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Mining & the mines, 1944

4,597 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 230

Coal Industry Proposal National Control for Duration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 4

CANBERRA, Monday.—The full Federal Cabinet, after a long discussion of the unsatisfactory coal position, to-day instructed…

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New Plan for Peace in Mines Control Authority Suggested C.C.C. System May Be Used

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 4

CANBERRA, Tuesday. -- The new plan to secure peace in the coal industry may provide for the establishment of an authority to control the mines with powers similar to…

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New Plan for Peace in Mines Control Authority Suggested C.C.C. System May Be Used

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 4

CANBERRA, Tuesday. -- The new plan to secure peace in the coat industry may provide for the establishment of an authority to control the mines with powers similar to…

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New Plan for Peace in Mines Control Authority Suggested C.C.C. System May Be Used

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 4

CANBERRA, Tuesday. -- The new plan to secure peace in the coal industry may provide for the establishment of an authority to control the mines with powers similar to…

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New Plan for Peace in Mines Control Authority Suggested C.C.C. System May Be Used

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 4

CANBERRA, Tuesday. -- The new plan to secure peace in the coal industry may provide for the establishment of an authority to control the mines with powers similar to…

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Miners Pampered, Dunstan Claims

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Alarmed by the grave coal situation in Victoria, the Premier (Mr. Dunstan) today bitterly condemned the Federal Government's attitude towards coal miners…

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Willis on Mine Order

The Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 3

"I think it wast unfair of 'The Sun' yesterday to put up a heading 'Miners Defy Work Warning,' said the chairman of the…

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Miners Pampered, Dunstan Claims

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Alarmed by the grave coal situation in Victoria, the Premier (Mr. Dunstan) today bitterly condemned the Federal Government's attitude towards coal miners…

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Sesame Gold Loss

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 10

Sesame Gold, N.L., sustained loss of £546 for the year ended October 31 last, after writing £627 off value of plant…

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Coal Out of Control

The Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 4

A new session of Federal Parliament commences today, with a long list of weighty and urgent matters…

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Gold Salute Given Spell

The Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 8

Gold Salute, who ran one fair race during the summer round, has been sent to Windsor for a spell…

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Stoppages at Seven Coal Pits

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 5

Stoppages took place on all coal fields in the State today when seven mines, employing 2455 men and having a daily…

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Stoppages at Seven Coal Pits

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 5

Stoppages took place on all coal fields in the State today when seven mines, employing 2455 men and having a daily…

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Coal Held Up By Seamen's Claim

The Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 3

A wages dispute, affecting the crews of three Greek freighters, has delayed for nearly a week the shipment of 25,000 tons of…

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Further Consideration of the Coal Position

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 2

Once again the Federal Cabinet has given much consideration to the production of coal in the Commonwealth, and after a long discussion of the unsatisfactory position in the coal trade the Attorney-General, Dr. Evatt, was instructed to prepare a…

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Coal Control Plan Strike Solution Doubtful

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.— Naturally there is intense interest here in the Federal Government's plan to vest…

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Too Many Cooks In Coal Broth

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 6

ANY plan to increase coal production is welcome. So the sorely tried public,…

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Gas Might Be Cut Off Melbourne Coal Shortage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Unless adequate coal deliveries are received by the Metropolitan Gas Company in the next few…

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Organisers' Reports the South Coast. Organiser R. W. Wilson. Coal Jetty, Port Kembla

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 8

Our members on this jetty have been paid for Christmas Day and New Year's Day under the Holiday Regulations…

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Sydney May Be Without Gas Coal Stocks Are Rapidly Vanishing Three States Are Affected

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 2

THE coal supply situation in Eastern Australia generally, and in N.S.W. in particular, is grave. Melbourne may be without…

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