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

Mining & the mines, 1942

243 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 11 of 13

Three Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 22 September 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Loss of coal production as a result of idle mines to-day is estimated at 2600 tons. there mines are not working to-day,…

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Eight Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 24 September 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: Eight mines were idle to-day involving 2620 men and the loss of 8700 tons of coal…

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Men on Strike At Lake George Mine

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 25 September 1942 · page 3

It is reported that about 250 men have gone on strike at the Lake George Mines because of a lack of hot water in the change-room…

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Four Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 28 September 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: The Burwood colliery in the northern coalfields is idle to-day over a dispute concerning the operation of daylight saving…

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Five Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 29 September 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: About 1550 miners are idle to-day as a result of strikes at five N.S.W. mines. The reduction in production will be about…

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Miners' Strikes Sentences Suspended

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 30 September 1942 · page 3

WELLINGTON (N.A.), Wednesday: The Prime Minister, Mr. Frazer, announced that the sentence of one moth's imprisonment imposed on…

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Prosecutions for Mine Stoppages

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 2 October 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday: Mr. Curtin announced in the House of Representatives that several prosecutions for stoppages on the coalfields were…

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Potato Supply Few For Goulburn Area But Trucks Go to Miners

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 5 October 1942 · page 3

Recently 211 bags of potatoes set out on a journey from Victoria to Goulburn. They have been watched all the…

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New Zealand Miners

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 October 1942 · page 4

WELLINGTON (N.Z.). Tuesday: Mr. J. G. Coates and Mr. A. Hamilton have agreed to the request of the Prime Minister, Mr. Fraser, to remain…

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Ex-khedive's Gold Seized

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 October 1942 · page 1

CANNES, Monday: French frontier police on the French Swiss border have seized gold ingots valued at £115,000 belonging to Abbas Hilmi,…

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From Everywhere Killed In Mine

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 7 October 1942 · page 2

David Mack, 25, single, engine-driver, was killed by an electric motor in the Wongawilli Colliery yesterday…

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Colliery Damaged by Flood

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 19 October 1942 · page 2

The Commonwealth No. 2 Colliery in the western district cannot be worked because it is flooded with water from the recent rains. This…

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Miners on Strike

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 20 October 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Strikes on the northern and southern coalfields have laid four mines Idle. This means that approximately 1400…

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£150 Fine for Closing Mine

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 20 October 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Judge DrakeBrockman, in the Federal Arbitration Court yesterday, fined the management of Richmond Main Colliery £150…

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From Everywhere Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 22 October 1942 · page 2

Three mines, Pelton, Bellbird No. 1 and the Stockton Bore Mine were idle to-day as a result of strikes. D[?]l as of Old…

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Four Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 23 October 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: As tile result of a conference at which the Minister for Supply, Mr. Beasley, was present a settlement has been reached in a…

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Nine Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 28 October 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Nine coal mines were idle to-day. This means that about 9460 tons of coal were not produced…

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Stolen Trousers Lead To Mine Strike

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 29 October 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: Because a wheeler lost his pair of trousers, the South Clifton mine, on the South Coast, was practically idle yesterday,…

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He Is Now a Mine-sweeper

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 29 October 1942 · page 2

The men of Britain's mine-sweepers meet their daily dangers from air and sea with a smile as they carry out their important tasks of keeping the convoy lines open. All round the coasts of Britain these little ships, manned mostly by former fishermen, keep constant patrol…

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Whose Property? Stock Route or Mine? Leaseholder's Peculiar Acts

The Burrowa News · Friday 30 October 1942 · page 6

The actions of a mining leaseholder, variously referred to as G. F. and C. L. Greenham, and his alleged hostility to drovers, were,…

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