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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1945

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Miners Pension Fund

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 4

Sydney, March 1.—A complete statement on the Miners Pension fund after a Tribunal has deals, with matter next week was prompted by the Minister…

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Deficiency In Miners' Pensions

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 8

CANBERRA.—A deficiency of £10,663,000 in coal miners' pension funds and of £101,750 in the shale workers' pension funds is…

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Thousand Enemy Ships Sunk by Mines

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 6

LONDON, March 1. — More than 1,000 enemy ships have been sunk or damaged by British mines since the outbreak or war. This…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 3 March 1945 · page 1

E. J. Robinson, an employee at the Zinc Corporation, received an injury to a thumb while at work yesterday. He was treated by Dr. Hains and taken…

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Shortage Of Girls May Hold Up Coal

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 March 1945 · page 7

MELBOURNE.—Because between 20 and 30 girls needed for wrapping explosives cannot be got from the manpower by Nobel (Aust.) Pty. Ltd…

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Threat To Coal

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 2

Coal production is said to be [?]tened by manpower shortage in the Nobel works in Victoria, where about 50 girls are needed to avert this calamity…

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Miners Cease Work to Search for Man

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 1

LITHGOW.—Three collieries were idle in the west today to enable miners to join in a search for Edward Dobbs. More than a thousand people,…

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Explosives Shortage Hold-up Threat to Coal

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 1

Because between 20 and 30 girls needed for wrapping explosives cannot be got from the manpower by Nobel Aust.) Pty. Ltd., coal production in Australia will…

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"Very Sick" Miners' President on Coal Industry

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 1

Sydney, March 5.—Mr. Wells, representative of the Cost Miners' Federation of the coal [?]y, and today that the and industry was not equipped to meet…

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Mine Accidents

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 3

At the Zine Corporation mine yesterday Dan Fillery, a miner, of 103 Piper Street, suffered injuries to his head. After treatment at the Hospital he was…

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Coal Inquiry

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY.—The president of thc Miners' Federation (Mr. H. Welis) said at the coal inquiry today that there must be a complete national…

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Mines Washed Up

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY.—RAAF explosive experts have de-detonated a t case of anti-tank land mines washed up on the beach at Maclean on the North…

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Stoppage at North Mine

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 1

BECAUSE of a dispute over the rate to be paid to a miner transferred to other work at the North mine underground…

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British Coal Industry Nationalisation Sought

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 3

London, March 3.—Nationisation of the coal industry is the main counter-proposal of the National Union of Mine-workers to the plan advanced by the chairman of…

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Miners Have Lucky Escape in Bus Smash

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 2

WOLLONGONG.—Although there were 40 miners in a bus which rolled down an embankment quarter of a mile from the Port Kembla mine…

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At Central Mine

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 2

The check inspector, Mr. W. O'Connell visited the Central Mine yesterday where a number of South men as well as employees of the Salvage Company are…

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Search Abandoned; for Miners' Official

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 1

LITGOW.—The miners have abandoned their search for Edwards Dobbs (56), treasurer of the Western District of the Miners' Federation, who…

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New Inspector of Mines Due Tonight

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 2

To fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. F. T. Kerr, who was killed in a plane crash. some weeks ago, Mr. R. G. Whalan, Inspector of…

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North Mine Workers Demand Employment Of Workmate As Miner

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 1

EMPLOYEES of the North mine, who are members of the W.I.U., will remain on strike until the man concerned in the dispute is reinstated as a miner. This decision was arrived at a mass meeting of the men…

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Miners' Pension Scheme

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 2

CANBERRA.—In accordance with his undertaking to representatives of the Miners Federation and Mr. Clarey, president of the A.C.T.U., Mr…

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