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

Mining & the mines, 1942

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"Copper Mine" Scheme Raises £159/13/7 in Twelve Months

The Burrowa News · Friday 30 October 1942 · page 3

Twelve months ago all employees of the Gladstone Meatworks Queensland, agreed to contribute to the "copper mine" scheme for the…

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Miners on Strike

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 2 November 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: Two mines were reported to have gone on strike this morning: One was Maitland, in the northern field which employs…

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Miners on Strike 250 Men Out At The Flat

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 5 November 1942 · page 1

More than 250 miners at Captain's Flat have been on strike since Tuesday morning as a result of an industrial dispute…

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Miners on Strike

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 9 November 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: The men of the South Bulli mine went on strike this morning. Five hundred men producing 1500 tons of coal were idle…

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Miners Stopped When Schooners Stopped

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 10 November 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Because they were met with the restrictions on the she of schooners of beer the miners at the Excelsior mine are oil strike…

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Two Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 11 November 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The only coal mines idle to-day were Stockton Borehole and Hebburn No. 1, both on the northern field. This will…

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Too Little for the Year Patriotic Committee Stirred to Gold Analysis of Figures Should Reawaken Intersex

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 11 November 1942 · page 5

Figures presented by the Treasurer (Mr. McDowell) at the j) annual meeting of the Crookwell Sub-branch of the Lord Mayor's Patriotic and War Fund last week showed rather plainly that a very, small percentage of the year's! revenue had come…

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Coal Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 November 1942 · page 1

SYDNRY, Thursday: If the winding engineers and continuous process workers at the collieries carry out their stated intention of striking should the hearing…

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Potatoes for Miners

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 13 November 1942 · page 3

As a result of a deputation to the Minister for Commerce. Mr. Scully 1500 bags of potatoes will be distributed to northern mining towns. Mr…

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Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 16 November 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: Two coal mines involving 970 men are on strike to-day and the loss of coal is estimated at 4200 tons. The mines are Burwood,…

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Record Strike Day on Mines

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 18 November 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A stay-in strike at Lambton involving 30 miners, ended at 8.30 this morning after the lodge secretary had addressed the men…

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Coupons for Miners

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 19 November 1942 · page 2

Because of the heavy wear on their working clothes, surface workers at coalmines will be issued with 15 additional ration coupons, the…

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Mines Idle To-day

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 19 November 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: With the exception of Pelaw Main in the north where 500 men are idle as a protest against the judgments of make-up clauses all pits…

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Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 20 November 1942 · page 3

It is estimated that more than 3000 tons of coal were lost to-day as the result of strikes at Pelaw Main, Candos Comber and Bulli…

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Coal and Holidays

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 15 December 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Warning the public that the margin of coal reserve stocks was too slender to justify an extension of miners' holidays was given to-day by…

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12 Mines on Strike

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 17 December 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: Because of strikes, 12 mines in New South Wales were idle yesterday, and 7650 tons of coal were lost to production…

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One Mine Idle To-day

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 21 December 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Only one colliery was idle in N.S.W. to-day as the result of a dispute. This was Lithgow Valley mine, where 100 men producing…

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Tracking Down Mines Carpet-Sweeping The Desert

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 23 December 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday: Field-Marshal Rommel's rearguard is reported to be retreating west from Sirte after the usual delaying…

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Gold Mining Right to Enter Given

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 24 December 1942 · page 1

In the Mining Warden's Court on Monday an application for authority to enter the property of Baron Leslie Mitchell was made by Leon D…

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Record Coal Production

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 24 December 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: Although many miners took time off to-day, only one mine was idle. This was the John Darling colliery. where work ceased because…

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