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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1943

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Mining Matters Claims Before Reference Board

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 2

Three matters from Tyldesley colliery, two claims by the lodge and one by the management, were heard before the Western Coal Reference…

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Idle Collieries Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 3 February 1943 · page 1

Besides the western district, three NSW collieries were idle to-day. They were Hebburn No. 2, Bulli and Corrimal, the production loss being 3,300…

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Three Mines Idle Yesterday

National Advocate · Thursday 4 February 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Three NSW [?]tes were idle today involving a loss of productions of 3300 tons…

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Fresh Mine Stoppages Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 4 February 1943 · page 2

Two fresh mine stoppages wore .reported in the N.S.W. fields to-day, being at Lambton, where there is a dispute over the dismissal of an…

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Miners' Reference Board Discussion On Tyldesley Matters

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 4 February 1943 · page 3

Decisions on matters affecting the Tyldesley colliery, which were before the Western Coal Reference Board recently have been released by the…

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Invincible Colliery Has Been Closed

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 2

Following a week's idleness, claimed to be due to inadequate transport facilities to convey the men from their homes at Portland to Cullen Bullen, the Western District Miners' Federation has received advice from the…

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Three Idle Collieries Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 8 February 1943 · page 1

Three collieries were idle to-day with a loss of production of 2,300 tons. Idle collieries were Maitland Main Corrimal and Pelton…

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Six Collieries Idle Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 10 February 1943 · page 1

Six collieries are idle in NSW today with a resultant loss of 4,900 tons of coal. There was a fresh dispute at Tyldesley and at South…

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Suspension of Retirement At 60 Years Of Age of Western Coal Miners

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 11 February 1943 · page 3

Application has been made by the Western Coal Owners' Association to the Coal Mine Workers' pensions Tribunal for tho suspension of the…

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Less Mining Activity In Gulgong Last Year

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 February 1943 · page 17

The Gulgong Mining Registrar's report for the year 1942 reveals that in regard to alluvial gold mining there was slightly…

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Tobacco Shortage Lost Us Huge Quantity Of Coal SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 11 February 1943 · page 1

Expressing support for a system of tobacco rationing and the establishment of canteens in collieries, the secretary of the Southern Miners'…

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Three Collieries Idle Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 12 February 1943 · page 1

Stockton Borehole, for the second successive day, and Corrimal were the only mines on the NSW coalfields, besides Renown Extended in…

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Two Mines Idle

National Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1943 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday: Stoppages, at two coal collieries on to NSW coalfields today involved about 650 miners and a production loss of 1000…

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Increased Compensation Sought By Miners' Federation

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 15 February 1943 · page 4

Representations on the question of increased compensation payments for incapacitated workmen were made to the Minister for Labor and Industry…

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Local shops can cater for your needs. Shop Locally! Non-striking Miners Muswellbrook's Fine Record

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 15 February 1943 · page 6

In these days, when so many workers resort to strikes on the slightest provocation, it is gratifying to read of coalminers who…

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Five Mines Idle

National Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Five coal mines were idle today, the number of [?] involved being about [?] and the lots of production about [?] tons…

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Retired Miners Relief From Tax Payments

National Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: The Minister for Messrs Mr. Badgery, said today that as a remit of a conference he had had with the Commissioner of…

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Mine Workers Employment Through Service Offices

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The manpower authorities today announced that in future colliery owners must engage all labor through National Service…

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'Wang Colliery Idle Due To Fall In Main Heading

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 17 February 1943 · page 2

A fall in the roof of the main heading of the Wallerawang colliery prevented the working of that mine to-day…

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Five Mines Idle Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 18 February 1943 · page 2

Five mines are idle on the New South Wales coalfields to-day. Stoppages involve more than 2,000 men and to-day's production loss is…

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