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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1945

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Mining Lease Conditions

Tweed Daily · Friday 12 October 1945 · page 5

In the Warden's Court at Murwillumbah yesterday, Mr. A. J. Bryant, PM, conducted an inquiry into an application by…

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Coal Nearing Adelaide

Tweed Daily · Monday 15 October 1945 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Sunday: Resumption of ful power for industry, which has been suspended since midnight on Wednesday, is…

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Overseas Briefs Steamer Strikes Mine

Northern Star · Monday 15 October 1945 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday (AAP).—A Lloyds announcement says the British steamer Oceana struck a mine off Heligoland and radioed…

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Japanese Ships Sunk by Mines in Home Waters

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 17 October 1945 · page 3

MONTREAL, Tuesday: The Tokio correspondent of Associated Press says: The Domei News Agency has reported that…

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U.S. Coal Strike Ends

Northern Star · Friday 19 October 1945 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Thursday. (AAP). —The soft coal strike has been called off by the miners' leader (Mr. Lewis) as from October 22…

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Govt. May Buy, Distribute All N.s.w. Coal

Northern Star · Monday 22 October 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—A plan for the purchase and distribution of all coal produced in New South Wales by the Federal Government for a minimum period of five years will be recommended to the Commonwealth…

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Govt. Acquisition of Nsw Coal for Five Years Planned Part of Miner's "Peace" Plan

Tweed Daily · Monday 22 October 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Commonwealth acquisition and distribution of all New South Wales coal for at least five years will be recommended to the Federal and State Cabinets, respectively, by the Prime Minister (Mr Chifley) and the New South Wales Premier (Mr McKell)…

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No Change in Control of Coal Mines

Northern Star · Tuesday 23 October 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Federal and State Government had no intention of taking over coal fields and the present control of all mines in New South Wales would remain as at present…

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Obligation on Miners' Federation

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 23 October 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: The fiveyear coal acquisition scheme Placed an obligation for producing more coal on the Miners'…

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Responsibility for Coal Acquisition Likely to Be on a NSW Govt

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 23 October 1945 · page 3

CANBERRA, Monday: To avoid the possibility of a successful challenge on constitutional grounds, the…

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Coal Scheme

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 24 October 1945 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday: The constitutional aspects of the five- year coal plan were being examined by the Coal Commissioner…

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14 Coal Mines Idle Yesterday

Tweed Daily · Thursday 25 October 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Coal production in New South Wales today was clown by 25 per cent. through the idleness of 14 pits…

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1200 Bodies in Mine Shaft

Tweed Daily · Thursday 25 October 1945 · page 3

ROME, Wednesday: At Venezia Guilia the Committee of National Liberation issued a statement that…

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Cut in Coal Supply To Council

Tweed Daily · Thursday 25 October 1945 · page 2

Murwillumbah Municipal Council power-house will not get any more coal from Muswellbrook until its…

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Miners Endorse Coal Plan

Northern Star · Monday 29 October 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday. — Miners from most New South Wales coalfields today decided at aggregate meetings that the Miners'…

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Coal Lack Cuts Steel Output

Tweed Daily · Monday 29 October 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Serious depletion of coal stocks at the Newcastle steelworks of Broken Hill Pty Ltd has caused the…

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Mines Still Menace British Shipping

Northern Star · Tuesday 30 October 1945 · page 5

LONDON, Monday (AAP). —Shipping is still keeping a sharp watch for mines. Six were sighted it Dungeness Point yesterday…

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Coal Survey at Bungawalbyn

Northern Star · Wednesday 31 October 1945 · page 4

CORAKI, Tuesday. — The initial boring operations in connection with the coal survey at Bungawalbyn have been completed. Coal was…

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Officials Satisfied with Bungawalbyn Coal

Northern Star · Saturday 3 November 1945 · page 4

CORAKI, Friday—The geologist of the Mines Department of N.S.W. (Mr. Jones) who this week inspected samples of coal shale…

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Jap Coal Miners First to Go Home

Tweed Daily · Monday 5 November 1945 · page 5

TOKIO, Sunday: General MacArthur asked the United States commanders in Chinese Korea and the Pacific Islands to give priority…

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