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

Mining & the mines, 1943

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From Everywhere Coal Output

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 1 September 1943 · page 2

Mr. James, M.P., in a statement in Newcastle, charged coal companies with having restricted output and with having failed to exploit easily accessible areas…

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Criticism by Judge "Enthusiastic Amateurs" 2000 Miners Out

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 2 September 1943 · page 3

SYDENY, Thursday: All coal mines in the west of N.S.WV,. were reported to be idle to-day, where aggregated and stop-work meetings…

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Four Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 6 September 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: Three mines due to disputes and one owing to funeral were idle In N.S.W. to-day involving a loss of 2800 tons…

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Army Dogs As Mine Searchers

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 8 September 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday: The Red Army is now using dogs to nose out land mines loft by the retreating Germans. Henry Shapirev, British. United…

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Road to Mine National Enterprise Request to Council

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 13 September 1943 · page 3

Recognising it is a national enterprise of importance to war effort,’ Goodradigbee Shire Council are assisting to have a…

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Eight Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 14 September 1943 · page 1

Eight mines were idle on the N.S.W. [?] to-day. About 2700 men were involved and the production loss for the day is estimated at 7700 tons. Including…

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31 Mines Are Idle Daily Loss Of Coal 27,000 Tons

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 20 September 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: The greatest coal strike since the general strike in 1940 commenced to-day, when 31. coal mines were idle—…

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Four Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 21 September 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Compared with yesterday, when a total of 81 pits were idle only four mines were idle on the N.S.W. coalfields to-day…

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Seven Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 22 September 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Seven stop-pages occurred to-day on the N.S.W. coalfields, when about 2460 men were involved. The production loss for the…

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Six Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 23 September 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: Despile the fact that five of the never pils late on the N.S.W. coal fields yesterday have returned to weork, six mines are…

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Four Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 24 September 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: No fresh stop pages on the N.S.W. coalfields occurred to-day when four pits employing about 700 men, and with a daily…

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Eight Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 27 September 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: Eight coalmines are idle in N.S.W. to-day, involving a loss of more than 7000 tons, The mines affected are Stockton Borehole, North…

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11 Mines Out

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 29 September 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Stoppages at 11 mines in the N.S.W. coalfields to-day resulted in the production loss of 9350 tons for the day. This brings…

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Coal Rationing May Be Necessary

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 30 September 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday Coal rationing may become necessary, according to a census taken by the Coal Commission on coal stocks, it was stated to-day…

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Miners and Summer Time

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 4 October 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: Six coal mines are idle in N.S.W. to-day, one of them as a protest against daylight saving. At two pits the men did not start until 8 o'clock,…

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Miners Favour Daylight Saving

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 5 October 1943 · page 1

LITHGOW: Opposition by the Western Miners' Federation generally to the introduction at daylight saving was expressed by the secretary…

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Problem of Coal Conference In Sydney

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 5 October 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: As the Vital coal conference between the Federal Government and miners leaders' began in Sydney…

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Nine Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 6 October 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Including two fresh stoppages nine mines employing 1950 men are idle on the N.S.W. coat field to-day, production loss is estimated…

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Nine Mines Idle To-day

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 8 October 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: including frosh stoppages at itebburn No. [?] and Stanford Main No. [?] [?] and…

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Mine Detection Squad at Work

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 11 October 1943 · page 2

A mine detection party attached to the 8th Army setting out along a path marked with tapes through a minefield. These men work in paris, placing markers over the mines as they are detected. At a safe distance behind come the mine-liftors, who render the mines safe and keep a look-out for booby trapa, Finally the lane-makers place rod and while signs along the path between the…

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