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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1944

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Coal Rationing Decision

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 23 August 1944 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday:-- The full Cabinet today decided to fation supplies of coal to certain industries,…

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Less Coal for Industry

Northern Star · Thursday 24 August 1944 · page 5

CANBERRA, Thursday. — An overall reduction of about 20 per cent, in the coal used by industry is being sought by the Federal…

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Curtin Orders Prosecution of Striking Miners

Tweed Daily · Thursday 24 August 1944 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday: The Prime Minister (Mr Curtin) announced tonight that he had issued a direction ordering that…

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Curtin Orders Miners To Be Prosecuted

Northern Star · Thursday 24 August 1944 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday. —The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) announced tonight that he had issued a…

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Plan for 20 pc Cut in Coal Used by Industry

Tweed Daily · Thursday 24 August 1944 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday: An overall reduction of about 20 per cent in coal used by industry is being sought by the Government as a result of the coal shortage. It is understood that the…

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Govt. Seeks Big Coal Cut In Industries

Northern Star · Friday 25 August 1944 · page 5

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) today addressed a letter to the State Premiers, now in Canberra for the Premiers' Conference, advising them that the Commonwealth desired…

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Proceedings Against Miners

Tweed Daily · Saturday 26 August 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Prosecution proceedings have been started against 114 employees of the Maitland Main colliery for failing…

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Curtin's Check' to Miners' Officials

Tweed Daily · Saturday 26 August 1944 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday:--Three representatives of the Miners' Federation who came to Canberra today were…

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Coal Threat to Timber Industry

Northern Star · Saturday 26 August 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY. Friday.—Although he admitted that the situation confronting the timber milling areas of the State, owing to the…

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Warning of Breach with Other Unions Miners' Official Paper

Northern Star · Saturday 26 August 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—A warning to coal miners that the present strikes might endanger the relationship between the Miners'…

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Miners' Leaders Rebuffed By Curtin Fruitless Visit to Canberra

Northern Star · Saturday 26 August 1944 · page 5

CANBERRA, Friday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) to-day refused to see leaders of the Miners' Federation who came to Canberra unexpectedly with he object of reopening consultations with him. The…

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Coal, Referendum Costs, Butchery License Challenge To Govt. This Week

Northern Star · Monday 28 August 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—A decision to move the adjournment of the House of Representatives "as a matter of national urgency ' to discuss the Government's handling of the coal position will be considered…

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The 'Examiner' Gives You Its Opinion of Mr. Curtin and Striking Coal Miners

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 29 August 1944 · page 1

Let me begin this story by paying a tribute to the man who has led Australia for three of the five years of war—John Curtin, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth—whose leadership of the nation in the greatest crisis it ever faced has won the admiration of even his most, bitter…

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Chrome Mines Taken

Northern Star · Tuesday 29 August 1944 · page 5

LONDON, Monday (AAP). — Marshal Tito's Partisans have captured the important chrome mines at Rorovane (Macedonia)…

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Resumption at Mines

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 29 August 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Work was resumed today on all northern mines that were idle last week, but there were stoppages at…

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Unions to Discuss Coal Output

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 29 August 1944 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday: Representatives of the ACTU and mine unions directly involved in coal production will confer…

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Unemployment to Follow Coal Cut

Northern Star · Tuesday 29 August 1944 · page 5

CANBERRA, Monday. — The Minister for War Organisation of Industry (Mr. Dedman) said today the Government would…

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Open Cut Mining Plans

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 29 August 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Monday: The State Governments have been asked by the Federal Government to make detailed technical…

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Coal Samples For Steam Power Tests (From our Special Representative)

Northern Star · Tuesday 29 August 1944 · page 5

GRAFTON, Monday.—A sample of Nymboida coal has already been forwarded to the Newcastle Technical College for…

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Caucus Opposes Gov't Control of Coal Mines

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 30 August 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tuesday: Federal Caucus tonight rejected a motion urging the Government to take control of the coal…

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