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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1943

1,593 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 30 of 80

Two Mines Idle

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 21 May 1943 · page 3

Today was the first occasion for months on which there was no unauthorised mine stoppage. There were two mines Idle to…

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Victoria Wants Own Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 May 1943 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Plans to make Victoria as independent as possible in coal supplies from other States were outlined by the Premier…

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Miners' Board Deals with Appeals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 May 1943 · page 4

The adjourned annual meeting of the Northern Miners' Board of Management yesterday dealt with appeals. The District President (Mr. H. Scanlon) said…

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Liquid Air Mines on London?

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 21 May 1943 · page 1

LONDON. Thurs. — Madrid Radio says it is rumored in Berlin that in recent raids on London the Germans dropped liquid…

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Surprise Move by U.S. Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 May 1943 · page 3

WASHINGTON, May 20. — The President of the United Mineworkers' Association (Mr. John Lewis) to-night led the association back…

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New Secretary for R.S.L. Well-known Mining Personality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 May 1943 · page 2

MR. J. R. "Dick" Lewis, who succeeds Mr. A. R. Cutler, V.C., as State Secretary of the Returned Soldiers' League, was well-known in…

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Use Nymboida Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 May 1943 · page 6

GRAFTON, Friday.—Mr. F. N. Murphy told Grafton Chamber of Commerce that a South Grafton blacksmith had informed him that…

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Clipper Died, Mine Stopped

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 May 1943 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—Because a clipper boy died from meningitis last night, South Clifton mine, on the South Coast, stopped work as a…

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Nsw Railways Short of Coal

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 22 May 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Confirming the warning Riven by the Victorian Minister for Transport (Mr. Hyland) that Victorian railways had…

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Victorian Railways Short of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 May 1943 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Victoria Railways Department has coal for only 22 days' running. The Transport Minister (Mr…

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Killed by Fall of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 May 1943 · page 6

At the inquiry into the death of Ino Thomas Taafe, 47,of Swansea, who was killed at Wallarah colliery, Catherine Hill Bay, on April 22, when struck by a…

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Challenge to Cessnock Mine Rugby Winners

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 22 May 1943 · page 4

The team that wins the Cess nock district collieries Rugby League knockout final at Cessnock to-morrow may be…

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Nazis Said to be Using Liquid Air Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 May 1943 · page 1

LONDON, May 21—Madrid Radio says it is rumoured in Berlin that in recent raids on London, the Germans dropped liquid air mines,…

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"Guinea Gold" Kept Faith

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 May 1943 · page 3

SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA, Sunday.—"Guinea Gold," New Guinea's Army newspaper, celebrated its first six months of publication…

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No German Coal for Italy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 May 1943 · page 1

LONDON, May 23.—Morocco Radio states that as a result of floods following the bombing of the Mohne dam, deliveries of coal from the Ruhr…

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Coal And The War Effort

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 May 1943 · page 2

The plain facts about the coal situation are that the output of coal is insufficient for war-time needs and that stoppages at…

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"Mine" May Be Naval Buoy Adrift

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 May 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday. — A "mine" which Tamarama residents saw floating towards shore yesterday afternoon is believed by the authorities…

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Fines, Suspensions and Expulsions Miners' Board Plan To Discipline Irresponsibles

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 May 1943 · page 2

Fines, suspensions and expulsions for mineworkers who cause stoppages, and for lodges which refuse to impose the penalties, are…

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Danger of Low Coal Stocks Trains, Trams May Be Affected

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 May 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Unless New South Wales coal stocks are improved or at least maintained at their present level the State's transport…

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Wants More Men in Victorian Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 May 1943 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.—The President of the Victorian District of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Williams) said that if 300 men were…

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