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Mining & the mines, 1941

1,144 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 33 of 58

Works for Production of Oil From Coal How Mr. Pickering Would Start Them. Suggestion From Kurri Kurri

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 August 1941 · page 6

Mr. W. O. Pickering, of Lang-street, Kurri Kurri, submits the following suggestion for the establishment of a plant for the production of oil from coal:-…

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Southern Coal Mines Idle Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 August 1941 · page 2

All nines in the southern coalfields suspended work to-day, in order to allow an aggregate meeting at Wollongong, Bulli and Helensburgh…

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Mine Accidents at Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 August 1941 · page 5

Crushed between a skip and a prop at Cessnock colliery to-day James Hodges, 18, of Maitland road, Cessnock. a Clipper, suffered a fractured…

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Southern Mines Idle Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 August 1941 · page 1

All mines in the southern coalfields suspended work to-day in order to permit the holding of aggregate meetings at Wollongong Bull, and…

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GOLD — DRY Weather In Dairying Districts Weekly Review

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 August 1941 · page 6

Prescoit Pty., Ltd., In a review of the dairy industry, report that in most centres the weather has been cold and dry, and that where there…

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Gold Salute Injures Tendon Incident During Training Work-out. Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 August 1941 · page 2

Whilst working quietly on the tan track on a Melbourne course this morning, Alan Cooper's £10,000 purchase, Gold Salute,…

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Miners Against Coal Control Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 3

The miners’ Central Council decided to ask the Federal Labour Party to move for the disallowance of Coal Control Regulations…

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Colliery Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 3

Stanley Archbold, 18, pumper, residing at Kanowna Avenue, Cessnock, was jammed between a skip and prop at Elrington colliery to-day and…

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Miners Buried in Lithgow Mine Heroic Work of Rescuers

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 3

Two miners are engulfed by a fall of hundreds of tons of coal and earth in the Renown Colliery, Cullen Bullen. The fall occurred at 1.30 p.m…

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Valiant Efforts to Reach Entombed Miners Minister for Mines Visits Scene. SYDNEY

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 2

A large number of miners at the Renown Colliery, Cullen Bullen, are still digging in the hope of rescuing their entombed comrades, Noel Cameron and James Young, but there is only slight hope that they are alive…

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Work at the Mines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 1

The working time of the collieries on the South Maitland field during the fortnight ended on Saturday last was interrupted as a result of the…

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Southern Miners Vote Against Stoppage

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 2

There was a majority for continuance of work at the aggregate meetings held in the Illawarra district yesterday on whether there should be a…

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Mr. Nelson Off Coal Commission

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 3

The miners' representative (Mr. C. Nelson) withdrew yesterday from the new Commonwealth Coal Commis­sion. The Federal Government…

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Miners Vote Against Strike Wollongong

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 6

There was a majority for continuance of work, at the aggregate meetings held in the Illawarra district on whether there should be a general…

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Dangers of Loaders in Mines “Warnings Justified”

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 1

The general [?] Federation, Mr. G. W. S. Grant, declared that warning by the [?] for Mines, Mr. Baddeley, and…

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South Coast Mines Resume Work. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 2

With the exception, of Old Bulli, all South Coast mines resumed to-day. It is expected the central council of the Miners' Federation…

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Two Men Entombed Buried By Fall Of Coal SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 1

A large number of miners at the Renown Colliery, at Cullen. Bul[?] are still digging in the hope of rescuing their interred…

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Gold Salute to Miss W.F.A. Events Melbourne

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 7

Gold Salute is resting at Werribee, following his fall at Flemington yesterday. where he tripped and injured a tendon when working on the sand…

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Scraper Loaders in Mines. "Warning of Dangers Justified." Federation Secretary's Comments. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 2

The general secretary 0f the Miners federation, Mr. Grant, declared to-day that the warnings by the Minister for Mines, Mr…

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Motor Spirit From Oil Shale and Coal Speedy Action Impera­tive, Says Mr. Baddeley

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 5

Last week the Hon. J. M. Baddeley. Minister for Mine3, presided over a conference of technical officers of his department, which was attended also by the Commonwealth…

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