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

Mining & the mines, 1944

185 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 6 of 10

Three Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 26 July 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY : Three N.S.W. coal mines, employing 650 men, were idle to-day and the coal loss is estimated at 2250 tons…

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Mr. Curtin And Miners Nine Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 July 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY: As Prime Minister Curtin ecommenced his talks in Sydney to-day with the coal owners and coal miners in an effort to…

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No Meat, No Coal, No Milk, No Work Latest Development Of Butcher's Girl Strike

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 1 August 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY: The strike at Portland over the dismissal of a girl employee of the to wn's butcher has spread to the State coal mine. The Commonwealth…

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Five More Mines Out Small Arms Factory May Be Result Of "Butcher" Girl Strike

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 2 August 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY: There was a further extension of the western districts industrial upheaval, over the dismissal of an 18-year-old. "utcher" girl, to-day when five more mines in the Lithgow district came out…

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Mr. Curtin Is Defied by Miners Butchers Also Remain Out

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 3 August 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY: Although with one exception, Lithgow coal mines and meat works have resumed work, mines and butcher shops at Portland to-day defied an order by the Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin, that they should return to…

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9 Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 7 August 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY Th Richmond Main miner who caused a showdown on the Miners Disciplinary Code returned to work to-day after…

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Another Coal Hold-Up Threat

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 9 August 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY: Enginedrivers on the coalfields threaten to precipitate a general stoppage of collieries unless their grievances concerning seniority…

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From EVERYWHERE Six Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 10 August 1944 · page 2

Following the collapse of thestrike at Portland, all mines in the western M. S. W. field were at work to-day. Metropolitan, on the southern field,…

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4000 Miners Out

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 15 August 1944 · page 2

More than 4000 men are involved in the stoppages of 13 N.S.W. coal mines to-day and production loss is estimated at…

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4000 Miners on Strike

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 16 August 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY: Almost 4000 men are involved in the stoppage of nine N.S.W. coal mines to-day and production loss is estimated…

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Mine Detectors How They Work Were First Used at El Alamein

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 16 August 1944 · page 7

The great tank battles being fought in Normandy have been made possible by the ability of Allied forces to break through the…

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Rationing of Coal At Early Date

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 17 August 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA: It is believed that Australian coal reserves have been reduced to such a large extent that rationing…

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13 Mines Are Idle 4000 Men Out

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 17 August 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY: Hopes of averting an early introduction of fuel rationing further declined in N.S.W. to-day…

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Black Month For Production of Coal in N.S.W.

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 18 August 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY: Present indications are that the month of August will be the blacked month in coal production for many years and…

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Gizzard Gold-lined

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 21 August 1944 · page 4

This little story may sound a bit far-fetched, but it’s true, nevertheless. Parties concerned in the story are Mr. and Mrs. J. O’Neil,…

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Railway Cuts Effects of Coal Shortage

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 21 August 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY: Electricity and gas experts agree that the only way of rationing domestic supplies would he…

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Railway Services Reductions in City and Country Plan to Conserve Coal

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 21 August 1944 · page 3

Railway services that will be affected this Week under the drastic reductions plan to conserve coal, as foreshadowed…

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Ten Mines Idle Rationing Is in Sight

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 22 August 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY: With the coal position becoming worse daily, ten mines are idle in N.S.W. to-day in addition to…

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Government and Coal Crisis Reduction of Consumption in All But War Work

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 23 August 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA: The Cabinet Special Committee appointed yesterday to investigate the coal production crisis is believed, to have decided on a reduction of coal consumption in all but vital war industries…

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The Coal Hold-Up How Industry Will Be Affected

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 24 August 1944 · page 3

CANBERRA: The Commonwealth's official estimates is that 100,000 workers will be thrown idle as a result of coal…

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