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Mining & the mines, 1945

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Adelong Goldfields (Article No. 61)

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 16 October 1945 · page 4

At different times throughout these series curtailed biographies of different important personages of the Adelong goldfield have…

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Crisis in Coal Industry No Supplies For Anybody Soon

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 October 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tues.: Unless something was done in connection with the coal industry very soon, there would be no coal for anybody said…

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Crisis in Coal Industry No Supplies For Anybody Soon

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 October 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.: Unless something was done in connection with the coal industry very soon, there would be no coal for anybody, said…

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Coal Production Loss

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 October 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY. Thrs.: The coal production loss to-day was 13,750 tons from 15 collieries. This made the total loss this year so…

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Nationalisation of Coal Industry

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 October 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.: A referendum in favor of the nationalisation of the coal industry could be easily won by the Federal…

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U.s. Coal Strike Off

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 October 1945 · page 1

WASHINGTON. Thursday: The soft coal strike has been called off by the miners' leader (Mr. LoWis) as from October 22. The…

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Government Control of Coal Industry For Five Years Recommended by Messrs. Chifley & M'Kell

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 October 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Commonwealth acquisition and distribution of all New South Wales coal for at least five years, will be recommended by the Prime Minister…

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Control of Coal Sales What is Expected of Five-Year Plan

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 October 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY. Monday' The Federal and State Governments had no Intention of taking over the coal pita. The control of all mines in…

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Heavy Coal Losses Continue

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 October 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Coal production loss today was 12,640 [?]ons, bringing the loss for the month to 232,740 tons, and for the year…

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Coal Production Loss

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 October 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY. Wednesday: The coal production loss to-day was 14,700 tons. Seven mines were idle through disputes, one through an…

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1200 Bodies Down Mine

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 October 1945 · page 1

ROME, Wednesday: Stating that Allied investigators had discovered 1200 bodies at the bottom of a mine-shaft near Trieste, a…

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Rough Seas in English Channel Loosened Mines Damage Towns

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 October 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Wed.: Only the largest vessels were able to move across the Channel to-day, as smaller vessels were forced by the…

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History of the Adelong Goldfields (Article No. 62)

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 26 October 1945 · page 4

In a very early instalment of this story reference was made to the manner in which the genuine miner was hampered through not…

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Items of News Coal Supplies Cut to Wagga Gasworks

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 October 1945 · page 4

The Commonwealth Coal Commissioner recently wrote to the "Wagga Municipal Council, stating that coal supplies to the council's…

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Idle Mines

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 October 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: To-day's; coal production loss was 6460 tons from eight idle mines…

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Miners' Meetings Endorse Five Year Plan Attendances Not Repeesentative

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 October 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY. Monday: The miners on most of the N.S.W. coalfields decided at aggregate meetings that the federation's plan for…

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Closing Down of B.H.P. Works Curtailment Due to Coal Shortage

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 October 1945 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Monday: A.com-plete battery of by-product coke ovens will be closed at Newcastle steel works this week. The clos-ure, which will affect the pro-duction of iron and steel, will mean the dismissal of several hundred men…

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Critical Position in Victoria Coal Shortage Affects Industry

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 October 1945 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: The position of Victorian industries is again very critical owing to the shortage of coal, the Premier (Mr…

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Dismissals of Industrial Plant Workers Effect of Coal Shortage

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 October 1945 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Tues.: Hundreds of employees in industrial plants at Newcastle have been dismissed this week, and more are likely to…

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British Mines Transfer Huge Sum Paid As Compensation

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 November 1945 · page 6

LONDON, Wed.: The largest recipients among the 13,481 claimants for compensation under the Government scheme for the…

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