Collieries Are Idle Protest Against Military Call-Up SYDNEY
As a protest against tue calling up of a miner for military duty 107 men producing GOO tons daily at the Invincible mine in the west were on…
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Mining & the mines, 1942
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Move for Peace in Coal Industry
SYDNEY, Monday.—The general secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Grant) said today it would be foolish to expect mine stoppages to…
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SEVEN coal mines were idle in N.S.W. today, involving 2000 men and the loss of production of approximately 5000 tons of coal. Stoppages…
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In company with Mr. E. M. Horsington, M.L.A., the Chief Inspector of Mines (Mr. J. W. Salter), made an inspection of air raid precautions on…
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NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—No persons were injured, but some damage resulted and three lines of traffic were blocked, when two coal…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The loss of production in the coal industry owing to stoppages today was estimated at slightly over 200 tons compared with…
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Roderick McQuillan, miner at the Zinc, was treated at the Hospital today for lacerations to the back and head. Keith Powell, apprentice fitter at…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—Speaking in the House of Representatives the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) said that there were some stoppages on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Raid Precautions on the Mines
Chief Mines Inspector J. W. Salter was pleased with the air raid shelters provided on the mines when he conducted an inspection. He found…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Australia In Peril"—Mr. Curtin Warns Miners And Mine Owners CANBERRA
COAL miners and coal owners were warned by the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) today that Australia stands in direct peril, and that every ton of coal is essential to the Australian war machine. An attempt to get at the root of the trouble in the coal mining…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Salute for Queensland Melbourne, May 27
Cold Salute, which has been a comparative failure since Mr. Alan Cooper bought is for 10,000 [?] three years ago has been returned to Sydney by the…
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NEW YORK, May 28.—President Roosevelt has approved a plan under which mothers who have lost sons in the armed services will be entitled…
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SYDNEY.—Strikes on three New South Wales coalfields resulted in stoppages at eight pits today. More than 2500 men are involved, and it is…
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AN offer to pay half the shift to men who had gone home from the North mine because their clothes were wet was made at today's conference between the executive of the W.I.U. and the Mining Managers' Association. The president of the Mining Managers' Association (Mr. A…
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SYDNEY.—Coal strikes continued in several N.S.W. mines today. There is inactivity at nine collieries, involving nearly 15,000 men. In the north…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Contemptible Theft At Mine
A SIX-VOLT battery intended to provide the lighting for the South mine air raid shelter has been stolen. The company has provided…
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LONDON, June 3.—The Government has decided to assume immediately full control of coal mines and organise the industry on the basis…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Leader Appeals To Men For More Coal
SYDNEY.—With five mines idle and one partly idle in N.S.W. today, the president of the Southern Districts. Mr. F. Lowden, issued an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Appeal For Clothes For Local Miners
The Chamber of Commerce yesterday sent the following telegram to Mr. J. J. Clark, M.H.R.: "Local position regarding miners' flannels and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Leigh Greek Coal Useless for Burning in Grates
PORT AUGUSTA.—The Mayor (Mr. Riches, M.P.) has received a report from the Mines Department that Leigh [?]reek coal is useless for…
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