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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1944

1,369 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 69

Minister Inspects Kalingo Colliery

Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 3

CESSNOCK — To-day the Minister for Mines (Mr. J. M. Baddeley) made an inspection of Kalingo colliery. He was…

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Corrimal Only Mine Idle

Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY Friday — The only New South Wales coalmine idle to-day was Corrimal, which did not take part in the general…

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All South Maitland Mines Work

Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 3

CESSNOCK Friday—For the fourth day in succession the whole of the collieries are at work on the Maitland field…

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Taxation of Mine Pensioners

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1944 · page 3

The Registrar of Miners’ Pensions has informed Mr. G. Booth. MLA, that all miner-pensioners who have had amounts deducted…

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Wants Miners Released From the Army

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY Saturday.—Mr. Rowley James, MHR, the Federal Governments’ Coal Mining Haison officer, has been asked by…

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Pacific Colliery Thrown Idle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY Monday—The only colliery idle In the north to-day is the Pacific, where the men held a meeting and returned…

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Miners Begin the Week Well

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 3

CESSNOCK Monday— Ministers began the week well again today. This is the fifth consecutive day without disputes leading…

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£700,000 in Wages Lost in Mining Strike

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 1

LONDON March 19.— With the decision of the last strikers to resume work, normal production in South Wales coalfields will be…

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Two Collieries Idle

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 1

With the return to work to- day of Corrimal, on the South Coast, only two collieries now remain idle in New South Wales, and the…

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All Mines Work

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 3

CESSNOCK Tuesday — All mines are at work on the Maitland field to-day. This is the sixth successive day that the…

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V.D.C's. 36 Hours' Exercise. Programme for Week-End. Live Ammunition and Land Mines to Be Used

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 1

Muswellbrook, Denman and Merriwa platoons, which form F. Company of the 6th. Battalion, V.D.C., and No. 27 platoon, C…

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Hebburn No. 1 Mine Decision

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 4

CESSNOCK Wed. — Hebburn No. 1 miners’ lodge last night rejected a recommendation of the Northern executive that members…

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Coal Dividened

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 March 1944 · page 2

The directors of J.and A Brown and Abermain Seaham Collieries Ltd yesterday declared an interim dividend of a [?]…

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Electrocuted in Mine Branxton Inquest

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 March 1944 · page 3

BRANXTON Thursday-At an inquest yesterday the Singleton Coroner , Mr. A. -Morrison, Sound that Allan Roy Girl, 24, of…

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Four Mines Idle in Nsw

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 March 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY Thursday. — Four mines were Idle-on. the -New South Wales coalfields today, and production loss for the period is…

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Only One Mine Idle at South Maitland

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 March 1944 · page 3

CESSNOCK Thurs.—Elrington is the only mine Idle on the Maitland field to-day. The men went put to work this morning but…

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Coal Miners to Be Released From Army

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 March 1944 · page 4

The decision to release the coal miners who had been called up for the Army as a result of the South Coast strike had been made on the…

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Bellbird Colliery Fatality. Protest by Miners' Representative. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 March 1944 · page 3

At Cessnock Court House yesterday afternoon the District Coroner (Mr. W. S. Johnston) held an inquiry…

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Elrington Colliery Resumes

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 March 1944 · page 3

Elrington colliery, which has been idle for two days, resumed on the instructions of the Northern Executive to do so to-day…

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Release of Coal Miners From Army. Commissioner's Recommendation. Canberra

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 March 1944 · page 2

The decision to release coal miners who had been called into the Army as a result of the South Coast strike had been made on a strong…

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