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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1944

1,369 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 50 of 69

Victorian Miners' President Elected to Wonthaggi Municipal Council. First Communist Alderman in Victoria

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 September 1944 · page 1

Mr. Idriss Williams, Victorian Miners' President and well-known member of the Victorian Communist Party, has been elected to the Wonthaggi…

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Miners’ Excellent Record

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 September 1944 · page 3

CESSNOCK Wed.—Nothing has happened this week to mar the excellent record of production which the miners on the northern…

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All Mines Working

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 September 1944 · page 2

All mines were again working in New south Wales to-day, and the prospect of a record week's production is in sight…

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All Mines At Work

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 September 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY Wed.—All mines were again working in New Sooth Wales to-day, and the prospect of a record week’s…

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Extraction of Oil From Coal

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 September 1944 · page 3

CESSNOCK [?] of the [?] of a plant for the [?] from coal was [?]…

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Coal Oil Plant Wanted

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 September 1944 · page 3

WESTON Thursday.—The Weston New Deal Committee, at a meeting last night, decided wholeheartedly to support the move of…

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Strike Over Dusty Mine Road

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 September 1944 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Thursday. — A sequence of eleven working days without a stoppage at any of the mines on the Maitland field was…

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All Coal Mines Working

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 September 1944 · page 2

Every colliery in N.S.W. is working to-day,it was officially reported…

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All Mines Working

Maitland Mercury · Friday 15 September 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY Friday.—Every colliery in New South Wales is working to-day…

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Inspection of Elrington Mine

Maitland Mercury · Friday 15 September 1944 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Friday.—The Minister for Mines, Mr, J. M. Baddeley, made an inspection of the pillars in No. 1 and No. 3…

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Northern Miners' Federation Management Board to Be Increased

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 September 1944 · page 1

The President of the Northern District of the Miners' Federation (Mr. W. Crook) will accept nomination for 1945, but the Vice-president (Mr. W…

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Year's Coal Loss 2,285,000 Tons

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 September 1944 · page 3

Figures given by the Minister for Supply (Mr. Beasley) in the House of Representatives provide evidence of enormous loss of coal in Australia…

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Boring for Open-cut Coal. Operations at Muswellbrook

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 September 1944 · page 1

Several bores to determine the possibilities of obtaining coal by the opencut method have been put down on the common, where work has been…

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Coal Loss of 2,285,008 Tons Figures Given in Parliament

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 September 1944 · page 1

Figures given by the Minister for Supply (Mr. Beasley) in the House of Representatives provide evidence of enormous loss of coal…

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Miners Want Compensation Amendments

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 16 September 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY Sat—Miners’ compensation officers and the General Secretary of the Miners Federations (Mr Grant will meet…

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All Collieries Working

Singleton Argus · Monday 18 September 1944 · page 2

All collieries are again working in New South Wales to-day…

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All Collieries at Work

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 September 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY Monday—All collieries are again working in New South Wales to-day…

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Coal Production At High Level

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 September 1944 · page 3

CESSNOCK Mon. — Production is still being maintained at a high level on the Maitland coalfields. All mines…

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One Mine Idle To-day

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 September 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY Tuesday.— The only mine Idle iii New South Wales to-day-was Bloomfield New Tunnel, which produces only about…

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£50 From Miners' Lodge for Loan

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 19 September 1944 · page 1

Abermain No. 1 Miners' Lodge decided to invest £50 in the Second Victory Loan. The suggestion of the colliery…

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