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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1943

1,296 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 47 of 65

Colliery Disputes Pits Idle On Maitland Field

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 29 September 1943 · page 3

CESSNOCK Wed[?]day—A claim for water [?] men who lake horses [?] Hebburn No. 1 colliery early [?] the…

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Over 3000 Men In Mine Stoppages

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 29 September 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Wed.-Stop[?]ages at 11 mines on the New South Wales coalfields to-day will result in a production-loss for the…

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New Road to Colliery £4500 Grant Sought by Tarro Shire

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 29 September 1943 · page 3

Tarro Shire Council to-day decided to make application to the Federal authorities for a grant of £4500 for the construction…

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Three Collieries Resume

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 30 September 1943 · page 3

CESSNOCK Thursday—Hepburn No 1 Bellbirds and Stanford main No 1 Collieries resumed work to-day following a day’s…

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Cessnock Mine Sets Example

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 30 September 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Thursday.—Any coal rationing It may be found necessary to introduce, will be based census of coal stocks…

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Check-up on Coal Stocks

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 30 September 1943 · page 2

CANBERRA Thursday.—Every person using more than five tons coal weekly, must furnish a return to. the Coal Commission before…

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Mr. Curtin’s Meeting with Miners

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 30 September 1943 · page 3

CANBERRA Thursday. — The conference between representatives of the Federal-Government and the coalminers, at which the…

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Charge Against Mine Manager

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

After the lunch adjournment at Cessnock Police Court on Tuesday, the following evidence was given in the case in which Thomas Orlon Croudace was…

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Dates for Miners' Ballots

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 October 1943 · page 3

The ballot to elect officers for the Northern district, and members of the Board of Management and Central Council, will be held on Tuesday…

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Helping Miners in Uniform

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 October 1943 · page 2

KURRI KURRI Friday.— Mrs. E. Harding was yesterday unanimously elected secretary of the Kurri Kurri Miners’ Women’s…

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Three New Mine Disputes

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 October 1943 · page 3

CESSNOCK Friday — Three new disputes developed on the Maitland field this morning. Aberdare miners came home…

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Work at the Mines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 October 1943 · page 3

Aberdare Extended resumed work today after three days' idleness. A compulsory conference is being held this afternoon by the Chairman of the…

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An Order for Coal

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 October 1943 · page 4

For the year commencing October 1, the Railway Department has placed as order of £1,786,271 for 1,276,000 tons of large coal (locomotive) and 615,600 tons…

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Next Tuesday's Coal Conference

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 October 1943 · page 2

THERE was some strong criticism of the loss of coal production in the House of Representatives on Wednesday last, and Mr. Curtin was urged by members of the Opposition to give effect to the regulations which were introduced to end these…

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Miners to Start Work Later

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 October 1943 · page 3

Pelaw-Main miners have decided when daylight saving operates next week they will, not put their clocks on [?]end of…

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Jamieson Criticises Miners' President. (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 October 1943 · page 3

Sir—It indeed seems strange that they who with lip service yell Democracy and freedom of the press, do precisely the very opposite in practice…

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Possible Cut in Electricity Effect of Coal Shortage

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 October 1943 · page 4

Mr. R. Vine-Hall, General Manager of the Sydney County Council electricity undertaking, stated that if the Federal Government…

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Loss of 36,000 Tons of Coal in a Week

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 October 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Friday.—Objection by wheelers to a horse being worked a double shift yesterday resulted in Aberdare colliery, one of the…

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Liddell in Railway Coal Contracts 7,000 Tons to Be Supplied

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 October 1943 · page 4

The Railway Department has placed orders for 1,276,000 tons of large coal for locomotive purposes and 615,500 tens for power house…

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America Short of Coal

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 2 October 1943 · page 1

WASHINGTON Oct. 1.— The Secretary for the Interior, Mr. Ickes, told the Press that the coal situation in USA was very bad…

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