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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1942

1,398 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 27 of 70

RULE 77 APPLIED Striking Millfield Miners

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY Tues.— Regulation 77 has been applied to the 147 miners at Millfield colliery, who have been on strike since…

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New South Wales Gold Yield

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1942 · page 2

Gold produced in New South Wales for the first three months of 1942 amounted to 21,019oz fine, valued at £219,949, compared…

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[?]Two Mines Idle Sympathy With Millfield Men

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1942 · page 3

CESSNOCK Tues.—Two mines, Millfield-Greta and Bellbird, did [?] work on the Cessnock field [?]to-day. This morning Bellbird…

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Bellbird Miners Out In Sympathy With Millfield Men

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY Tuesday.—A strike [?] 600 Bellbird miners this morning was the first reaction to the [?]oat Commission’s move to apply…

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Action Against Miners Millfield Greta Men for the Army. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1942 · page 4

Striking miners at Millfield Greta colliery are now to be called up for service in the Citizen Military Forces, or in the Army Labor Corps…

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Bellbird Miners now on Strike Reaction to Regulation 168 SYDNEY

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1942 · page 1

A strike by 600 Bellbird miners this morning was the first reaction to the Coal Commission's move to apply Regulation 168 to 132…

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Seven Mines Idle Tobacco Supplies

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1942 · page 6

Seven mines were idle throughout New South Wales yesterday, the greatest number in one day for some weeks, They employ…

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Strike at Bellbird Colliery Sympathy with Millfield Men

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 May 1942 · page 2

A strike by 600 Bellbird miners yestarday morning was the first reaction to the Coal Commission's move to apply Regulation 168 to…

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Pensions For Miners Amending Bill Debated

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY Wed.—Speaking on the first reading of a bill amending the Coal and Shale Mine Workers’ (Pensions) Act in the…

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Dangerous Job Whalers Sweep For Mines

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1942 · page 1

LONDON May 12.—A. group of whalers which were sailed to Britain by Norwegian volunteers at the beginning of the war have…

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Mine Strikes Spread 2450 Men Now Idle

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY Wed.—Four mines— Aberdare. Enrington and Hebburn No. 2 on the South Maitland Field and Stockton Borehole on…

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Pensions for Miners Coal Output A Record

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 May 1942 · page 2

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) when introducing in the Legislative Assembly a bill to amend the Cost and Oil Shale,…

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Three New Mines Idle

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 May 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY Thursday.—Although production was resumed to-day at all northern mines which were on strike…

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Metalliferous Mining

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 May 1942 · page 2

The president of the Australian Mines and Metals Association (Sir Colin Fraser), commenting in Melbourne on the…

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Freezing Occupations Miners at Millfield

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 May 1942 · page 3

CESSNOLK Thursday — Although Millfield-Greta miners decided at a meeting last night to resume work to-day the men were…

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Failure Of Mining Conference

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 May 1942 · page 1

NEWCASTLE Thurs.—The Millfield-Greta compulsory conference today broke down. The secretary of the Northern Collieries’…

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Miners to Resume Mr. Curtin’s Dramatic Appeal

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 May 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY Thursday—After the Prime Minister. Mr. J. Curtin, had made a dramatic last minute appeal “in the name of Australia…

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Explosion in Mine Big Deathroll in U.S.A.

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 May 1942 · page 1

MORGANTOWN (West Virginia), May 13.—A terrific explosion killed at least 53 miners and trapped 37 others at the…

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To-day’s Leaders: War Orphans Work or Fight Miners’ Pensions 3000 Already Granted

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 May 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY Thurs.—The Minister tor Mines, Mr. Baddeley, today revealed in the Legislative Assembly that to date 3000 pensions…

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