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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1943

1,296 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 21 of 65

SlX Mines Idle at South Maitland

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 May 1943 · page 3

CESSNOCK —Six collieries are idle on the Maitland coalfield to-day Bellbird Richmond Main Pelaw Main Aberdare Gen…

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Coal Dispute in America

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 May 1943 · page 1

WASHINGTON May-4— The War Labour Board has resumed active jurisdiction in the coal dispute, and has ordered the Fact…

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Pelaw Main Mine Still Idle

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 May 1943 · page 3

CESSNOCK Wed. — Richmond Main, Aberdare Extended and Bellbird collieries which lost a day’s work yesterday for various…

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U.S. Mines At Work “No Bayonets Needed”

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 May 1943 · page 1

WASHINGTON May 4 — The Secretary for Commerce, Mr. [?], told the Press conference today that coal is coming from…

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U.s. Coal Strike Called Off Further Negotiations with Government

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 May 1943 · page 1

The nation-wide coal strike has been called off for a fortnight, pending further negotiations with the United States Government…

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Mine Manager’s Appeal Upheld

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 May 1943 · page 4

SYDNEY Thursday.— By a three-to-one majority the High Court upheld the appeal of Henry Bryan Camphell, manager…

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Resignation of Mining Official

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 May 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Thursday.— Because the miners’ lodge was not prepared to disicpline members who provoked unauthorised stoppages,…

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Magnetic Mine Heroes

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 May 1943 · page 5

Although it has been revealed how the first magnetic mines were taken to pieces by Admiralty officials, who decided on the counter measures to…

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Aberdare Miners' Lodge

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 May 1943 · page 3

Aberdare Misers' Lodge has passed the following resolutions:— This meeting of the members of Aberdare Miners' Lodge greets with…

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Pelaw Main Miners' Lodge

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 May 1943 · page 3

On Wednesday last the whole of the officials of Pelaw Main Miners' Lodge resigned because a motion submitted to discipline members of the lodge…

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U.s. Mines Working

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 7 May 1943 · page 2

A fact-finding panel has been ordered to give immediate consideration to the U.S. mines dispute. Meanwhile work has been resumed…

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Idle Mines on S.M. Coalfields

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 May 1943 · page 3

Aberdare Central colliery, which has been idle for three days this week, owing to a dispute regarding the…

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Loss of 6000 Tons of Coal

Maitland Mercury · Friday 7 May 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Friday—Loss in production because of strikes by about 1360 miners at New South Wales 'mines to-day is ok…

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Stoppages in Coal Industry Comment by Northern Miners' President Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 2

Commenting on the disappointing attendances at mass meetings of miners at the week-end, which considered disciplinary action against…

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Indifference of the Miners

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Monday.— Commenting on the disappointing attendances at mass meeting of miners at the week-end which…

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STANFORD No. 2 Mine Idle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 3

CESSNOCK Mon. —Stanford Main No. 2 colliery is idle to-day. It is a sequel to a dispute which took place oh Friday, when some…

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Miners Adopt Policy of Discipline

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 3

The federation policy to discipline mine employees who participate in unauthorised strikes was accepted by a [?]…

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Idle Mines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 May 1943 · page 3

Five mines were idle in the North to-day. Of these, three were idle on the South Maitland field…

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Miners Accept Discipline

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1943 · page 2

The right of the Commonwealth Government to discipline mine employees who take part in unauthorised strikes was accepted by aggregate…

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