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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1941

368 stories in Murray's papers · page 10 of 19

Are Girls Who Accept Presents From Men Friends Gold Diggers? Upper Murray

Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 27 June 1941 · page 20

Dear Barbara,—Just a note to say I am still an interested reader of your Page. I haven't much time for writing, as my brother is now somewhere…

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Senators in Bitter Personal Attack Allegations of Faked Ballot Papers; Mining Directorship CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 July 1941 · page 1

Allegations of faked Senate figures and anonymous letters were made in the Senate to-night in a remarkable clash betwee[?]n Senator Crawford, of Queensland, and the Minister for the Interior (Senator Foll). It was the…

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Cut in Coal Consumption London, July 3

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 July 1941 · page 4

The Government has decided in the interests of vital Industries to allow domestic consumers only one ton of coal a month…

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Stoppage at Colliery Cessnock

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 5 July 1941 · page 7

A stoppage at the Aberdare Extended colliery to-day was the result of conditions that came into operation 11 years ago. The management refused…

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Gold Yield Lower Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 8 July 1941 · page 5

Production of gold in N.S.W. for May was 5499.25 ounces, valued at £A58.342, compared with 7771.79 ounces, valued at £A82,867 for the same month last…

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Race Club and Gold Cup Holidays

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 8 July 1941 · page 2

The vexed—to shopkeepers, traders and other business people—question of holidays for the Albury Gold Cup Races was before the Albury Racing…

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Mine Idle for Five Weeks Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 July 1941 · page 6

The Millfield Greta colliery, which produces between 700 and 800 tons of coal daily, has been idle for nearly five weeks because of a dispute over…

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N.S.W. Gold Production

Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 31

Production of gold in New South Wales for May, 1941, is estimated at 5499 oz. fine, valued at £58,842, compared with 7771 oz. valued at £82,867…

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No Dispute in 28 Years; Miners Rewarded Sydnty

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 July 1941 · page 2

Twenty miners who [?] their employment when Kandos No. 1 colliery, near Lithgow, was closed recently, had £1500 distributed among them by the…

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Need for More Mine Sweepers Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 6

Tno Minister for Transport (Mr. An. Shonyl is to submit to the Minister for the Navy air. Hughes) a memorandam on the building of wooden ships…

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Miners' Federation Send Greetings to Russia Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 3

The Miners' Federation of Australia has sent a cable to M. Stalin, sending greetings to the Russian people and the Red Army, also words of…

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Miners Cease Work: Comrade Killed in Action Wollongong

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 3

The longest period of continuous work for many years was broken at the Corrimal colliery to-day, when members of the local miners lodge…

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Miners’ Support for Russia Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 July 1941 · page 1

The Miners’ Federation of Australia sent a cable to M. Stalin to-day, pledging their aid in the fight against fascism. “The Coalminers’ Federation of…

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Miners Idle; Protest Against Men's Detention Newcastle

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 July 1941 · page 2

Miners in four large mines in North John Darling, Burwood. Lambton B. and Aberdare Central, are idle to-day a protest against the detention of…

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Coal Miners' Sympathy for Hunger Strikers New South Wales Mines Idle SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 July 1941 · page 2

Every colliery on the Cessnock coal field was idle to-day, when the miners put into effect their protest against the detention of the two…

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Miners Demand Release Lithgow

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 July 1941 · page 2

At a meeting to-day, 200 members of the Invincible Colliery, Cullen Bullen, carried a resolution demanding the immediate' release of the hunger…

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No Disputes in Mine in 18 Years

Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 18 July 1941 · page 13

SYDNEY.—Twenty minors who, lost their employment when Kandos No. 1 colliery, near Lithgow, was closed recently, had £1500 distributed among…

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Albury Racing Club Gold Cup Holidays

Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 18 July 1941 · page 15

The question of holidays for the Albury Gold Cup were considered by the Albury Racing Club on Monday, following a letter being received…

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Coal Miners’ Board Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 July 1941 · page 3

The amended determination of the Coal Miners’ Board is operative on and after July 28. The rates for adults have been increased by 1/ per day…

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Miners Threaten Direct Action Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 July 1941 · page 3

Two more strikes are threatened on the coalfields, Miners’ aggregate meetings will be held on the northern fields on August 4, and if the Millfield-Greta…

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