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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1943

1,296 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 65

All Maitland Mines at Work

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 June 1943 · page 3

CESSNOCK Wed.—With the resumption of Hebburn No. 1 Colliery to-day the whole of the collieries on the Maitland field are…

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Hitch In U.S. Mine Negotiations

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 June 1943 · page 1

WASHINGTON June. 8—A virtual breakdown between the operators and the United Mine Workers’ Association developed…

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Protest Against Butter Ration Miners and Railway Men Dissatisfied

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 June 1943 · page 2

Industrial trouble over the butter ration spread to-day, when a second coalmine on the New South Wales field stopped…

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Two Stoppages [?]n NSW Collieries

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 June 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Thurs.— Only two Stoppages Involving South Citizen [?] the South-Coast and Borehole [?] of the Barwood colliery…

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To-day’s Leader: Another Gas Warning U.S. Mining Deadlock Board Calls Conference

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 June 1943 · page 1

WASHINGTON June 9—The War Labour Board has called a public meeting to-morrow in the deadlocked soft coal wage…

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Private Road to Aberdare Colliery

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 June 1943 · page 4

The Manager of Aberdare colliery (Mr. T. Croudace) asked the Cessnock Council on Tuesday night to make available its steam roller and operators…

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Muswellbrook Miners' Lodge

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 June 1943 · page 1

All the officers of the Muswellbrook Miners' Lodge, with the exception of the treasurer, were re-elected unopposed for the ensuing term as follows:…

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Aberdare Central Mine Idle

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 June 1943 · page 3

CESSNOCK Friday—Aberdare Central colliery is idle to-day. After the men had gone below some of the clippers complained…

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Henry Scanlon Defends Miners

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 June 1943 · page 5

"We challenge any section of the Australian people to show where more energy is being exerted than in the…

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Fines Imposed on Miners

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 June 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Friday—The genera president of the Miners’ Federation Mr. Wells, to-day announced that [?] of £2—the first…

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Miners Seek More Butter

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 June 1943 · page 1

At the end of their shift on Monday afternoon, Abermain No. 2 employees decided at a pit-top meeting to ask the Miners' Federation to urge the…

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Mr. Scanlon Defends the Miners

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 June 1943 · page 1

“We challenge any section of the Australian people to show where more energy is being exerted than in the coalmines of…

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Fine Imposed on Strking Miners

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 June 1943 · page 2

The General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Wells) today announced that the fine of £2—the first to be imposed under the…

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Rose From Miners To Ownership

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 June 1943 · page 2

Speaking after a preview at Newcastle of the film “Pittsburgh,” which deplets two workers who rose from miners, at the…

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Butter Strikes. Advice by Miners' President

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 June 1943 · page 1

About 300 miners at the Excelsior mine on the South Coast stopped work as a protest against butter rationing. The mine produces 900 tons of coal…

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South Waratah Retains Mine Record

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 12 June 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY Sat — The general secretary of the Miners Federation (Mr. G. S. Grant) stated that an Australian record for…

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S.a. Coal Stocks

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 June 1943 · page 3

ADELAIDE Monday — The State st coal stocks gained 5000 tons during the week [?] now stand at 37,000 tons of just…

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Idle Collieries

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 June 1943 · page 3

Half the employees of Hebburn No: 2 colliery went home yesterday morning due to trouble over the make-up dispute which caused a 15 weeks' strike at…

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Muswellbrook Miners’ Lodge

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 June 1943 · page 4

MUSWELLBROOK Tuesday— All the officers of the Muswellbrook Miners Lodge with the exception of the treasurer, were…

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Work at the Mines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 June 1943 · page 1

Twenty of the largest collieries worked full time during the fortnight ended Friday, June 11th. Following are the details:…

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