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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1945

306 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 10 of 16

Money From Trees Needed to Nationalise Mines

Northern Star · Friday 14 September 1945 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday. — The Chairman of the Coal Commission (Mr. Justice Davidson) told the inquiry today that nationalisation…

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Controls Over Coal Industry May Be Retained

Northern Star · Friday 14 September 1945 · page 5

CANBERRA, Thursday.—Retention of its wartime powers over the coal mining industry was to receive early consideration of the…

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Coal Industry Net "Protected" Now

Northern Star · Thursday 20 September 1945 · page 5

CANBERRA, Wednesday. — The Commonwealth Government has lifted all manpower restrictions from the coal mining industry. In…

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No Nationalisation of Coal Mines

Northern Star · Friday 21 September 1945 · page 5

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—There was no likelihood of the Federal Government nationalising the coal mines, the Prime Minister (Mr…

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Chifley Appeals to Miners to Continue Work

Northern Star · Friday 21 September 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The appeal by the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) for the abandonment of the one day stop work meeting by…

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Casino Club Holders Lose Raphael Gold Feathers

Northern Star · Monday 24 September 1945 · page 3

CASINO, Sunday.—The Raphael Gold Feathers changed hands on Casino bowling green yesterday after a closely contested game…

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Question on Conversion Of Coal Locos

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 September 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Was it a fact that consideration was being given to convert coal burning locomotives drawing mail, and express…

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Miners' Official Pleads for More Coal

Tweed Daily · Thursday 27 September 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Declaring that coal stocks in New South Wales were the lowest in the history of the Coal…

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Govt. to Call Conference of Coal Owners and Miners

Tweed Daily · Friday 28 September 1945 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday: Coal owners and miners will be called into conference by the Federal Government soon after the…

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Exploded Magnetic Mine

Northern Star · Friday 28 September 1945 · page 5

PERTH, Thursday.—The vessel Strahan exploded a magnetic mine off Stanley Point yesterday. However, she was able to proceed…

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Getting German Miners Back to Work

Tweed Daily · Friday 28 September 1945 · page 5

Coal is priority number one in the next stage of the revival of life in Germany now that the…

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Coal Crosses Equator 5 Times Before Discharge

Tweed Daily · Friday 28 September 1945 · page 1

HONG KONG, Thursday: After carrying the same load of coal five times across the Equator, the steamship Atlas…

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News Briefs Fran For Coal Industry

Tweed Daily · Saturday 29 September 1945 · page 5

CANBERRA, Friday: A longrange plan for the coal industry will be placed before a conference in Canberra by the Acting…

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Mining Activities at Drake

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 October 1945 · page 4

DRAKE, Tuesday.—Mr. P. J. Graham, who recently returned from Sydney, has resumed pumping operations at the old Lady…

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S. Australia's Urgent Need of Coal

Tweed Daily · Thursday 4 October 1945 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Wednesday: "All industry in South Australia may stop in a little over a week if the Newcastle shipping strike…

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Commonwealth Wide Coal Cut Ordered

Northern Star · Friday 5 October 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday. — The Coal Commissioner (Mr. Mighell) to-day applied a Commonwealth-wide cut of 15 per cent. in coal supplies, to…

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Ashley on Coal Cuts

Tweed Daily · Saturday 6 October 1945 · page 4

CANBERRA, Friday: Some cuts in coal supplies to industry were imperative to maintain essential industries for the next…

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Richmond Coal Survey Commences

Northern Star · Thursday 11 October 1945 · page 4

CORAKI, Wednesday.—Plant carry out coal boring arrived at Bungawalbyn to-day and work has commenced on a survey of…

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Railway Union Stops Coal Supply To Bunnerong

Tweed Daily · Thursday 11 October 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Coal supplies to Bunnerong power-house were stopped at 3 pm today by…

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Plan to Mechanise Collieries

Northern Star · Friday 12 October 1945 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The mechanisation of collieries in the Newcastle and Bulli areas is planned by the B.H.P., and associated…

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