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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1943

1,593 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 80

Southern Miners to Seek a Rise

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 January 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY.—The Central Council of the Miners' Federation, to open its sessions In Sydney on Monday. will be naked by the Southern…

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Minister Inspects Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 3

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddely) made an inspection of high seam working in Abermain No. 2 colliery yesterday. He inspected south-east…

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Wallarah Mine Transport

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The threat by 250 miners at Wallarah colliery to hold a stop-work meeting within 48 hours, unless transport was provided to and…

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Curtin Praises Coal Production

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 2

CANBERRA.—Coalmine stoppages were a legacy of injustice, the Prime Minister (Mr. curtin) said in Parliament today, when…

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Plan To Educate Mine Interests In Hydraulic Stowage

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 2

Efforts are to be made to educate coalmining interests in the north in hydraulic stowage. The move follows the visit to…

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Control of Mine Strikes "Class Legislation," Says Company Chairman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Loss of coal production in New South Wales for 1942 due to stoppages, absenteeism and other cases, totalled 2,169,000…

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Charges Against Manager of Colliery

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 3

Of the six charges preferred against Charles Brown, manager of Public Colliery, Teralba, at the Police Court yesterday, by the…

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Miners' Federation Rules

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—District presidents and the central executive to-day completed the draft of proposed rules for submission to the annual meeting of…

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Mine With No Stoppages

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 1

ONE THOUSAND and fifty days without a dispute, without the loss of a day's work. This is the record of Cessnock No…

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Mining Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 5

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) at the inquest on Arthur Morris Thomson, 52, of Albert-street,…

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Body Near Coal Line

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 3

The mutilated body of a man was found on the coal line near the abattoirs early this morning. An identity card, bearing the name,,…

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91 Mine Workers From Millfield Greta Before Court

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 3

A work stoppage at Millfield-Greta Colliery between January 12 and January 18 had its sequel in a special sitting of Cessnock Police Court to-day when 91 mine workers were charged with absenteeism…

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Mine Manager on Six Charges One Conviction, One Dismissal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 6

Six charges were preferred by the Commonwealth Crown Solicitor against Charles Brown, manager at Pacific Colliery, Teralba, at…

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Never So Much Coal Produced Mr. Curtin on Stoppages

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 3

CANBERRA, Friday.—Every part of the British Commonwealth Nations had experienced a certain amount of difficulty in regard to…

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Three Collieries Idle To-day

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 February 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Three collieries, employing 1020 men and producing 2900 tons of coal daily, are idle to-day…

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Australians Repel Two Attacks Japanese Tried to Get to Wau Gold Town

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

SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Sunday. — Two determined attacks by Japanese forces towards Wau, colourful goldmining centre in the New Guinea mountains 34 miles south-west of Salamau have been repulsed in the last…

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Miners' Council Begins

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—The annual conference of the Central Council of the Miners' Federation, attended by representatives from New South Wales…

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Inspect Country Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1943 · page 3

Mr. J. Sneddon, a miners' check inspector for the Northern district, left Newcastle for Gunnedah last night following an urgent telegram from the…

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Two Southern Mines Idle

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY.—All coal mines in the North are working to-day, but more than 320 men at Excelsior No. 1 and 2 mines in the South…

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All Mines Working In The North

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1943 · page 3

For the first time in many months all collieries in the north have worked successively on two days…

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