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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1943

1,593 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 80

One New Mine Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 May 1943 · page 5

There was only one new mine dispute on the Northern field yesterday. It was at Bellbird—one of the most regularly worked mines in the State—where…

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Asks Miners Not to Be Provoked

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 May 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Warning miners not to be provoked into disputes, the General Secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Grant) said…

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New Move in Settling U.s. Coal Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 May 1943 · page 3

NEW YORK, May 13.—The Director of Economic Stabilisation (Mr. James Byrnes), in a directive which the Washington correspondent of…

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"Cannot Allow Any False Complacency" Mr. Mighell Warns of Coal Shortage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 May 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—"As chairman of the Commonwealth Coal Commission, I cannot allow owners, miners…

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Household Coal for Miners Newcastle Residents' Grievance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1943 · page 2

Miners' lodges at the 10 mines in the J. and A. Brown Abermain Seaham group claim that employees of the company who work on the…

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Cessnock Collieries Rugby League

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 15 May 1943 · page 4

Bellbird and E[?]ngton teams will meet on the Cessnock Sports Ground to-morrow in the Rugby League knockout competition for collieries in the Cessnock…

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Discipline Plans by Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 15 May 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY. — The Central Executive of the Miners' Federation will immediately discuss with its District Boards…

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Mr. Baddeley Calls for More Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) to-day urged miners to "forget past misfourtunes and hew coal to the…

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Stole Gold Valued at £31,496

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1943 · page 1

AUCKLAND, Friday.— An Australian metallurgist, Edward Morland, was found guilty in the Supreme Court at Wellington of a theft…

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Colliery Hand Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 17 May 1943 · page 2

Noel Kenny, 17. top hand, of Argenton, was badly injured when he fell from staging at the Stockton Borehole colliery to the…

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Mine Idle Over Transport

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 17 May 1943 · page 2

Private transport facilities, for men employed at Seaham Colliery, were at the root of a dispute which caused the idleness…

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Victorian Railways Short of Coal

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 17 May 1943 · page 2

MELBOURNE—Because the coal position is no better than it was early last December, when the Minister for Transport (Mr…

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Miners and Discipline Board To Discuss

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 May 1943 · page 2

Measures for discipline will be discussed at the sitting of the adjourned annual meeting of the miners' Northern Board of Management, which…

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Big Issues for Northern Miners' Board

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 17 May 1943 · page 2

Important issues affecting the mining industry will be discussed during the Northern Miners' Management Board sitting to…

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C.i.o. Denounces Miners' Leader

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 May 1943 · page 3

CLEVELAND, May 16.—Executives of the Congress of Industrial Organisations at a wartime policy meeting, carried a resolution urging…

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12 Mines Were Idle To-day

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 17 May 1943 · page 2

Twelve coal mines are idle in NSW to-day for a loss of more than 7000 tons, but the hold-ups at five collieries are due to…

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U.s. Miners Won't Attend Wage Parley

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 17 May 1943 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sunday.—John L. Lewis. President of the United Mineworkers' Union said to-night that his organisation would not be…

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Film Used As Evidence New Type Of Unit For Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 May 1943 · page 2

A 33mm. film of the mechanisation of the mining industry in America was shown as evidence for a wage claim submitted by the Miners'…

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Pay Homage To Valour In Factories, Mines, On Wharves—Mr. Curtin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 May 1943 · page 2

CANBERRA, Sunday.—Reference by the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) to the importance of the industrial front during a thanksgiving…

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Mine Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 May 1943 · page 3

Two mineworkers were injured to-day at Bellbird colliery. Stanley Harrison (16), a clipper, living at Sublacho Avenue. Cessnock,…

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