteeism SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 April 1945 · page 6

The vice-president of the Northern Mines Federation (Mr. H. P. Seanloa) said at the commonwealth Board of Inquiry today that while he held the…

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Coal Crisis "Might Be Terrible in Its Results"

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 April 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY. Saturday: A crisis in the coat industry was forecast bt Mr. Justice Davidson chairman of the Commonwealth Board of Inquiry into the…

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Curtin Government Challenged On Coal Straight Talk by Mr. Menzies Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 April 1945 · page 6

Unfulfuted threats against miners and unsuccessful appeasement of miners by the Federal Government had Again had their inevitable effect upon…

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Coal Mines to Be Seized in U.S. WASHINGTON

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 2

United Tress States that Mr Roosevelt has directed Mr lckes, as Secretary for Fuel, to seize and operate some 200 closed bituminous…

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5000 Tons of Coal Lost. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 6

Although fewer strikes occurred on the NSW coalfields today, the [?] caused by the closing of six ounces was 5000 tons. All southern mines were at work, and only one…

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