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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1943

1,296 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 20 of 65

Poles Invest Mine Detector

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 April 1943 · page 4

Thousandth of lives of soldier of the 8th Army have been saved and the advance in Liby[?] Lailitated by an invention of two…

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Loss of 700 Tons of Coal

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 April 1943 · page 1

SIDNEY Thursday. — Including new disputes at lour, Nothern pits—Stanford Main No. 1. Abermain No. 2 Peals Main, and…

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Effect of Coal Strikes on Industry

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 April 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY Thursday.—The serious effect continued cal strikes are having on industry was referred to last night by the…

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Maitland Mines Five Not Working To-day

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 April 1943 · page 3

CESSNOCK Thursday.— Five collieries were idle on the Maitland field to-day. They were Aberdare C[?]tral, Standard, Main…

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Disputes At NSW Collieries

Maitland Mercury · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Friday—There were six collieries idle or partly idle on the northern and western NSW coalfields to-day, 1900 men…

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Western Miners' Secretary

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 6

Opposed by 14 other candidates. Mr. J. Jamieson was reelected district secretary of the Western Miners' Federation…

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New Mine Disputes

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 3

There was a stoppage at Hebburn No. 1 colliery on Wednesday as a protest against the employment of a…

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German Mines In Swedish Waters

Maitland Mercury · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 1

STOCKHOLM. April 29 — authorities announce the discovery of several recently made mines in a German [?]…

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U.S. Mine Strike Roosevelt Orders Men Back

Maitland Mercury · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 1

WASHINGTON April 29— President Roosevelt telegraphed Mr. John C. Lewis and Thomas Kennedy, of the United…

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Efforts to Settle U.s. Coal Dispute

Maitland Mercury · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 4

WASHINGTON April 29.-The War Labour Board has submitted the coal dispute to President Roosevelt, who is expected to…

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To-day’s Leader: Progress in Tunisia Mine-laying on Large Scale

Maitland Mercury · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 1

LONDON April 29.—RAF bombers last night were engaged [?]…

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Allies Battering Way Forward in Tunisia Large Scale Operations Begin In Russia Roosevelt's Threat to Miners

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 3

News from London this morning reported progress on all fronts of the North African campaign, and the launching of a large scale Russian attack in the north-west Caucasus…

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State Mine Manager Resigns

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 1 May 1943 · page 5

LITHGOW Saturday.—Mr. R. E. FUlagar manager of the State mine for 9½ years has resigned owing to [?]…

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Will Use Troops If Needed Coal Strike in Usa

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 1 May 1943 · page 3

NEW YORK April 30— Although there are indications that the Government will use troops on the coalfields if necessary to…

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Wage Dispute in United States Government Works Coal Mines

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 May 1943 · page 4

With 530,000 coalminers on strike as a result of the wage dispute, the U.S. Government has taken over all mines. By…

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U.S. Miners To Resume

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 May 1943 · page 1

NEW YORK May 2 — Mr Lewis to-day announced that the soft coal miners are returning to work on Tuesday…

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Western Miners Take A Day Off

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 May 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Monday —Miners on the Western field of New South Wales took to-day off to celebrate May Day, More than 3000…

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Roosevelt’s Warning to U.s. Miners

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 May 1943 · page 1

WASHINGTON May 2—[?] Roosevelt, in a [?] night warned the [?] that one individual [?]…

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10,1000 Tons of Bombs Dropped on Essen Raf Mine-Layers Busy (Australian Associated Press)

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 May 1943 · page 1

LONDON May 2—RAF bombers again laid mines in enemy water last night, the Air Minister reports. All the planes returned. Bombers from two Australian Lancaster squadrons took…

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Many Collieries Idle To-day

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 May 1943 · page 3

A number of collieries on the South Maitland Field were idle to-day. Bellbird was idle over a…

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