Mercy Ship Hits Mine
LONDON, Thursday (AAP). —The American steamer, Nathaniel Bacon, carrying U.N.R.R.A. cargo of flour and medical supplies…
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Mining & the mines, 1945
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British Coal Nationalisation Bill Introduced
LONDON, Thursday: The Minister for Fuel and Power (Mr. Shinwell) introduced in the House of Commons, amid cheers…
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LONDON, Thursday (AAP).—The Coal Industry Nationalisation Bill which seeks to establish public ownership in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Minister Warns Public on Coal Discoveries
SYDNEY, Thursday—A warning against acceptance by the public of reports of the discovery of "good" coal unless officially…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Legal Opinions on Govt. Coal Plans
SYDNEY, Thursday. — Certain legal opinions had been received on the powers the State and the Commonwealth might possess for the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: A warning against the acceptance by the public of reports of the discovery of "good" coal, unless…
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LONDON, Thursday: It is understood that the expropriation of the coal and heavy industries in the Ruhr by the British…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Byron Shire Council Complaint on Beach Mining Leases
Mr H. R. Courbarron, of Brunswick Heads, complained to Byron Shire Council meeting on Tuesday that the granting of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mines Endanger Channel Ships
LONDON, Sunday (AAP).—An escort of naval motor launches and frigates will be given all troopships steaming through "mine alley" off…
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The President of Lismore Chamber of Commerce (Ald. Ray Granger) stated last night that he had heard "on reliable authority" that the sub-committee of the State Electricity Advisory Committee intended to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drifting Mines Menace Ships off Kent Coast; Escort For Troopships
LONDON, Sunday: An escort of naval vessels and frigates will be given all troopships steaming through "Mine Alley," off the coast of Kent, where scores of mines released by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Northern Star Published Daily at Lismore Monday, December 24, 1945. Cold Water on Local Coal
IF there is substance in the report that the sub-committee of the State Electricity Advisory Committee examining…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mines, Gales Keep British From Seaside Towns
LONDON, Tuesday: Many families cancelled plans for spending Christmas at the seaside as further Channel gales increased the mine menace to South Coast towns, says the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Salute Dies
BRISBANE, Wednesday: Gold Salute collapsed and died on the training track at Deagon this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Sweeper Sends Districts Signal
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—At an early hour this morning the R.A.N. mine sweeping vessel Bungaree wirelessed a distress, message…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Salute Dropped Dead
BRISBANE, Wednesday. — The New Zealand bred horse, Gold Salute, dropped dead on the track at Deagon this morning. As a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Plan to Use Newcastle Coal Opposed
CORAKI, Wednesday.—"The idea of using Newcastle coal for the generation of electricity on the North Coast is wrong and the people…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gas Coal "Hoard" Found at Country Company
MELBOURNE, Wednesday: A hoard of 160 tons of black coal had been found in the yard of a country gas works, which had…
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Three plants designed to produce gasoline from coal are under construction in the United States to avert a possible motor fuel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →50 Miners Believed Dead
PINEVILLE (Kentucky). Thursday: Hope has been abandoned that 50 coal miners entombed today by an…
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