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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1942

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[?] Miners on Strike Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 4

attempt to settle the strik[?] [?] 800 miners at Richmond Main [?]ry, a compulsory conference has ordered by Judge Drake…

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British Colliery Tragedy London. January [?]

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 1

About 50 men are believed to be trappedd following an explosion at 8.30 a.m. to-day in the Sneyd colliery, Staffordshire, Fourdshire, Four: bodies have already…

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1000 Mines Swept Up. London. Jan. 1

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 1

British [?]neswseeper have so far swept up 4000 mines around the coast of Britain. There are 25,000 men employed in these operations and they keep 1700 miles of…

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[?]0 Miners Believed Dead London, January 2

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 1

Sixteen bodies have so far been recovered from the Sneyd colliery. Extensive repairs will be necessary before a further search can be made. A…

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[?]Ank Transports Then Hits Mine on Dark Night MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 2

The Minister for Information (Senator Ashley) announced to-day that the Department of Information had received the following report…

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Ten Thousand Miners Out Twenty-four Mines Idle SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 3

Approximately 10,000 men are idle to-day as a result of the extension of the coal hold-up on the northern and southern fields. All the men who…

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15 Mines Idle Sydney, Monday

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 3

Ten of the 15 coal mines idle on the northern field to-day stopped work because of a dispute over award interpretations. They are owned by J…

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Curtin Emphatic “Coal Mine Stoppages Must End" SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 3

The Prime Minister (Mr. Curt[?]) ma[?] it clear to-day that an intersation in the pre[?] of coal would not be [?]…

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Mines Will Resume at Once Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 3

Officials of the Miners’ Federation have assured the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) that stoppages on the coalfields will end in view of the…

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Many Mines Still Idle SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 3

Some hope for a settlement of the coal dispute was indicated today when the Northern Miners’ Committee of Management,…

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Purchase of Gold From Soviet. Washington, Jan. 7

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 2

The Treasury has announced the purchase of an additional 20,000.000 dollars in gold from Russia to give the Soviet dollar assets with which to purchase goods and…

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Coal Miners' Pensions Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 5

Provided the provisions of Commonwealth Old Age and Invalid Pensions. Act are in no way involved, there is now a distinct possibility that…

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The Mining Difficulty Some Mines Still Idle SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 3

Notwithstanding the Prime Minister's demands that all mines should resume work by noon to-day, 11 miles were still idle as the zero hour…

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Prime Minister and the Miners a Stern Warning CANBERRA

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 2

The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) to-day issued a stern warning to the Miners' Federation that if it did not take steps to end the stoppages in…

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Miners Must Resume "Dratic Action" Threat by Curtin Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 3

A direction to all members of the Miners' Federation who had ceased work to return to their employment was given by the central executive of the…

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Swift Action to End Coal Strike Warning by Prime Minister CANBERRA--Thursady

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 3

The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) is expected to gazette drastic regulations within the next few days if there is not an immedicate…

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Gloves Off Govt’s Order to Miners SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 1

“A grave blunder,” was how the Federal Government’s action in ordering the miners back to work was described by Messrs. B…

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Idle Mines Expected to Resume Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 6

Miners’ Federation officials there will be no necessity to apply the Commonwealth regulations to-morrow. which is the deadline for the…

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Pensions for Miners Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 4

With the Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) in the chair, the N.S.W. Pensions Tribunal met again to-day for the third time since its inception. It…

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Miners Resume Work But 300 Still Out

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 2

Because a 60-year-old miner at Old Bulli colliery, on the South Coast, refused to retire on a pension, 300 miners were prevented from…

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