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Mining & the mines, 1946

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Miners' Strike Threat As Coal Dwindles "Stage Is Now Set"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 1

With power and gas plants already in a desperate plight, coal miners are now threatening a general stoppage. The stage was now set for a general coal striker in New…

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Miners' Latest Threat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 1

THE Bunnerong powerhouse, which supplies Sydney with light and power, has one day's supply of coal. Gas companies are in a similar plight…

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Control Of Mines

The Sun · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 5

General secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Grant) today claimed that benefits resulting from State control of…

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Ministers Confer on Coal Issue

Daily Mirror · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 4

CANBERRA, Friday. -- The threat of a general coal strike was discussed at a conference here today between the Prime…

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Ministers Confer on Coal Issue

Daily Mirror · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 4

CANBERRA, Friday. -- The threat of a general coal strike was discussed at a conference here today between the Prime…

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Ministers Confer on Coal Issue

Daily Mirror · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 4

CANBERRA, Friday. -- The threat of a general coal strike was discussed at a conference here today between the Prime…

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Owners "Not Involved" In Coal Crisis

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 5

Colliery propprietors were not involved in the disputes which threatened to hold up production on the southern and western…

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Stoppage in Mines Threat Extra Pay Claimed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 1

Southern district miners yesterday unanimously supported the demand of northern and western miners for an immediate general coal strike…

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Breakdowns, Not Coal, Lead To Power Cuts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 1

Drastic cuts in electricity supplies were applied in Melbourne and Perth yesterday—but not because of coal shortages…

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Coal Lack Due to Shortage of Men

Daily Mirror · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 3

Despite strike threats and possibilities of other interruptions, main worry of coal authorities is the huge demand for coal and the steady decline in the number of mineworkers…

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Stop Press Ministers Confer on Coal Issue

Daily Mirror · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 24

CANBERRA, Friday.--The threat of a general coal strike was discussed at a conference here today between the Prime Minister (Mr…

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Confidence In S.A. Gold Shares Shaken

Daily Mirror · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 15

LONDON, Friday.--Many speculators were caught napping when they rushed to buy St. Helena gold scrip on Wednesday, sending the 10s…

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Confidence In S.A. Gold Shares Shaken

Daily Mirror · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 15

LONDON, Friday.--Many speculators were caught napping when they rushed to buy St. Helena gold scrip on Wednesday, sending the 10s…

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Confidence In S.A. Gold Shares Shaken

Daily Mirror · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 15

LONDON, Friday.--Many speculators were caught napping, when they rushed to buy St. Helena gold scrip on Wednesday, sending the 10s…

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Confidence In S.A. Gold Shares Shaken

Daily Mirror · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 15

LONDON, Friday.--Many speculators were caught napping when they rushed to buy St. Helena gold scrip on Wednesday, sending the 10s…

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Blackout Next Week If No Extra Coal Arrives

The Sun · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 1

Large areas of Sydney will be blacked-out if Bunnerong Power House does not receive supplementary coal stocks within a week, said the chairman of the County Council (Councillor J. O. Cramer) today…

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Owners’ Greed Causes Coal Crisis Men Hew More, Strike Less

Tribune · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 1

Threats of power and employment cuts are the direct consequence of coal owners' profit-greedy and wasteful methods — and mot of miners strikes. Since January, miners have produced coal more plentifully than at any…

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Heavy Lag in Coal Production 1946 Output May Be 1,300,000 Tons Below State Needs

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 5

Official figures reveal that if the production rate is not stepped up, coal produced in New South Wales this year will be 1,300,000 tons below requirements…

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Five Gold Mines in One

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 25 May 1946 · page 13

WITH everything pointing to official encouragement to gold mining and the possibility of a revival of the industry…

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No Strike in South Coast Coal Mines

The Sun · Saturday 25 May 1946 · page 3

Threatened stoppage of all South Coast coal mines on Monday was averted today. A meeting of the Illawarra branch of the…

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