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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1944

400 stories in New England's papers · page 17 of 20

To-day's Coal Loss 7000 Tons at Six Idle Mines SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 9 October 1944 · page 5

Six coalmines are idle on New South Wales coalfields to-day, but only two of the stoppages are due to industrial disputes…

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Idle Mines Loss for Day 7000 Tons SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 9 October 1944 · page 1

Six coalmines are idle on the N.S.W. coalfields to-day, but only two of the stoppages are due to industrial disputes…

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Emmaville Mining

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 12 October 1944 · page 2

The management of the Burma Malay Company operating at Emmaville reports that last week the boxes were run down for a…

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Old Time Mining

The Inverell Times · Monday 16 October 1944 · page 2

The Glen Innes Examiner re-publishes the following from an issue of early times: Matters in mining circles still look exceedingly bright, and from…

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Coal Loss Reduced SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 16 October 1944 · page 2

With only three mines idle and one partly idle, coal production loss on New South Wales coalfields to-. day will be the lowest for many…

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Christmas Coal Stocks Subject of Canberra Conferenc SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 October 1944 · page 1

The necessity of building up coal stocks to tide industry and essential services over the Christmas vacation when the coalmines close for 10…

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Emmaville V.c. Miners' Institute

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 19 October 1944 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the committee was held in the library on Tuesday evening. Mr. P. Topper presided and others…

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MANPOWER Question of Control Torrington Mining Suffers

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 19 October 1944 · page 2

Deep concern is being felt by the management of various raining interests at the total disregard of manpower…

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Eight Mines Idle SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 October 1944 · page 2

Four of the 12 collieries idle yesterday are back at work to-day, resulting in a saving of about 4000 tons of coal…

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Miners Will Take Christmas Holiday

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 21 October 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Saturday.—Whatever the Federal Government decioed in the matter, the coalmintes would have some…

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Miners Fined

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 23 October 1944 · page 7

Seven employees of Habburn No. 1 colliery were convicted by Mr. R. Atkinson, S.M. at a Special sitting of Ces[?]ock Court for absenting…

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Old Time Mining

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 23 October 1944 · page 4

The Glen Innes "Examiner" republishes the following from an issue of early times : Matters in mining [?]cless still look exceedingly bright,…

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Seven Mines Idle to-day SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 October 1944 · page 2

More than 2800 men are involved in sotppages at seven New South Wales coalgnines to-day and production loss is estimated at slightly…

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Serious Loss in Coal Output

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 26 October 1944 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—Coal losses for the first three weeks of this month, due to stoppages on the Northern…

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Back to Normal? Rapid Increase in Coal Losses NEWCASTLE

Guyra Argus · Thursday 26 October 1944 · page 1

Coal losses for the first three weeks of this month, due to stoppages on northern fields, are estimated at nine times the amount lost…

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Derailment at Armidale Loaded Coal Trucks Dash Down Incline

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 1 November 1944 · page 6

Six trucks of coal standing on an incline at the Armidale railway station got away during shunting operations on Monday night and,…

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Coal Miners Leader Obdurate SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 3 November 1944 · page 1

The General President of the Miners’ Federation. Mr. H. Wells, said to-day that the mines would still refuse to appear before the Coal Reference…

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Legal Blank in Miners' Dispute Coal Losses Mount[?] SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1944 · page 2

The General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. H. Wells) said to-day that miners would still refuse to appear before coal reference…

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Disciplining the Miners Union Affirms Right to Autonomy NEWCASTLE

Guyra Argus · Thursday 9 November 1944 · page 1

The Northern Miners' Management Board yesterday affirmed its right to discipline its own members in accordance with the union's…

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Mines's Safety Dispute Colliery Three Weeks Idle SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 November 1944 · page 6

A miners' check inspector who had suggested the winding engine at Elrington Colliery was unsafe had no engineering or technical…

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