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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1939

131 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 7 of 7

Mining Unrest Stop-Work Meeting Cancelled By Men

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 11 December 1939 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday: Stop-work meetings on coal fields fixed for this week by the Federated Engine Drivers' and Firemen's Association…

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Hospital Directors Have Bright Schemes, But Wild Ducks Seem “Blue Ducks” and Wombats Suggest Deep Lead Mining

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 11 December 1939 · page 2

Discussing the question of poultry donations for the Hospital Christmas party next Saturday, Dir. A. G. Elrington said at Friday night’s Board…

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Mining Case Adjourned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 13 December 1939 · page 1

By consent, the issue in which Marulan Lime Ltd., is seeking permission to construct a road of access through property…

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Mr. Menzies and Miners £1,000,000 Lost In Two Years

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 13 December 1939 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Prime Minister will confer to-day with the leader of the mining unions and the coal proprietors with a view of bring…

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On Night Patrol Watching The Mine-Layers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 December 1939 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday: Last night's air patrols over the Islands of Sylt, Borum and Norderney in order to…

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Mr. Menzies and Miners Will Consult His Cabinet

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 December 1939 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thursday: The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, yesterday agreed to refer to the Federal Cabinet the claims of…

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Victim of German Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 December 1939 · page 5

The British Aragonite, struck by a magnetic mine. Overhead a British bomber is searching for U-boats and further "murder" mines…

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No Tribunal for Miners Arbitration Court Available

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 December 1939 · page 8

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, announced last night that the Federal Cabinet had, rejected…

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Miners May Defy Law New Plans To Be Tried In North

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 20 December 1939 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Leaders of the mining unions have decided to defy the Commonwealth Arbitration Court by…

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Miners' Threat "Confusion" In Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 December 1939 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday: Speeches at a conference of the combined mining unions yesterday indicated that the mining…

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First Mine Warfare Pictures by Airmail

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 21 December 1939 · page 2

DRAMA: The crack Japanese liner Terukuni Maru taking a heavy list as she sank after striking a German mine off the east coast of England on November 21. British rescue boats are standing by. This picture was the first airmail picture of German mine warfare to each Sydney…

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Mining Output State's Figures For Past Year

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 29 December 1939 · page 7

SYDNEY. Friday: From a general survey of the Mining Industry of New South Wales the Minister for Mines, Me. Vincent, anticipates an…

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