Gas Coal Stocks Short; Ration Hinted
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A shortage of gas coal supplies is now threatened because of floodings on the northern N.S.W. coalfields…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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Tribunal to Be Defied by Miners
WOLLONGONG, Wednesday. —South Coast miners will hold a 24 hour stoppage tomorrow in defiance of a no-strike order issued by the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A shortage of coal to general industry and essential services next week is feared unless flood conditions…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A summons was issued today against the Southern District of the Miners' Federation for allegedly holding an…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A Joint Coal Board spokesman said tonight that unofficial rationing of coal to essential services and general industry had already begun…
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Although it is not expected Lismore will receive gas coal supplies for a month ample stocks have been built up. This was reported to the Gas,…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.—Queensland will supply a further 500 tons of coal to N.S.W. owing to the floods, said the Minister for Mines (Mr…
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BROKEN HILL, Monday.—Broken Hill miners, who have been idle since last Monday, will return to work at midnight tonight…
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LONDON, Thursday (AAP).—A sensational spurt of 438,000,000 dollars—£156,400,000 stg.—in the Empire's gold and dollar reserves during the last three months was reported yesterday by the Chancellor…
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SYDNEY, Friday. — Jo[?]t Coal Board figures issued today show that, if N.S.W. mine workers maintained the present rate [?]…
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COLOMBO. — Ceylon customs officials brought off their biggest haul in recent years when they foiled a passenger's attempt to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Appeal to Conserve Gas Supplies Coal Shipment Awaited
An appeal to consumers of gas to conserve supplies until the arrival of an expected shipment of coal, was made by Lismore City Council's Gas Engineer (Mr. J. B. Scott) last night…
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Railway engines in the section from Kempsey to Murwillumbah will be fuelled by Queensland coal until the flood-damaged railway bridge at Kempsey is repaired. Railway officials said last night…
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SYDNEY, Monday.— Mr. S. F. Cochran, new Chairman of the Joint Coal Board, said today that the job of providing more coal "can be done…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Northern Star Thursday, July 20, 1950. Coal Board Still To Prove Itself
THE CONFIDENCE with which the new chairman of the Joint Coal Board, Mr. S. F. Cochran, has accepted the task…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The new Chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. S. F. Cochran) will undertake the first phase of his "co-operation" plan by visiting the northern N.S.W. coalfields this week…
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Lismore's coal stocks are the lowest for 10 years, stated City Council Gas Engineer (Mr. J. B. Scott). He said if supplies did not arrive soon "protective" measures would…
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PARIS, Wednesday (AAP).—The French Foreign Minister (M. Schuman) yesterday proposed the creation of a new European…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Rank and file Australian miners are believe[?] to have rejected a proposal to form an "industrial pact" with the…
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NEWCASTLE, Friday. — If idle B.H.P. coalmines do not resume on Monday, a drastic slowing down in production at the B.H.P. steelworks…
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