Hebburn Collieries Find Another Strike Issue Sydney, This Afternoon
Miners at Hebburn No. 1 pit today went on strike because coal carters would not cart household coal. Yesterday the men at Hebburn No. 2…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1944
839 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 14 of 42
Our Serial "Laracy's Pot of Gold"
Laracy built a small fire where it would not set the powder train alight, threw on it some green bushes which produced a thick, black smoke…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: The refusal of coal carters to cart household coal for miners resulted in a strike at Hebburn No. ½ colliery on the…
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Nine coal mines on the N.S.W. fields were idle to-day for various including several industrial disputes. More than 2,200 men are affected…
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LITHGOW, Wednesday.—Unless wheelers were immediately released from the army, coal production in the western district would deteriorate…
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The doctor stood erect, a tall, commanding figure, with his black beard reaching to his waist, his wide, fearless eyes raised to the spot in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SETTLED British Mine Trouble
LONDON, Thursday: The rank and file of the British coalfields today agreed to accept the Government's plan stabilising wages in the industry for four…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Disputes SYDNEY, Thursday: More than
2200 men are involved in mine stoppages on the N.S.W. coalfields to-day, the production loss for the period is in the vicinity of 7200 tons…
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Nine coal mines are idle in N.S.W. to-day, when only one of the seven northern pits idle yesterday, resumed. Coal production lost was estimated…
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LONDON, Thursday.—It's four years today since RAF aircraft flew out from Britain on a new kind of mission, the one we have come to…
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Unfortunately, there were too many miners and other adventurers, who, discovering the pitiful inadequacy of the offensive strength of the…
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SYDNEY, Friday: Only about six per cent. of mine stoppages which had occurred on the N.S.W. coalfields during the last four or five…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Shortage in Victoria Gas Rationing Likely
MELBOURNE, Friday: Gas rationing in Victoria seemed inevitable if coal supplies from N.S.W. did not improve immediately, said the Premier (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Who Blundered? Miners And A Blacksmith
Union officials claim that the stoppage at Tyldesley colliery on Thursday was due to bungling by the Manpower authorities and the lack of tools…
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During the second week Laracy and Hodge, while the women were unostentatiously on the alert with loaded rifles, which so far the blades had…
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Warrior arrived with his four councillors, and with dignity and frankness made it clear by words and signs that he and his tiny tribe were about…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Important Ruling on Mine Timber Setting
Decisions which were made by the Local Industrial Authoritiy in connection with a claim by the Miners' Federation for an additional payment…
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Despite the growing callouses on his hands and the increasing store of gold dust and small nuggets in the hollow in the rocky cave wall,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Mines Idle
SYDNEY, Thursday— Only three mines were idle in NSW today, the production loss being estimated at 2200 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shortage of Wheelers Holds Up Colliery
Shortage of wheelers was responsible for the Renown Extended colliery being idle today. The shortage was also responsible…
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