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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1941

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Mine Accident

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 7 May 1941 · page 1

A. R. Hosking sustained injuries to his toes and was taken to his home in 102 Thomas Street…

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B.I.C. Mine Managers Confer Over Pay Vouchers

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 3

Asking that the South and North mines supply the men with Itemised pay vouchers the same as done at the Zinc Corporation, the executive of the Barrier…

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W.I.U. OF A. Confers with Mine Managers Six-Hour Men And Ore In Chutes

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 3

A delegation from the W.I.U. or A. waited on the Mining Managers' Association yesterday to ask that men on six-hour shirts be the first to be drawn to…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 3

At the North mine yesterday afternoon M. Vagich, of 340 Piper Street, suffered injuries to the toes. He was taken to the Hospital for treatment, and…

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£500 Gold Nugget Found

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday.—A nugget of almost pure gold, weighing 71 ounces and worth more than £500, was found yesterday near Inglewood…

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Inter-mine Tennis Wind-up Social

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 6

'The annual wind-up of the Inter-Mine tennis clubs was held on Saturday night in the Oddfellows Hall, About 60 members were present, Mr…

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South Mine Picnic Committee

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 10 May 1941 · page 7

A meeting of the South Mine Picnic Committee will be held this morning for the transaction of general business…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 4

The following were treated at the Hospital yesterday:— James Crocker, 91 Cummins Street, a miner on the North mine, a foreign body…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 14 May 1941 · page 2

Stephen Kemp, a miner at the South mine. has been admitted to Ward [?]fermg from inju[?]tes to the jaw, neck and body. He fell through a set of timber…

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News In Brief Two Soldiers Killed In Crash Coal Mine Closed

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 May 1941 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Two soldiers, Ronald Grundy and Alan Holmes, were killed, and five others seriously injured, when a car skidded…

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Mine Accident

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 3

At the South Mine yesterday John Jackaman, of 411 Lane Lane, a mines-suffered on injury to the hand. He was taken in the ambulance to the Hospital…

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Miners in Hospital

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 2

The condition of Stephen Kemp, who suffered injuries at the South mine on Tuesday, and Albert Treme[?]ng, who was injured at the Zinc Corporation on the…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 3

William Kersten, of [?] Beryl Street, [?]llocker at the Zinc Corporation, was treated at the [?]patients department at the Hospital for injuries to one finger…

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Inter-mine Tennis

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 3

Inter-Mine tennis games played last Saturday resulted: Zinc No. 2 defeated British (no results), Zinc No. 1 d. North No. 1, 7 sets 42 games to 2…

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High Feeling At Coal Conference NEWCASTLE. May 16

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 17 May 1941 · page 3

An uprear at the Coal Conference Board meeting to the Chairman, Mr. J. Connell, threatening that if such scenes continued the board would…

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Miners Strike In U.S.A. A.A.P. New York. May 18

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 19 May 1941 · page 3

The chairman of the C.I.O., Mr. Lewis. Instructed 100,000 hardcoal miners to cease work at midnight as a result of the negotiators failure to draft satisfactory…

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Strike Threat by U.s. Coal Miners

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 May 1941 · page 4

NEW YOKK, May 18.—Mr. John L. Lewis, miners' leader, has instructed 100,000 hard-coal miners to cease work at midnight because of the…

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Mine Accident

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 20 May 1941 · page 2

Louis Zanker, a pipe fitter at the North, had on eye injury attended in at the Hospital today…

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Timberman Dies at Crib Last Night At South Mine

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 20 May 1941 · page 3

Willie having crib underground at the South mine last night Jack Muir (38), a timberman, of 142 Morish Street, collapsed and died…

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Pretended He Was Engineer At Zinc Mine ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 May 1941 · page 1

ALLEGATIONS that Cornelius Stanley (55), of no fixed abode, had pretended that he was the chief engineer of the Zinc…

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