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Mining & the mines, 1945

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Colliery Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 June 1945 · page 3

James Cherry, 58, Aberdare Koad, Aberdare, pit top boss at Aberdare, Extended colliery, suffered an injury to his arm this morning when he had it…

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Open Cut Mining. Big Increase in Coal Output

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 June 1945 · page 3

Figures regarding coal production in the western district reveal that the first three months of 1945 have created a new all time record for the first…

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Interim Coal Dividend

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 June 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY Friday.— J. and A. Brown and Abermain Seaham Collieries Ltd., having been re[?]mbursed by the Commonwealth…

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Warning Of Coal Rationing

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 June 1945 · page 2

The Commonwealth Coal Commissioner, Mr. Mighell, to-day issued a warning that severe rationing of coal was inevitabLe in the next three…

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Abermain No. 2 Mine Idle

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 June 1945 · page 3

CESSNOCK Friday.—All mines are at work on the Maitland field to-day with the exception of Abermain No. 2 colliery…

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Coal Commissioner Issues Another Warning

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 June 1945 · page 1

The Commonwealth Coal Commissioner (Mr. Mighell) to-day issued a warning that a severe rationing of coal was inevitable in the next three months unless…

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Loss of Boots Throws Mine Idle

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 June 1945 · page 3

Stanford Main No. 2 colliery was idle on Wednesday because one of the wheelers lost his working boots from the change room…

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Five-year Coal Leases “Cheap Nationalisation” Suggested

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 June 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY Friday. — Following an assertion by the superintendent of Australian Iron and Steel collieries on the South Coast…

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Mr. Mighell’s Coal Warning Reserves Very Low

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 June 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY Friday. — The Commonwealth Coal Commissioner (Mr. Mighell) to-day Issued a warning that revere severe rationing of…

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Miners’ Pension Fund Explained

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 June 1945 · page 2

CESSNOCK Monday — The Registrar of Miners’ Pensions (Mr. B. O’Grady), addressing a meeting at Cessnock yesterday…

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Millions Of Mines In France

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 June 1945 · page 3

LONDON, June 8.—The United States Seventh Army has captured and turned over to the French Government detailed German…

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Two Mines Idle At South Maitland

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 June 1945 · page 3

CESSNOCK Monday.—There are two mines idle on the Maitland field today—Richmond Main and Aberdare Extended…

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Shire Wants Mines Nationalised

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 June 1945 · page 5

BELLI Tuesday.—Bulli shire council last night carried a resolution advocating the nationalisation of coal mines. The…

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One Mine Idle on Coalfield

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 June 1945 · page 3

CESSNOCK Tuesday.—All the mines were at work to-day on the Maitland field, with the exception of Aberdare Extended,…

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Miners' Pensions Why Levies Were Increased

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 June 1945 · page 1

The Registrar of Miners' Pensions (Mr. B. O[?] ady), addressing a meeting at Cessnock at the week-end, said…

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Injured At Pelton Colliery

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 June 1945 · page 3

CESSNOCK Thursday.— Eric Roxby. 24, of Ellalong Rd., Pelton, a wheeler, employed at Pelton colliery was jammed between…

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U.k. Tank Explodes Japanese Mine

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 June 1945 · page 1

A U.S. Army tank uses its cannon to exploits a Japanese land mine at the tank moves through a field on Okinawa clearing a path for American forces advancing on the main [?] (Loechoo) Island only 375 miles from Japan. A U.S. soldier…

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Stoppage at Abermain No. 2 Colliery

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 June 1945 · page 5

Abermain No. 2 colliery is idle owing to a suspicion of fire damp. Resumption is expected on Monday: The miners' district check inspector…

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Six Killed in Mine Explosion

Maitland Mercury · Friday 8 June 1945 · page 3

COPENHAGEN June 7—Three German soldiers and three Danes are believed to have been killed and many injured when a dump…

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Miners' A.C.T.U. Delegates

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 June 1945 · page 5

Messrs. J. Comerford and J. Logan will represent the Northern Branch of the Miners' Federation at the A.C.T.U. congress, which will begin in Sydney…

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