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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1942

97 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 2 of 5

Idle Coal Mines

Macleay Argus · Friday 10 April 1942 · page 2

Eight coal mines were idle and two partly idle on Wednesday--the heaviest list since the Prime Minister's appeal to miners and threat to…

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Nine Mines Idle

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 10 April 1942 · page 4

Nine coal mines were idle in New South Wales yesterday, causing a loss of production estimated at 10,000 tons…

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New Coal Regulations

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 10 April 1942 · page 2

Melbourne: The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) announced that new coal regulations will be promulgated to ensure continuity of work on the…

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Four Mines Idle Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 10 April 1942 · page 5

Four mines in northern, southern and western New South Wales were idle today as a result of industrial disputes…

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Control of Miners New Regulations Melbourne

Macleay Argus · Friday 10 April 1942 · page 5

The Prime Minister announced that new coal regulations will be promulgated to ensure continuity of work on the coalfields. The regulations will…

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Delays in Coal Mines Government Making New Regulations Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 11 April 1942 · page 5

Melbourne: The Prime Minister announced that new coal regulations will be promulgated to ensure continuity of work on the coalfields. The regulations…

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The Mine Strikes Regulations Operate on Monday Canberra

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 5

The Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin, last night denied that the Federal Government had postponed the operation of the regulations to prevent…

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Three Mines Idle

The Northern Champion · Saturday 18 April 1942 · page 2

Three mines were idle to-day when the Minister for Labour, Mr. Ward, began his four days tour of the New South Wales coalfields in an attempt to…

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Mr. Curtin Rebukes Mine Owners

The Northern Champion · Saturday 18 April 1942 · page 2

Canberra: The Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin, to-day criticised mine owners who were seeking to force changes in the coal mining industry. He said the…

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Miners Must Work New Regulations Announced

The Northern Champion · Saturday 18 April 1942 · page 4

Coal miners who without excuse fail to work in future may be transferred to the military forces or drafted to labor corps…

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Coal Regulations to Operate From Monday Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 18 April 1942 · page 2

Canberra: The Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin, last night denied that the Federal Government had postponed the operation of the regulations to prevent…

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Miners Resume Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 21 April 1942 · page 5

Of 22,000 coal miners in N.S.W., only 15 were on strike to-day. They are 15 at Wongawilli, on the South Coast…

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New Coal Rule in Force

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1942 · page 1

The new coalmining regulations giving the Federal Government power to draft into the armed forces or labour corps miners…

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Striking Miners Mr. Ward's Return Awaited Sydney

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 22 April 1942 · page 2

The Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin, said last night that, until the Minister for labour, Mr. Ward, arrived in Melbourne and reported on his tour of the…

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Land Mines

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 29 April 1942 · page 8

London news says that British experts whose job it is to discover the secrets and remove Nazi land mines—before they go off—are performing one of the…

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Vengeance Is Mine

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 29 April 1942 · page 1

In the April issue of "The N.S.W. Presbyterian," appears the following outline of a sermon preached by Rev. Sydney Richardson, M.A., B.D., of…

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Land Mines

The Northern Champion · Saturday 2 May 1942 · page 3

London news says that British experts whose job it is to discover the secrets and remove Nazi land mines — before they go off — are performing one…

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Surprise Coal Motion

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 8 May 1942 · page 4

After a meeting of Opposition Senators, Senator McBride submitted a surprise adjournment motion on the Government's handling of the…

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Huge Coal Output Needed

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 8 May 1942 · page 1

The Federal Minister for Labour, Mr. Ward, appealed to every worker in Australia with coal-mining experience, to return to the industry…

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Gold from Sea Water New Method Explained

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1942 · page 7

With about five million pounds worth of gold dissolved in each cubic mile ot sea-water, man has often sought a way of digging out this…

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