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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1943

1,296 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 55 of 65

Permission to Go Down Mine Refused

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 30 October 1943 · page 3

CESSNOCK Sat.—Mr. W. Harrison, MHR, who accepted a challenge from the Aberdare Miners' Lodge to walk down the mine…

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U.s. Mine Striker Spreads 60,000 Now Out

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 30 October 1943 · page 1

NEW YORK October 29.—Fifteen thousand [?] walked cut yesterday, [?]ginh the total number of un[?] strikers…

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To-day’s Leader: The Persecution of The Jews Miners To Work On Labour Day

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 30 October 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Sat.—The Commonwealth Goal Commissioner (Mr. Migbell), announces that more than 3000 mines at 20 pits on…

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Miners’ Protest Against Garnishee

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 November 1943 · page 3

CESSNOCK Mon.—Aberdare is the only mine idle on the Maitland field to-day. The men came home as a protest against the…

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Miners, Unpaid Fines Proposal to Garnishee Wages

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 November 1943 · page 2

As a protest against the proposal to garnishee wages next pay day for unpaid fines for unlawfully stopping work, 500 miners are idle at Aberdare…

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Miners and Garnishees

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 2 November 1943 · page 1

It was officially stated at Canberra to-day that garnishees could not be imposed on coal miners who were fined before the gazettal of…

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Garnisheeing Miners’ Wages

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 November 1943 · page 1

CANBERRA Tuesday.—It was officially states to-day that garnishees could not be imposed on miners who were fined before the…

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Garnishees Against Miners. Canberra

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 November 1943 · page 2

It was officially stated to-day that garnishees could not be imposed on coal miners who were fined before the Gazettal of the garnishee regulations…

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U.s. Miners on Strike

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 2 November 1943 · page 1

It is estimated that 90,000 coalminers in the U.S.A. are on strike. President Roosevelt says he will take decisive action to see that coal is…

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Major Coal Strike in America

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 November 1943 · page 1

NEW YORK Nov. 1—The fourth major coal strike in the United States within [?] months started to-day when thousands…

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Permission to Go Down Mine Refused

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 November 1943 · page 1

Mr. W. Harrison, M.H.R., who accepted a challenge from the Aberdare Miners' Lodge to walk down the mine to the coal face three miles…

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Farmers Fined and Gaoled But Miners???

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 2 November 1943 · page 3

Sir Earle Page, speaking at Kempsey, said: "As food is as important as coal to Australia and the United Nations, the Clarence dairy farmer…

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All South Maitland Mines Work To-day

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 November 1943 · page 3

CESSNOCK Tuesday — With the return to work of Aberdare colliery to-day the whole of the mines on the Maitland field are…

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Charge Against Mine Manager Mr. Atkinson's Reserved Decision

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

At Cessnock Police Court on Saturday morning, Mr. R. Atkinson, S.M., gave his decision in the four charges against…

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Keep Politicians Away From Mines Maitland Request to Prime Minister

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 2 November 1943 · page 3

Mr. Cecil Robinson, Secretary of the Hunter Federal Council of the Australian Labor Party, writing in the "Maitland Mercury," stated that…

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Disputes at Three Mines

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 November 1943 · page 3

CESSNOCK Wed.— Ellington, Bellbird. and Stanford Main No. I collieries are idle on the Maitland field to-day…

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Hetton Coal Shows Recovery

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 November 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY Wed.—Hetton Bellbird Collieries Ltd. made further recovery during.the year ended June 30. Net profit of…

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Five Mines Idle In North

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 November 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Wed.—Five collieries were Idle In the north to-day as the result of industrial disputes, and loss of coal in mines,…

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“British Plot to Seize Gold”

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 November 1943 · page 6

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2— Anglo American proposal for the creation of a post war international monetary stabilisation fund…

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Pelaw Main Colliery Idle

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 November 1943 · page 3

CESSNOCK "Thursday — Elrington and Stanford Main Ne[?] collieries, which were idle yesterday, resumed work this…

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