Talks on Stability for Coal Industry
CANBERRA, Wednesday: The Prime Minister (Mr Chifley) said today that the Federal Government had no power to…
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Mining & the mines, 1946
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Qld. Meat Dispute Supoort Strike By Miners
BRISBANE, Wednesday: Coal miners throughout the State have been instructed to cease work immediately…
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CANBERRA, Thursday. — A joint Commonwealth and State authority is to be set up for the purpose of reorganising…
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CANBERRA, Thursday: A joint Commonwealth-State authority will be set up for the purpose of reorganising and rehabilitating the coal industry in New South Wales…
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This picture, taken at the New Aberdare Colliery, Raceview, indicates how the mines in the Ipswich area look, following the…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A director of the Natural Gas and Oil Corporation, Mr. Richard Windeyer, K.C., said to-day that with the country…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rail Cuts to Be Imposed Through Cuts Shortage Coal Shortage
SYDNEY, Friday: Drastic reductions are to be made in railway services in New South Wales as a result of the coal shortage. Details of the cuts have not yet been worked out…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Drastic reductions are to be made in railway services in New South Wales as the result of the coal shortage. Details of the cuts have not yet been worked out, but they will include complete withdrawal of sleeping cars. This was announced…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Delegates to the State A.L.P. conference yesterday unanimously endorsed the immediate establishment of…
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LONDON, Monday: The Netherlands steamer Meerkerk, 8500 tons, bound from Rotterdam to Australia, struck a mine near West…
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LONDON, Monday (AAP). —The Netherlands steamer Meerkerk, 8000 tons, bound from Rotterdam to Australia, struck a…
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IN trying to master the coal problem, the nation has to consider the peculiar psychology of a combative industry with an…
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NEWCASTLE, Monday. — All mines on the South Maitland coal fields may be idle next Monday if double pay for work done on c…
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LONDON, Tuesday (AAP). — A bulletin from the chief inspector of mines in Malaya states that production of tin in the first quarter…
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CESSNOCK, Tuesday —A stoppage of all mines on the South Maitland coalfield next Monday is threatened by the Maitland…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—There is every possibility that sleeping cars will be withdrawn from trains and seat bookings suspended, except where compulsory, because of the coal shortage…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Because of the coal shortage there is a possibility of the S.T.C. being unable to race at Rosehill next…
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BRISBANE, Thursday: The Queensland Coal Miners' Union has declined to produce coal for hospitals during the strike. It…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Govt Loses £56,000 on Operating Colliery
CANBERRA, Thursday. — An accumulated loss of £56,002 has resulted from operations of the Coalcliffe colliery between the time it…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: Sunday tram services in Sydney, and Newcastle have been suspended until further…
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