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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1943

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 13 May 1943 · page 3

Harold Read, a mullocker on the North residing at 678 Chapple Lane, was treated at the Hospital yesterday for injuries to the back…

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Coal Mines 22,000 Tons Lost This Week Sydney, May 12

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 13 May 1943 · page 1

More than 22,000 tons cf coal production have been lost during stoppages on the New South Wales coalfields this week. The total includes 7,000 tons last…

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Coal Stoppages

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 May 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY.—More than 2500 men are involved in nine stoppages on the N.S.W. coalfields today. Fresh stop-pages occurred at the Exceisior…

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Students See Mines

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 May 1943 · page 2

The party of students from the Wollongong Technical College in charge of Mr. Steele visited the surface and underground workings of…

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Miners and Wharfies Defended Melbourne, May 12

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 13 May 1943 · page 1

The Aircraft Production Minister, Mr. Cameron, said today that if miners and wharf laborers had similar conditions to Government employees and…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 14 May 1943 · page 2

Charles Pace, of 162 Bismuth Street, a timberman at the North, was treated at the Hospital yesterday for an injured leg…

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Smuggled Hoard of Gold From Norway

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 May 1943 · page 3

NEW YORK, May 13.—A former Norwegian Labor Party member and 31 accomplices smuggled £25,000,000 of gold from Norway during the…

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Campaign to Provoke Miners Alleged Sydney, May 13

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 14 May 1943 · page 1

A warning that miners were not to be provoked into disputes the general secretary of the Miners' Federation. Mr. Grant said today that hs suspected that…

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Coal Shortage Reserve Stocks Substantially Depleted SYDNEY, May 13

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 14 May 1943 · page 1

As a result of certain action by miners and managers, there had already been 1,000,000 tons of coal lost this year, said Mr. W. Orr, miners' representative on…

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12 Idle Coal Mines

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 May 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY,—Including five stoppages which were due to the fact that the pits were temporarily unworkable, 12 coal mines were idle on N.S.W. fields…

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Twelve Coal Mines Idle Sydney. May 7

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 18 May 1943 · page 4

Including five stoppages due to the collieries concerned being temporarily unworkable. 12 coal mines were idle on the New South Wales fields today…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 18 May 1943 · page 2

Ronald Adam, of 400 Lane Street, a laborer at the Zinc, was treated at the Hospital yesterday for an injury to the hand…

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Coal Stocks Dwindling Sydney. May 17

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 18 May 1943 · page 4

The Minister for Transport, Mr. Hyland. said the railways had coal supplies for only a few weeks and the cutting down of train services would be…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 2

When he lifted some heavy timber the North Mine last night Z. Eoammou suffered a ticked back. He was taken to his home at 162 Crystal Street…

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Big Gold Theft

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 1

AUCKLAND.—Leo Edward Morland, Australian metallurgist, age[?] 42, was found guilty in Christchurch Supreme Court of having stolen from…

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North Mine Check Inspector's Report

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 2

The check inspector. Mr. A. R. Cambell, visited the North mine yesterday and later reported: In company with Mr. H. Von…

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U.S. Mines Truce Extended WASHINGTON. May 18

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 3

The miners leader, Mr. John Lewis, to-day announced that the coal strike truce originally scheduled to terminate at midnight on Tuesday had been extended…

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Coal Pit Closed Protest Against Fines on Clippers Sydney. Mar 18

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 3

As a protest against fines imposed on two clippers. 800 colliery workers at Richmond Main, on the Northern Fields, left the pithead today. As a…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 20 May 1943 · page 2

At the North Mine yesterday J. E. Denton suffered a probable fracture at the hand. He was treated at the Municipal and then taken to 729 Lane…

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South Mine Check Inspector's Report

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 20 May 1943 · page 4

The check inspector, Mr. A. R. Campbell, visited the South Mine yesterday and subsequently reported. In company with Mr. W. Smith…

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