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Mining & the mines, 1941

368 stories in Murray's papers · page 13 of 19

Coal Mines Resume Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 August 1941 · page 5

All [?] the South Maitland coalfiekds, with exception of Mill[?]eld G[?] work to-day, following the decision of the Federated Engine…

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Coal Commission's Power Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 August 1941 · page 4

Mr. James, Labor M.H.R., declared to-day that he would move in the House of Representatives for disallowance of the regulations under which…

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Rubbian Gold in America Washington. August 19

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 August 1941 · page 2

The Commerce Department has disclosed that during the week ended August [?] 3,407,000 dollars worth of Russian gold was received in the United States, A.A.P…

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Colliery Strike May Extend Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 25 August 1941 · page 3

If aggregate meetings of members of the Southern District Miners’ Federation decide to-morrow to extend the strike at old Bulli colliery to the…

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Colliery Strike May Extend. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 25 August 1941 · page 3

If aggregate meetings of members of the Southern District Miners Federation decide to-morrow to extend the strike at old Bulli colliery to the…

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Two Miners Entombed Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 2

A large number of miners at the Renown Colliery, Cullen Bullen, are still digging in the hope of rescuing their entombed companions, Noel…

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Want Coal Regulations Amended Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 3

The Federal Labor Party is to be asked lo move for the disallowance of the coal control regulations and to appoint a committee to discuss…

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Miners' View on Strike Divided Wollongong

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 6

Aggregate meetings of miners to-day recorded conflicting votes with reference to the dispute at the Old Bullicolliery, which has been idle for four…

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Mines and Mills Idle Stop-work Meeting in Sydney Union Trouble on Hospital SYDNEY--Monday

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 3

All mines on the southern coalfield suspended work to-day in order to allow of aggregate meetings being held at Wollongong…

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Entombed Miners Hopes Almost Abandoned Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 August 1941 · page 4

The hope that Noel Cameron, aged 30. and James Young. miners, entombed at Renown colliery, Cullen Bullen, in n tunnel…

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4000 Miners on Strike Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 August 1941 · page 3

Four thousand miners and others on the South Coast field have gone on strike again to demand the removal of mechanical appliances for removing…

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Miners Weep When Bodies of Mates Are Found Cullen Bullen

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 August 1941 · page 6

The bodies of Nod Cameron, aged 30, married, of . East Portland, and James Young, aged 43, of Surry Hilts, the two miners who…

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Fire Stops Work in Big Colliery Cessnock

Border Morning Mail · Friday 29 August 1941 · page 6

Owing to a fire which broke out in the nillars of No. 1 tunnel last night, the Bellbird Colliery, one of the largest pits on the northern coalfield, was…

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The Entombed Miners Their Bodies Recovered SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 August 1941 · page 2

After 40 hours of desperate digging the bodies of the two miners, Jas. Young (43) and Noel Cameron (30), who were entombed when a…

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Collieries to Resume Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 August 1941 · page 5

The Chief Secretary and Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) said to night that collieries on the South Coast, including Bulli. would resume work on…

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Australian Miners Help Russian Comrades Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 August 1941 · page 1

The central council of the Miners’ Federation has decided to impose a [?]evy of one and one-quarter per cent on one fortnight’s wages of all…

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Strike Declared Off South Coast Coal Miners SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 September 1941 · page 4

All South Coast mines will resume work to-morrow, the president of the Southern District Miners (Mr. Lowden) announced…

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Miners Back at Work Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 September 1941 · page 3

After being on strike for 13 weeks, miners of Millfield-Greta went back to work to-day…

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Colliery Again Idle Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 September 1941 · page 6

Old Bulli colliery is idle again. It had recently resumed after being closed for a month because o£ a strike against the installation of mechanical…

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Record Coal Shift Production Newcastle

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 September 1941 · page 2

An Australian record for coal production in one shift has been established by Burwood Colliery, with an output of 3682 tons in a shift of 7[?] hours…

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