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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1942

1,398 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 25 of 70

Order to Reinstate Mine Employee

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 2 May 1942 · page 3

CANBERRA Saturday—An announcement was made last night that Prime Minister. Mr. Curtin had issued an order…

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Only One Colliery Idle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 May 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY Monday.— Following appeals by leaders of the Miners’ Federation to their members to work to-day—May Day—all mines…

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Work For Neath Miners

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 May 1942 · page 2

CESSNOCK Monday.— The cavils were drawn yesterday for nine pairs of Neath miners to commence work at Snake Gully…

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Work at the Mines

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 May 1942 · page 4

NEWCASTLE Monday—Work at Northern mines during the fortnight was equal to the best since the beginning of the…

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Miners at Work on May Day Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 May 1942 · page 2

Following appeals by leaders of the Miners' Federation to their members to work to-day—May Day—all mines en the northern and southern…

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Miners Strike

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 May 1942 · page 4

LONDON May 4. —Fifteen hundred miners and boys struck work at a Durham colliery as a result of a disagreement over…

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Work at the Mines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 May 1942 · page 3

There was no interruption to production at the large collieries in the North during the fortnight. The times recorded were equal to the best since…

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Protest by Millfield Greta Miners

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 May 1942 · page 3

A statement by Mr. Gregory Forster, Secretary of the Northern Collieries Ltd., that members of the Millfield Greta Miners Lodge had expressed…

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Mining Inspectors Application For Award

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 May 1942 · page 2

Mr-. Justice Ferguson will pre-side at a sitting of the Industrial Commission at West Maitland Courthouse to-morrow morning…

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Loss of Coal Production

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 May 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY Wednesday—About 1500 tons of coal production will be lost to-day as the result of stoppages in two mines…

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Stoppages in Two Mines Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 May 1942 · page 2

About 1500 tons of coal production will be lost to-day as a result of stoppages in two mines. The idle pits, which employ a totol…

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Award for Mine Inspectors Further Hearing At West Maitland

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 May 1942 · page 3

The hearing of an application for an award covering inspectors of collieries of the Department of Mines was continued before…

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Huge Coal Output Needed

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 May 1942 · page 2

The Federal minister for Labour, Mr. Ward, has appealed to every worker in Australia with coal-mining experience, to return…

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Return of Men to Mines

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 May 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY. Thursday.—“It is a matter of urgency that all former coalminers should contact district offices at once,” said the…

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Miners' Pensions

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 May 1942 · page 1

Mr. R. J. Bovis, of the Miners' Pensions' Board, held an investigation at the Court House on Wednesday in respect of claims lodged by a…

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Millfield Colliery Again Idle

Maitland Mercury · Friday 8 May 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY Friday—Carrying out the decision reached last night at the most meeting at Cessnock, all miners of Millfield-Greta colliery…

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Nationalisation of Mines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 May 1942 · page 3

It is believed that the Federal Cabinet, on Tuesday, rejected the recommendations of the Minister for Labour (Mr. Ward) for nationalisation…

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Coal Output Higher

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 May 1942 · page 5

The weekly production of coal was now higher than at any time in the last 10 years, the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) said in the House of…

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Miners and Mr. Ward

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 May 1942 · page 3

The General Secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Grant) said attacks being launched against the Federal Minister for Labour (Mr…

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Miners' Executive and Millfield Greta

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 May 1942 · page 1

Recommending a resumption of work on Thursday, the Miners' Central Executive (Messrs. Wells and Grant) on Wednesday night…

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