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Mining & the mines, 1946

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Railways Face Crisis Over Coal Wheat Crop May Not Be Handled

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 August 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Unless supplies of railway coal are greatly augmented in the next few months, the railways may not be able to handle the wheat which Australia…

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Gold Cup Promised for 1947 Enthusiasm at M.T.C. Annual Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 August 1946 · page 2

Members of the Murrumbidgee Turf Club at their 84th annual meeting last night received with enthusiasm the announcement that Mr. Wal. Sawyer had promised to…

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Oil From Coal By New Method

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 August 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The extraction of oil from coal by a low-temperature carbonisation process to to be investigated by a committee of…

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Minister Appeal for Miners "Not a Class Apart"

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 August 1946 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday: "The Government's strong conviction is that the value of miners and their families as human beings must be recognised," said the Minister for Supply (Senator Ashley) in…

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All Mines Working

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: For the first time since June 7, all New South Wales coal mines worked to-day and the probable output was 45,000…

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W.a. Gold Rush

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 3

PERTH, Thursday: Almost the entire town of Norseman, 100 miles south of Kalgoorlie, has been pegged out as gold claims by…

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Miners "a Gang of Fanatics," Says Senator

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thursday: "The miners are a gang of fanatics who want to destroy our system of living," said the leader of the…

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Coal Chief Resigns

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 August 1946 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

SYDNEY, Sunday: The resignation of the Coal Commissioner (Mr. H. L. Williams) was, three weeks old when he announced it…

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Coal Essential to Save Industry Transport Crisis Feared

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 August 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: There was no need for panic over future employment in Australia providing sufficient coal came forward to keep industry going, said a spokesman for the Associated Chambers of…

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Missing Pair of Pants Causes Mine Strike

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 13 August 1946 · page 1

Theft of a pair of trousers from a mine bathroom won the cause of the stoppage at one of the nine N.S.W. pits one day last week. When a miner…

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50,000 Native Miners Strike in S. Africa

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 August 1946 · page 1

CAPETOWN, Tuesday (A.A.P.): Six large gold-mines in the Rand have ceased production and others have had their production reduced…

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Mr. Bruxner on Miners and Communism

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 August 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: "It was interesting to see the Prime Minister's reference in his recent speech to Western Australia's miners." said…

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Record Coal Output in West

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 August 1946 · page 2

LITHGOW. Friday: Western coalfields to-day produced 10,320 tons of coal and created a record for one week: 48,690 tons…

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Blair Athol Coal Mine Development

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday: Large scale development of huge black coal deposits at Blair Athol, in the Rockhampton district, by the open cut…

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Appeal to Miners to Produce More Coal

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: Plans for a direct appeal to miners for additional coal production will be made this week by members of an…

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Mines Explode Heavy Casualties

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 1

TRIESTE, Monday: Forty-three were killed and 57 injured, including two British soldiers hurt, when several mines exploded at Vergarola, near…

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Union Seeks Curb on B.H.P. Coal

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday: The State secretary of the Locomotive Enginemen's Union (Mr. E. J. Harrison) said last night that the Labor…

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Staff Men Keep Up Power Supply When Miners Strike

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 August 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Senior staff men are working a 24-hour shift at the Metropolitan colliery on the South Coast coalfields to keep…

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Miners Oppose Clause In State Bill

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: The Prelate (Mr. McKell) will be told at a conference with mining unions' representatives next week that the…

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