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Mining & the mines, 1948

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Move to Avert Coal Stoppage

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The calling of a general stoppage of the northern N.S.W. coalfields will depend on the outcome of a…

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Drastic Cuts in Coal to Industry

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Joint Coal Board tonight announced that drastic rationing of coal to New South Wales industrial users would operate…

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Drastic Rationing of Coal To State Industries

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday—The Joint Coal Board last night announced that drastic rationing of coal to N.S.W. Industrial users…

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£1000 Awarded for Loss of Eye in Mine Accident

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A Workers' Compensation Court today awarded by consent £1000 to James Patrick Phillips, 42,…

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Severe Rationing to Operate From Tomorrow Miners Defy Back-to-Work Order

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Later—The Government is expected to introduce drastic rationing of gas and electricity for industrial and…

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The Coal Crisis Rail Cuts Announced

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 24 June 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Further rail cuts are to be imposed because of the coal shortage. The Commissioner for…

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More Rail Cuts in N.S.W. Serious Coal Shortage

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 June 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Further rail cuts are to be imposed because of the coal shortage. The Commissioner for Railways…

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Rail Cuts Will Hit Gundagai Serious Coal Shortage In N.S.W.

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 24 June 1948 · page 1

THE ADDITIONAL RAIL CUTS WHICH ARE TO BE IMPOSED ON ACCOUNT OF THE COAL SHORTAGE WILL AFFECT GUNDAGAI. THE COMMISSIONER FOR RAILWAYS (MR. HARTIGAN)…

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Miners Going on with Stop-work Meeting

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 25 June 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday—While desperate efforts were being made by the Federal and State Governments to avert drastic…

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Britain Hits Back; Bans Ruhr Coal for Soviet Zone

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 June 1948 · page 1

BERLIN, Friday (A.A.P.): No more coal for the Russian zone will be sent from the Ruhr until the Russians raise their ban on goods trains to Berlin, said a British spokesman today…

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Eight Mines Idle Lifting of Coal Cuts Further Off

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 28 June 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday—The Idleness of eight N.S.W. coal mines today will lower today's coal yield below the 49,000 tons mark…

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University Scholarships for Mine Workers National Coal Board's Scheme to Attract School Leavers to the industry

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 29 June 1948 · page 4

Over 4000 schools in England and Wales, as well as schools in Scotland, have just received details of the National Coal Board's scholarship…

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University Scholarships for Mine Workers

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 29 June 1948 · page 2

Over 4000 schools in England and Wales, as well as schools in Scotland, have just received details of the National Coal Board's…

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Coal Crisis a New Turn

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 29 June 1948 · page 1

With State cabinet delaying a decision on power rationing in the hope of increased coal output, fresh developments…

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New Turn May Worsen Coal Crisis

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 June 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: With State Cabinet delaying a decision on pover rationing in the hope of increased coal…

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Three Companies to Work N.t. Gold Area

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 June 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday: A big gold-bearing area discovered by an ex-A.I.F. major and his wife at Tamami, in the Northern…

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Grenfell Gold Reef

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 2

Good progress is being made with arrangements to develop the Broula King goldfield, situated on extensive hilly country near…

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Subsidies on Coal Removed

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 1

All subsidies at present paid en coal production will be eliminated over the next three months…

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Plan to Ease Coal Burden

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The State Cabinet is considering a plan from the Joint Coal Board to rearrange its rationing of coal to…

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Coalfields Situation Nearly All Mines Working

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday—The Minister for Local Government, Mr. Cahill, will submit a modified power-rationing plan to…

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