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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1944

372 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 19

Anarchy in Coal Mines Is Frightening Mr. Curtin

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 3

CANBERRA, Mon.--"The law in relation to coal strikes will take its course inexorably," said the Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin to-day, repeating his warning of 12 months age that in the national set-up Australians must work or fight…

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English Miners on Strike

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.--Twelve thousand miners from 13 collieries in Monmouthshire went on strike on March 6 against the…

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Shortage of Coal Closes Down Heavy Industries

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Tues.--Heavy industries at Port Kembla are beginning to feel the effect of the coal strike on…

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Miners Assailed By Mr. Curtin For Coal Strikes

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Wed.—The Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin, told the House of Representatives to-day that he would be…

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Big Coal Strike On British Fields

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Tues.—Over half the Glasgow dockers struck localise of a dispute between two unions…

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Calamitous Welsh Coal Strike Stops Mines

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 March 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Wed.--Wales is now in the grip of the most calamitous miners' strike since 1926…

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Coal Position Closing Down More Industry

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 March 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs.--If the southern coal strike is not ended within the next fortnight hundreds of industries may…

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Iron Works Close Owing To Coal Mines Strike

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 March 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Fri.—The general strike on the South Coast has now resulted in a production loss of more than 200,000 tons,…

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Welsh Coal Strike Has Extended To Scotland

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 March 1944 · page 5

LONDON, Thurs.—The Welsh coal strike extended to Scotland to-day, when about 7000 miners in nine pits ceased…

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Right To Strike Taken From Miners By Regulations

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Sat.--The "right to strike," even with the authorisation of the miners' Federal executive, has been…

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Welsh Miners Go Back To Work

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Sun.—The Press Association says indications early to-night were that only 60 per cent. of the 97,000 Welsh miners…

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Coal Strike Ends By Aggregate Votes of Meeting

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—By a majority of 106 votes in a total poll of 1692, the South Coast miners to-day, at aggregate meetings,…

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Coal Strikers Return To Work

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--Apart from Mount Kembla and Corrimal all South Coast coal mines resumed this morning, thus…

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Three Mines' Idle

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.—Only three mines were idle on the N.S.W. coalfields to-day. The coal loss for the day was…

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W.a. Goldfields Strike Threatened

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 1

PERTH, Wed.—A meeting of goldfields members of the State Parliament was told to-day by Mr W. R. Hall, M.L.C., that if the…

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Coal Strikes End But Others Start

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Plans made at conferences on the South Coast last night to replace wheelers and clippers called up for army…

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Only One Coal Mine Was Idle in N.s.w. Yesterday

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 March 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.--The only mine idle on the New South Wales coalfields to-day was Corrimal. Willi only three stoppages this…

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South Wales Miners to Resume

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Sun.--With the decision of the last strikers to resume work normal production in South Wales coalfields will be…

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Day's Coal Loss About 2000 Tons

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.--Although owing to road transport difficulties Bloomfield colliery was only half-manned, the only idle pit on the…

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Three Mines Idle

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 March 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.—All southern and western collieries worked to-day, but three were idle on the northern fields, and the…

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