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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1943

1,593 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 26 of 80

Chocks on Mine Transport Road

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1943 · page 3

LITHGOW, Wednesday.—A serious view is taken by State mine lodge officers at the discovery this morning of chocks on the underground…

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Miners' Board Must Be Firm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1943 · page 2

Members of the Northern District Miners' Board of Management must be fair but firm, when they meet to-day to deal…

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Five Mines in North Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1943 · page 4

Of the five idle mines on the Northern field yesterday, fresh disputes caused stoppages at two. These were at Freeman's Tunnel and…

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Five Mines Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 May 1943 · page 4

Five mines on the Northern field were Idle yesterday. They were Hebburn No. 2. Aberdare Central, Pelaw Main, Stanford Main No. 1, and Stockton…

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Coal Board Claims

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 May 1943 · page 4

To avoid witnesses leaving the mine for a sitting in Newcastle, the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association Coal Board met at Lambton B. colliery…

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Miners' Officials Re-elected

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 May 1943 · page 2

All officials of Stanford Mam No. 2 Miners' Lodge have been re-elected without the need for a ballot…

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Four Mines Idle in North

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 May 1943 · page 2

Though three collieries resumed operations to-day in the North disputes occurred to cause the stoppage of two more large mines…

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Miners to Continue After Retiring Age

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 May 1943 · page 4

A special meeting of the Northern miners' board of management decided yesterday to affirm decisions made by the Mineworkers' Pensions…

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Three Western Mines Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 May 1943 · page 4

Three mines were idle on the Western field. Tyldesley and Invincible were idle for the fifth day in succession. Huon, where there…

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Mines May Resume on

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 May 1943 · page 3

Independent of any Influence of the decision of the miners' aggregate meetings, most of the miners idle on the…

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A Crucial Vote For The Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 May 1943 · page 2

Regardless of how other interests act, the miners' responsibility is to provide coal. That is the thought that we offer to the…

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Miners Meet in North To-morrow

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 May 1943 · page 3

Coal miners at mass meetings to-day in the south and west and tomorrow In the north must decide whether they will…

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Miners' Mass Meetings Vote On Convention Decisions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 May 1943 · page 2

Northern miners to-morrow at aggregate meetings will vote on the decisions reached at the National Miners' Convention last month…

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Miners Endorse Discipline

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 1

Northern miners decided yesterday, at the smallest aggregate meetings in the history of the federation, to endorse the National…

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Miners' Leader at Kurri

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 3

The General president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Wells) addresses the aggregate meeting at Kurri Kurri. Also in the picture, left to right, are the Chairman (Mr. F. Manning), and Messrs. W. Crook and J. Logan, convention delegates…

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Idle Mines to Resume

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 3

Four mines affected by disputes on Friday are expected to resume to-day. They are Hebburn No. 1. Stanford Main Nos. 1 and 2 (Maitland field), and…

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Coal Output Below Needs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Production of coal this year was showing a substantial decline compared with last year, though they would need at least…

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Miners' Meeting Failed to Achieve Objective

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 2

The value of yesterday's miners' aggregate meetings was debated on the pit heads throughout the Coalfields as men assembled for work to-day. There was general agreement…

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How The Miners Showed Their Interest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 2

The 11,000 miners in the Northern District indicated an extraordinary lack of interest in vital matters concerning the Miners'…

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Few Old Miners Seeking Return to Work

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 2

Although several mining stoppages have occured through protests against the retention in the industry of men due for…

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