Firm Govt. Stand on Coal Issue
CANBERRA, Monday.--The Federal Government will stand firmly behind the provisions of the Coal Industry Act, which is designed to…
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Mining & the mines, 1948
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No Govt. Decision on Rationing Coal Crisis
SYDNEY, Monday: The State Cabinet has decided not to introduce official rationing of gas and electricity for the present…
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Over 4000 schools in England and Wales, as well as schools in Scotland, have just received details of the National Coal…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday: All subsidies at present paid on coal production will be eliminated over the next three months…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: A dispute on the western coalfields which threatened to endanger still further the New South Wales…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--State Cabinet is considering a plan from the Joint Coal Board to rearrange its rationing of coal to New South…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday. -- Subsidies at present paid on coal production will be eliminated over the next three months. The…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: The coal crisis has subsided and the Government today again deferred a decision on rationing…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday. -- The Commonwealth Government is expected to announce shortly that its fleet of coal-burning ships will be…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday: The Commonwealth Government is expected shortly to announce that its fleet of coal-bufning ships will…
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CANBERRA, Thursday. -- The Joint Coal Board has placed orders overseas for £3 million worth of machinery to mechanise N.S.W…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday: An emergency meeting of the Victorian State Cabinet today decided upon drastic new restrictions to eke out the available coal supply…
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SYDNEY, Friday.--The Joint Coal Board has asked the Victorian and South Australian Governments to reduce consumption of N.S.W…
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SYDNEY, Friday: The Joint Coal Board has ordered Victoria and South Australia to cut their…
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LONDON, Friday: A United States military spokesman said in Berlin it at as a result of the air lift Berlin's western sectors by July 15 would have enough food to last until September 1. After July 15, the air programme would shift from…
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Sir.--A campaign is under way by "Big Business," as represented by Mr. Artie Fadden, to blame the coal miners for events in the coal…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday: The promised improvement in Victoria's black coal allocation, announced tonight, means that…
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PARIS, Sunday (AAP).-- The police announced the theft of about 100 lbs. of pure gold valued at more than £100,000 sterling from Orly…
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ADELAIDE, Sunday .--So far below the barest needs is the latest coal cut imposed upon South Australia by the Joint Coal Board in Sydney, that large consumers are openly urging the local coal committee to defy the cuts to avoid the widespread unemployment which seems inevitable…
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PARIS, Sunday: The police announced the theft of about 400 pounds of pure gold, valued at more than £100,000, from Orly…
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