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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1943

1,296 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 65

Idle Collieries South Maitland Field

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 3

CESSNOCK Monday.— Hebburn No. 2 and Aberdare Central collieries are ldle on the South Maitland field to-day…

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Trapped In Mine Explosion

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 1

NEW YORK Feb. 28— Two miners were killed and 75 trapped 500 feet below the surface, following an…

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Four Nsw Mines Idle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY Monday—About ,1600 miners are on strike at Your New South Wales mines to-day, and the loss of production is…

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Injured in Collieries

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 March 1943 · page 3

CESSNOCK Tues—Alan Donnelly, 84 of Bellbird a machine man, employed at Aberdare Central Colliery, was struck by a…

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Coal Strikes

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 2 March 1943 · page 3

I suppose you saw where the miners on one Maitland field struck last week because of tobacco shortage. The brutal capitalists holding back…

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Coal Output

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 2 March 1943 · page 3

The output tier man engaged in the coalmining industry last year was 686.1 per cent. said the Assistant Minister for Commerce (Senator…

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Mine Workers' Pensions Association

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 2 March 1943 · page 1

The District Secretary of the above organisation (Mr. A. Quinn) has forwarded a reply to the Chairman of the Board (Mr. J. M. Baddeley)…

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Miners Ordered to Resume

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 2 March 1943 · page 1

The Northern board of management of the Miners' Federation yesterday decided to instruct miners at Hebburn…

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Gandhi's Release Urged by Miners

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 2 March 1943 · page 3

The Northern Board, of Management of the Miners' Federation yesterday decided to urge the immediate release of the Indian leader. Mr…

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Six Mines Idle In The State

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 March 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY Tuesday. — Including the metropolitan in the south, which is held up because of a mechanical breakdown, six…

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Release of Former Mine workers Federal Government Attitude

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 2 March 1943 · page 1

The lease of certain former mineworkers from present occupations to return to mining in the districts where they…

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Absenteeism at Elrington Colliery 10 Men Fined £3. Weston Miner Fined £10

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 2 March 1943 · page 1

Clarence Thomas, Kenneth Roy Shakespeare, William Parsons, James D. Thomson, William Grant, John Edwards…

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Eight Mines Idle

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY Wed.—Because of industrial disputes and mechanical breakdowns eight mines employing 2700 men and producing…

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Hebburn Mine Still Idle

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 3

CESSNOCK Wed.—There were no developments today in the position at Hebburn No. 2 colliery which has now been idle…

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Miners Late Because of Bad Roads

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 3

“The employees of Stockrington, Du[?]enfield, Freeman’s Tunnel and several smaller collier[?]es travel by motor bus and…

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Two Mines Idle

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 March 1943 · page 3

CESSNOCK Thurs. — Hebbura No. 2 and Pelton collieries are the only two mines idle on the South Maitland field to-day. There…

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Coal Co. and Miners. Tribute from Victoria

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 5

The secretary of the Muswellbrook Coal Co. Ltd. has received the following letter from the Rev. H. and Mrs. Howard-Smith, of "Lo Yuan,"…

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Pelton Colliery Idle

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 3

Pelton colliery was idle yesterday, and is again idle to-day. There are two matters in dispute. One is the filling…

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Disputes At Pelton Colliery

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 3

CESSNOCK Friday.— Pelton colliery was idle for the second day to-day. There are two disputes and both have a bearing on…

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A Tribute to Miners

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 5

In the course of press interview at Newcastle Newcastle bus conductresses said they liked the workers "particularly the miners," best as…

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