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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1944

566 stories in Murray's papers · page 12 of 29

The Coal Position All Mines at Work To-day

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 May 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: For the first time since November 8th last, every N.S.W. coal mine is working to-day, and the general secretary of the…

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Practical Joke Causes Mine Stoppage SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 5

A pair of boots hidden on the top of a partition, apparently by a practical joker, led lo the only stoppage on NSW coalfields today. This was at…

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Lack of Coal in Victoria Dunstan Govt. Blamed SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 2

Criticism of the Victorian State Government for its failure to accept a plan which he claimed would have increased black coal…

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Coal Position Improved [?]Low SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 12 May 1944 · page 4

[?] to the [?] [?]that while [?] are [?]…

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Coal Loss For Week Lowest tcr Many Months SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 12 May 1944 · page 4

[?]yesterday [?] day two NSW [?] today and a third [?] to [?]…

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1750 Tons of Coal Lost Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 May 1944 · page 3

Production loss on NSW coalfields today was about 1750 tons, compared with 2100 tons yesterday. Stanford Main No. 2. in the north, and…

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Coal Mines Idle Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 3

Two mines in the north -- the Pacific and Borehole -- and one on the south -- the Coal Cliff -- are idle to-day, involving a loss of about 2000 tons…

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Check on Wood and Coal Prices Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 6

A special squad of prices officials at present is engaged visiting fuel merchants’ premises in the city area, checking prices charged by them for…

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Increasing Coal Production Union Suggests Setting Up of Committees Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 3

Setting Up a committee with union representatives to devise ways and means of Increasing coil production In Victorian was suggested today in a…

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More Coal Plans SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 May 1944 · page 5

A 4-point plan to secure increased coal production has been suggested by the Federal Government. Its views will be placed before the central…

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7000 Tons of Coal tost SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 May 1944 · page 5

There was a production loss of 7000 tons of coal today due to six mines being idle. Five of the idle mines are on the northern fields. In the…

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Miners Will Not Work Second Shift SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 2

Working of second shifts by miners will not be accepted on the coalfields This was indicated tonight by the Central Executive of the Miners…

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More Rail Cuts ? Coal Position Serious MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 2

Although the War Railway Committee today discussed for some hours the serious coal position the Minister for Transport (Mr Ward)…

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Search for Coal Open Cut May Be Worked LlTHGOW

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 2

Commonwealth Coal Commission experts are now combing the western mining district in an endeavor to locate seams that can be…

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Railways and Coal Economies MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 May 1944 · page 4

After a two days’ meeting of the War Hallway Committee, the Minister for Transport (Mr Word) announced tonight that all State railway systems…

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Miners Still Haggling Another Big Production Loss SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 May 1944 · page 4

Alteration of certain provisions of the Commonwealth Coal Act are being sought by the miners’ central executive. It will seek particularly…

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Miners’ Plan for Increased Production Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 May 1944 · page 1

Proposals of the Miners’ Federation for increasing coal production will, if Implemented substantially affect the lag in output. This was claimed today by the…

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Weaver Attacks Miners Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 May 1944 · page 2

The community was gradually being brought to its knees, industrially as well as domestically, by the policy of the miners of “Damn you…

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Five Mines Idle Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 May 1944 · page 4

Five mines, four of them on the northern coalfields. and one on the south coast, were idle to-day. About 2000 miners were involved and the…

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Weaver Against Miners Having Coal SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 May 1944 · page 4

Approximately 70,000 [?] of coal was used by the 10,000 miners in NSW each year, an average annually of 7 tons of coal, said the Leader of the…

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