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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1941

1,884 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 49 of 95

Miners' Cable to Stalin

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday—The "industrial production might" of Australian coal miners to aid the war effort against Fascism is…

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Mine Idle on Death of Soldier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 2

WOLLONGONG, Monday. — It is reported that Private Amos Richardson, a former member of Corrimal miners' lodge was killed in action. Following the…

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Millfield Greta Only Idle Mine in Cessnock Area

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 2

Every colliery on the Cessnock field, with the exception of Millfield Greta, worked to-day. Even the attraction of the Chinese Soccer match was not…

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Miner Critically Injured By Fall Of Coal

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 2

Smart rescue work by six mine workers at Cessnock No. 2 Colliery this afternoon was responsible for the release of a burled miner a few…

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Wheelers' Record List of Claims Before Coal Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 4

Sixty-two claims were on the record list submitted by Aberdare wheelers to Maitland Coal Board of Reference yesterday. Decisions of five were…

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Mine Exploded Unexpectedly

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 July 1941 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Minister for the Navy (Mr. Hughes) to-night explained the circumstances in which two naval ratings were killed in demolishing a mine…

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Mine Rescue Station

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 July 1941 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. G. W. S. Grant, general secretary of the Miners' Federation, said to-day that Mr. Baddeley had promised to do everything…

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Judge to Inspect Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 July 1941 · page 4

The Chairman of the Central Coal Reference Board (Judge Drake-Brockman) will inspect the scraper-loader in operation at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery this morning. He…

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Replies Expected About Miners' Pensions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 July 1941 · page 2

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) expects to have replies from the other States this week about miners' pensions. The Governments of Queensland,…

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Miners Pledge Aid to Russia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 July 1941 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Miners' Federation sent a cable to Stalin to-day pledging its aid in the fight against Fascism. "The Coalminers' Federation of…

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Two Mine Accident Victims' Condition

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 July 1941 · page 3

Tho condition of two seriously injured mineworkers in Cessnock Hospital was to-day reported as satisfactory…

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Judge Inspects Loader at Cessnock Mine

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 July 1941 · page 2

The Chairman of Central Coal Reference Board (Judge Drake Brockman) made an inspection to-day of the recently installed loader at…

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Miners' Board Called Together on Millfield Greta Case

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 July 1941 · page 2

Action to bring the Millfield Greta dispute to an early conclusion will be considered by a special meeting of the Northern Miners' Management Board, which was arranged to-day for next Monday…

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Hunger Strike Four Mines Were Idle As Protest

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 July 1941 · page 2

As a protest against the detention of Horace Ratcliff and Max Thomas by the Federal Government under the…

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Want Release of Hunger Strikers John Darling Miners on 24-Hour Stoppage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 July 1941 · page 3

John Darling miners began a 24-hour stoppage at 11 o'clock last night as a protest against the continued internment of the hunger strikers. Thomas and…

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Mines in Philippines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 July 1941 · page 1

LONDON, July 16. A.A.P.—A dispatch from Manila, capital of the Philippines, states that the Navy has announced that the entrances…

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Judge Inspects Loader in Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 July 1941 · page 4

For 2½ hours yesterday the Chairman of the Central Coal Board of Reference (Judge Drake-Brockman) inspected the operation of a newly installed loader at Stanford Main…

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Mines Still Idle Over Hunger Strike

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 July 1941 · page 3

Stoppages at two of the four idle mines on the Cessnock field to-day were due in some measure to the position that has developed…

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Miners' Attitude to Be Defined Next

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 July 1941 · page 2

SYDNEY. Thursday.—A pit-top meeting of 200 members of Invincible Colliery, Culler. Bullen. miners' lodge carried a resolution to-day in…

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Miners' Pensions by January

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 July 1941 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—He expected that the miners' pensions bill would be passed by the end of August and be in practical operation by January 1, 1942, the…

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