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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1946

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Electricity Rationing Inevitable Unless Coal Position Improves

The North Western Courier · Thursday 20 June 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Electricity Rationing was inevitable unless coal production remained at a maximum output, the Coal…

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Committee Confer on Coal Cuts Australia's Biggest Mine Idle Four Stage Rationing Plan

The North Western Courier · Monday 24 June 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—While the State Government Power Committee assembled this morning to consider whether power cuts already made are to be extended, a coalfields message reported that the Burwood Colliery…

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Further Power Cuts May Follow Soaring Coal Loss Minister to Determine To-day Whether Rationing Can Be Avoided

North West Champion · Monday 24 June 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Two other Northern pits—Stockrington No. 2 which is idle through a dispute over machinery, and Stanford Main No. 2, where production has been cut by about 500 tons because only half the…

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Senator's Suggestion To Overcome Coal Shortage Immigrants Suggested Canberra

The North Western Courier · Thursday 27 June 1946 · page 1

Senator Foll, who has just returned from abroad, suggested in the Senate last night that the Federal Government should…

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19 Coal Mines Idle To-day

The North Western Courier · Monday 1 July 1946 · page 1

On the eve of a State Cabinet meeting to discuss the coal supply crisis, it is reported from N.S.W. coal fields today that 19…

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The Real Trouble with Coal

North West Champion · Monday 1 July 1946 · page 4

Stripped of all extraneous considerations, what does the present acute coal position boil down to? The Miners' Federation claims that the…

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Heaviest Coal Losses This Year Thirteen Mines Idle To-day Railways Seek Better Allocations

The North Western Courier · Monday 8 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—With 13 mines idle on the N.S.W. coalfields, today's production loss of 19,900-tons is the heaviest for any one day this year…

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The Coal Position Reviewed by Ministers

The North Western Courier · Thursday 11 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Minister for Local Government, Mr. Cahill, said today he was anxious that industry should be kept going without…

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Strike Threat Involves All Coal Mines

The North Western Courier · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The executive of the Sydney branch of Enginedrivers and Firemen's Union last night requested the…

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Contract System May Be Abolished on Coal Fields

The North Western Courier · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Labor Caucus has approved to draft legislation aiming at the abolition of the contract system in the…

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South Coast Miners Defy Leaders SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 25 July 1946 · page 1

More than 2000 South Coast coalminers today defied the instructions from their leaders last night to resume work, while the…

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Loco's to Be Converted From Coal to Oil Fired SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 1 August 1946 · page 1

Because of the serious position confronting N.S.W. Railways from the viewpoint of coal supplies, the Railway Commissioner…

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All Mines Work After Minister's Appeal

The North Western Courier · Thursday 8 August 1946 · page 1

The urgent appeal to N.S.W. miners to end the unnecessary stoppages are believed to be mainly responsible for full…

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Coal Mines Threat May all be Idle in N.S.W. SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 1

According to the State' Secretary, of the Enginedrivers and Firemen's Union, Mr. W. Lane, all coal mines in N.S.W. may he involved in a…

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State Govt. Almost Defeated Over Coal Industry Bill SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 5 September 1946 · page 1

Tense scenes were witnessed in the Legislative Council early today when the State Government narrowly averted defeat by…

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Government's Plan To Pass Coal Bill SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 12 September 1946 · page 1

Including Colin Tannock and J. J. Graves, all Labour M'sL.C, have been notified by the A.L.P. that they must attend the Legislative Council on…

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The Coal Bill Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 16 September 1946 · page 1

A.L.P. officials are still awaiting advice from C. K. Tannock and J. J. Graves, M'sL.C, whether they will attend to-morrow's vital meeting of…

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Steel More Valuable Than Gold

The North Western Courier · Thursday 31 October 1946 · page 7

The Swedish S.K.F. ball-bearing company is producing precision steel balls half the size of a pinbead and four times more valuable than their…

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The Enemy Within Promise of Another "Black" Christmas. Taxpayers Pay Double Rates, and Still No Coal. Sydney

North West Champion · Thursday 7 November 1946 · page 3

From all accounts the coal position at Christmas is going to be anything but "rosy." The miners apparently are determined to see to that. The transport service promises to be greatly restricted. It was a "black"…

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Lorry Blown-up by Road Mine. Jerusalem, Sunday (AAP)

North West Champion · Monday 18 November 1946 · page 1

Latest reports from Jerusalem say that the violent explosion heard in Telaviv, suburb of Sarona, was the result of a road mine blowing up a lorry…

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