AUSTRALIAN COAL
SYDNEY. April 27, Ihe expansion of coal production from Australian open-cut mines is revealed by comparative figures released by the Commonwealth Coal Commissioner (Mr Mighell). The output from this source in the. first quarter of the year was 124,500 tons, compared with 25,700 tons lor the same period last year. The over-all production for the quarter increased by 164,800 tons, compared with the same period last year. Thus, almost 100,000 tons of the increase came from open-cut workings. The total production, for the first ' quarter of 1945 was 2,768,000 tons, compared wtih 2,603,000 tons for the first quarter of last year.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 27 April 1945, Page 6
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