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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1944

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Four Coal Mines Idle

Northern Star · Thursday 27 April 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Four mines were idle on the New South Wales coalfields today, resulting in a production loss of 3100 tons…

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May Day Work in Mines

Northern Star · Thursday 27 April 1944 · page 5

CANBERRA, Wednesday. — By regulations today the acting Minister for Supply (Dr. Evatt) has directed all coal miners in the…

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Local and General "New Coal Mine Promises Well"

Tweed Daily · Friday 28 April 1944 · page 2

The coal from the new Tweed mine being opened up by Mr D. C. Ireland was a nice, clean bitumenous coal and looked very promising,…

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Fresh Coal Disputes

Northern Star · Friday 28 April 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Including fresh disputes at Millfleld. Greta, Stockton Borehole. Western Main and Excelsior, seven New South…

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W.A. Gold Rush

Northern Star · Friday 28 April 1944 · page 5

PERTH, Thursday.—News of a considerable discovery on the Larkinville goldfield has caused a rush of…

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Owners Say Big Tall in Coal Output

Tweed Daily · Friday 28 April 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: A serious decline in coal production in NSW was revealed today by the mine-owners. For the first quarter of…

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Coal Losses

Tweed Daily · Saturday 29 April 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday: Three mines employing 460 men, and with a daily production of 1750 tons, were idle on the New South Wales…

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19,150 Tons of Coal Lost

Northern Star · Saturday 29 April 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Three mines employing 460 men and with a daily production of 1750 tons were idle on the New South Wales coal fields…

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Miners Must Work To-day

Northern Star · Monday 1 May 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Commonwealth Coal Controller (Mr. Mighell) to-night repeated his direction to all miners in New South…

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Miners Directed to Work Today

Tweed Daily · Monday 1 May 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: The Commonwealth Coal Controller (Mr Mighell) tonight repeated his direction to New South Wales miners to work…

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Coal Now Key to Output

Northern Star · Tuesday 2 May 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The whole capacity of Australia to carry on its various services and industries is now almost entirely dependent…

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Urgent Need for Big Coal Output

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 2 May 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: The whole capacity of Australia to carry on its previous services and industry was now almost entirely…

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British Labor's Plans for Coal Nationalisation

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 2 May 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Monday: The Daily Mail says: The Labor Party has issued its plans for the complete nationalisation of coal, gas and…

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Army Will Release Conscript Miners

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 May 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Men called up for Army service following the South Coast coal strike, who want to return (to the mining industry,…

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Release for Return to Mines

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 3 May 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Men called up for armed service following the South Coast coal strike who wanted to return to the mining…

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Loss of 8150 Tons of Coal Through Stoppages Yesterday

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 3 May 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Coal production dropped today because of stoppages at four NSW mines, including Australia's two biggest…

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Evatt Takes Up Coal Challenge

Northern Star · Thursday 4 May 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The Attorney-General (Dr. Evatt) to-night replied to a challenge made by the Deputy Leader of the Federal Opposition (Mr. Harrison) that answers be given to a series of questions on…

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Need For Increased Coal Production

Tweed Daily · Friday 5 May 1944 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday: It was imperative that coal production should be increased, particularly in the next six months, because…

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Challenge on Coal Issue Evatt Replies

Northern Star · Friday 5 May 1944 · page 5

CANBERRA, Thursday.—In criticism of the Government's handling of the coal problem the Deputy Leader of the Opposition (Mr…

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Another Mine Taken Over

Tweed Daily · Monday 8 May 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: The Commonwealth coal Commissioner (Mr Mighell) announced yesterday that the Commonwealth No. 2 coal mine,…

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