WORK on Tasmanian and New South Wales coal fields was resumed yesterday. In Tasmania the Jubilee mine began production after a stoppage of 10 weeks, and shifts of men prepared the Cornwall colliery for production today. ...
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Article : 101 wordsDetails of the great development in recent years in Diesel transport, with particular reference to its use by the Tasmanian Government Railways, was ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Tue 21 May 1940, Page 2
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