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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1944

400 stories in New England's papers · page 14 of 20

Armidale Mayor Criticises Miners

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 24 August 1944 · page 4

In a trenchant criticism on the persistent strikes on the coalfields the Mayor (Ald. L. E. Dawson) at a meeting of the…

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Miners Have Forfeited All Sympathy

The Uralla Times · Thursday 24 August 1944 · page 1

In a recent issue of The Bulletin appeared a Norman Lindsay cartoon showing the Prime Minister and the Portland butcher at a butcher's…

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Coal Rationing. 100,000 Will Be Thrown Idle "Railway Coal Reserves Desperately Low"

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 24 August 1944 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday —On Commonwealth estimates about 100,000 workers will be thrown…

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Coal Rationing Hits Glen Innes Train Services Cut

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 24 August 1944 · page 4

Northern train service will be severely cut from Monday next as a result of coal rationing…

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Wool Haulage Delay Owing to Coal Shortage SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 25 August 1944 · page 1

The Chief Traffic Manager of the Railways, Mr. Deniss, has stated that there was no urgency in rail haulage of wool because the Sydney wool stores…

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Striking Miners to Be Prosecuted This Week's Loss 32,499 Tons SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 August 1944 · page 2

One hundred and fifty Maitland Main miners will be summonsed this afternoon for Striding, (The summonses, will probably be returnable…

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Striking Miners Summonses lo Issue Week’s Loss 32,000 Tons SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 25 August 1944 · page 1

One hundred and fifty Maitland Main miners will be summoned this afternoon for striking. The summonses probably will be…

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Opposition to Force Showdown Will Attack Government on Coal Crisis SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 August 1944 · page 1

When the House of Representatives meets at Canberra next Wednesday the Opposition will launch a bitter attack against the…

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5ifth. Columnists and the Coal Industry

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 26 August 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Saturday.—All persons consciously or unconsciously doing the work of fifth columnists should definitely…

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Coal Crisis "No Confidence" in Government ?

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 26 August 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY. Saturday.—There is a possibility of a motion of "no confidence" being moved in Canberra next week to express…

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Coal Crisis Discussed at M.L.C.'s Bedside MELBOURNE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 28 August 1944 · page 2

Around the bedside of Mr. Clarey, M.L.C., in Alfred Hospital yesterday, the Labour Advisory Council, most influential committee in the…

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150,000 Tons of Coal Lost Through Strikes and Breakdowns SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 28 August 1944 · page 1

Work was resumed to-day at all northern mines which were idle last week, but there was a stoppage at Abermain…

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One Idle Mine Owing to Dispute

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 29 August 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—There was no mine idle on the Northern field to-day because of industrial dispute, but Burwood,…

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Increasing Alarm At Effects of Coal Shortage

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 29 August 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—There is increasing alarm in New South Wales over the prospects facing both…

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Coal Mines “Weeding Out” Process CANBERRA

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 30 August 1944 · page 1

The Government is believed to be determined to proceed with its previously announced decision to “weed out” undesirables from…

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Insult to Injury! Government Coal Mine Idle SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 August 1944 · page 2

Coalcliff colliery, which has been taken over by the Commonwealth Government, is idle to-day. The reason is not known…

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Mines Idle Includes Government One SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 30 August 1944 · page 1

Coalcliff Colliery, which has been taken over by the Commonwealth Government, is idle to-day. The reason is not known…

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Coal and the Clip a Free France

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 August 1944 · page 10

The curtailment in rail transport will cause some deday in the carriage of wool and result in the…

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Government to Remove Undesirables From Mines CANBERRA

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 August 1944 · page 2

The Government is believed to be determmed to proceed with its prevously announced decision to "weed out" undesirables from the…

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Commissioner Orders Coal Cuts No Rationing of Gas, Electricity

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 August 1944 · page 11

In announcing yesterday that gas and electricity undertakings would not be rationed for the present, the…

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