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

Mining & the mines, 1942

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Miners' Decision Claims Abandoned

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 18 February 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Because of the critical war Position, the central council of the Miners Federation yesterday decided not to proceed with…

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No Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: According to reports from Sydney, officers of the Employers' and also the Miners' Federation stated that no mines were…

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Miners' Claims Owners' Statement

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: Representatives of the colliery proprietors at yesterday's sitting of the Central Coal Reference Board challenged…

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Seven Coal-mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 23 February 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday: Seven coastal mines were idle to-day as protests against the exemption from retirement, on pensions of deputies,…

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Idle Coal-mines Four Resume Work

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 24 February 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Only four of the seven idle mines reported yesterday resumed operations to-day. The three pits to get back to work…

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Three Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: Three mines were idle to-day, one because of mechanical trouble and the others because of disputes…

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Fatal Accident at Bulli Mine

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: All mines are working to-day except the Old Bulli, where work stopped because of a fatal accident…

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Order Defied Mine Is Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 3 March 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Defying a ban out pit-head meetings issued by the Northern Miners' Management Board 150 miners met this morning at the…

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Not Enough Coal Judge's Review

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 3 March 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Mr. Justice Drake-Brockman said yesterday the indications were that national necessary would compel the winning of…

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PENALTIES For Unauthorised Stoppages Miners' Actions

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 3 March 1942 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday: Following a hold-up at Aberdare colliery, the Northern Miners' Board of Management decided to…

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Northern Mines

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 4 March 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: All collieries In the north were in full production to-day. The Northern Miners' Management…

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FINED £5 EACH Youths Threw Mine Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Friday: The six youths who caused the stoppages at Maitland Main colliery are to be fined for their breach of discipline…

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Mining Hold-up On South Coast

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: About 350 miners at the Corrimal mine, on the South Coast, are idle to-day because of a dispute regarding the safety of the…

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Four Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 9 March 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: Four mines, comprising the Invincible, on the western fields; the South Clifton and Corrlmal in the south, and a northern…

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More Coal Wanted

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 9 March 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: "Australian coal production during the past eight weeks has fallen below the rate of consumption," the chairman of the…

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Strike Averted On Northern Mines

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 9 March 1942 · page 2

NEWCASTLE. Monday: A strike at ten mines of J. and A. Brown and Abermain-Seaham Collieries, Ltd., was averted when the Richmond Main Miners…

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Children Blamed For Mine Damage

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 10 March 1942 · page 3

LITHGOW, Tuesday: Damage at the Invincible colliery, Cullen, Bullen, which at first suggested sabotage, is now believed to have caused accidentally…

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The Coal Mines

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 11 March 1942 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Although the South Clifton Colliery, employing 350 men, was at work to-day, the Invincible Mine was still idle…

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Coal Mines and Manpower Southern Fields Plan

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 11 March 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The State Miners' Pensions Act will be modified to permit miners more than 60 years or age to…

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One Mine Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 11 March 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Only one coal mine was idle in N.S.W. to-day. This was Corrimal on the South Coast, where a dispute arose last…

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