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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1941

1,884 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 95

Aberdare Mines Resume

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 3

Aberdare Extended and Aberdare Central collieries which were idle yesterday, resumed operations to-day. The stoppages yesterday were over…

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Miners Go Back to Work After Holidays

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 3

In a narrow working place. Holidays seemed far away for this mineworker and his pony as they wheeled a skip at a Northern colliery yesterday. Right: Black diamonds. Skips of coal on the way to be tipped…

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Wonthaggi Miners Ordered to Return Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 3

The 1100 employees of the State Coal Mine at Wonthaggt, who are on strike. were advised to-day by the Central Office of the Federation in…

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Miners' Board for 1941 Has 5 New Members

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 2

Results of the ballots appointing members of the Northern Miners' Management Board were announced today by the returning officer (Mr. J…

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Why Miners Ignored Reference Bd. Pit Stoppages Yesterday

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 3

The action of miners at John Darling and other mines in striking yesterday instead or allowing their disputes to be…

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Four Big Mines Idle Pay and Seniority Issues

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 6

Four of the largest mines in the North did not resume work yesterday at the conclusion of the annual holiday break. Aberdare Extended, Aberdare Central,…

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Fall Of Coal

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 8

Alfred Dimmock, 45, miner, of Sergeant-street, Cessnock, was caught by a fall of coal while at work to-day at Maitland Main Colliery…

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John Darling Miners Vote for Work

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 3

John Darling miners decided to-day, by a large majority, that men appointed to No. 2 loader out of their order of…

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Holiday Rulings Disturb Miners Northern Extended Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 7

Northern Extended mine at Teralba was idle yesterday because of a dispute on the filling of a vacancy at the mine involving the seniority question, and secondly as a…

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Completion Soon Fitting of Ships with Anti-mine Gear

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 4

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Paravanes and degaussing equipment were being fitted to Australian ships as speedily as possible, and most ships on the Australian register…

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Northern Mines Idle To-morrow Enginedrivers to Discuss Award

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Aggregate meetings of members of the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association in the coalmining industry will throw idle…

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Five New Men on Miners' Board Ballot for Delegates Completed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 2

Counting of the ballot for the Board of Management of the Northern Miners' Federation and group representation on the Central Council was completed…

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Mr. Hoare Sums Up Miners' Ex-President on Coal Problems

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 4

Mr. Thomas (Bondy) Hoare, who was for 18 years President of the Northern Branch of the Miners' Federation, and who retired at the end of last year, has written…

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Elrington Miners on Beer Ban

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 2

Elrington Miners' Lodge is determined that, as far as its members are concerned, there will be no slackening of the ban on beer imposed…

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Miners' Leaders' Attitude to New Reference Boards

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 2

Members of the Northern Miners' executive were in Sydney to-day to confer with the Minister for Labor (Mr. Holt) on the new Reference Board…

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Enginemen Meet on Friday Mines Will Be Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 5

Stopwork meetings arranged by the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association will be held in the North on Friday. Northern coalmines will therefore…

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Miners' Boards Of Reference: Action Next Week SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 2

Regulations for the establishment of local reference boards at Newcastle and Maitland and a central reference board at Newcastle to deal with coal…

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Stubbed Toe on Gold Worth £250 KALGOORLIE

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 3

Annoyed by a jagged piece of rock on the path to his camp, against which he constantly stubbed his toe, Thomas Starr, a…

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Advice to John Darling Men Mine Will Resume Only on Award Terms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 6

The Superintendent of Collieries for the B.H.P. Co. Ltd. (Mr. J. Jeffries) announced yesterday that John Darling mine would not…

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