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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1947

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"Dust Disease in Mines Can Be Eliminated"

Northern Star · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday (AAP). — Dr. Thomas David Jones, professor of mining at University. College, Cardiff, left by flying boat for…

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Coal Conference Postponed

Tweed Daily · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: The general coal conference convened by the Federal Government has been indefinitely…

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Gold Smuggling to Orient

Northern Star · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday. — Customs checks at airports and on the waterfront are being tightened up in an effort to defeat the…

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Miners Plan Mass Parade As Protest

Northern Star · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday. — More than 1000 South Coast miners plan to board four ordinary trains at Wollongong on Wednesday morning to…

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U.K. Crisis Coal Stocks Position

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 6

LONDON, Monday: The alarm of the Fuel Minister (Mr Shinwell) over the position of coal stocks at…

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Mines Idle Today

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, T[?] In New South Wales and Victoria will be idle to-morrow when South Coast miners will…

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Chifley's Plea to Miners

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY. Tuesday: The Prime Minister (Mr Chifley) appealed to the Miners' Federation not to engage in any general strike…

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Fresh Coal Crisis Looms

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Apart from the threat of a general coal stoppage early next month, a fresh coal…

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Bunnerong Coal Supplies Low

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Bunnerong Power House has only 24 hours' supply of coal and fuel. The position was never worse, said the…

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Mines Off Q'ld Coast

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday. — Shipping off the North Queensland coast is threatened by fixed British type clectric mines that drift inside…

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All Nsw Mines Idle Today

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: All coal mines in NSW will be idle for 24 hours tomorrow, when the southern miners will…

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Chifley Appeals to Miners on Strike Threat

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) has appealed to the Miners' Federation not to stage a general strike in the coal industry…

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Power for Industry in N.W. Britain on March 3 Coal Position Now Improving Slowly

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday (AAP). — The Prime Minister (Mr. Attlee) announced in the House of Commons that electric power will be restored in industry in the north-west area from March 3. He said the weather was still the predominating factor. The restoration of…

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Mines Idle Until Claims Met

Northern Star · Thursday 27 February 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—More than 1500 South Coast coalminers, after a demonstration outside Parliament House today, decided to stay on strike until their demands for increased compensation payments for…

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Mines Idle Until Claims Met

Northern Star · Thursday 27 February 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—More than 1500 South Coast coalminers, after a demonstration outside Parliament House today, decided to stay on strike until their demands for increased compensation payments for…

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Southern District Miners Decide on Strike

Tweed Daily · Thursday 27 February 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The New South Wales southern district miners decided at a stormy meeting in the Domain today to stop work in all southern collieries till the claims for…

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Britain's Coal Crisis

Tweed Daily · Friday 28 February 1947 · page 2

THE exceptionally severe winter, said to be the worst for 50 years, caught Britain with relatively insignificant reserve…

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Lithgow State Mine Idle

Tweed Daily · Friday 28 February 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: As a protest against the uncompromising attitude of the Government Ministers at…

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Safety Device on Mines

Tweed Daily · Friday 28 February 1947 · page 4

CANEERRA, Thursday: British electric mines reported to have broken adrift on the Queensland coast were quiet…

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