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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1944

1,854 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 93

Fourth Day of Miners' Claims

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1944 · page 6

Claims by miners occupied the attention of Judge Perdrianu. Chairman of the Workers Compensation Commission, for the fourth…

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Good Week for Coal Output

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1944 · page 2

Coal production this week on the Northern field was within reach of the last week's 180,000 tons, claimed by Miners' Federation officials as the…

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RAAF Men Peg Out Gold Claims

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 25 March 1944 · page 3

Gold claims have been pegged by many members of a RAAF works supply unit located in a former gold-mining district in…

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Two Mines to Resume

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 March 1944 · page 2

Stockrington No. 1 and Stanford Main No. 2 collieries, idle on Friday, will resume to-day. Full production is expected at Elrington,…

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Coalcliff Mine Idle To-day

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 March 1944 · page 2

Coalcliff Colliery, now under Commonwealth Government control, and South Clifton pits were Idle to-day as a protest against…

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Three Mines Are Idle in North

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 March 1944 · page 3

Disputes involving the conditions of wheelers and clippers caused three mine stoppages in the north to-day…

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Miners' Lodges, Unions Invited Broad A.L.P. Talk at Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 March 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Miners' lodges and trade-unions, whether affiliated with the Labour Party or not, are invited to send delegates to the…

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Coal Miners and the Army

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1944 · page 2

The Federal Government has acted wisely in deciding that the South Coast miners who were recently called up for military…

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Miners' Lodge Claims

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1944 · page 3

The Local Coal Industrial Authority (Mr. J. Connell) in Newcastle yesterday considered five matters submitted by Burwood miners' lodge. Decision on one…

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Miners' Meetings Re-arranged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1944 · page 3

Slight re-arrangrment has been made of combined lodge meetings in the North to hear reports by central and executive officers on the visit…

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Yorkshire Miners Go Back

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1944 · page 1

LONDON, March 27. A.A.P.—Nearly all miners in South York-shire collieries are back at work to-day. Men of the night shift went…

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Miners Appeal Against Fines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1944 · page 2

Judge Nield said at Cessnock yesterday that he would hear the appeals on Saturday of 62 miners against their conviction for absenting themselves…

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Idle Mines in North

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 March 1944 · page 2

Coal production losses increased to-day with new disputes causing partial idleness at Stockton Bore-hole and Burwood…

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Wants Volunteers for Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1944 · page 3

LITHGOW, Monday.—Men were urgently required for railways, tramways, rural work and mines. Those capable and physically fit should…

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Shareholders to Join Miners' Union

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1944 · page 2

Shareholders of the owning company who have been doing work at Kent colliery covered by the award of the Miners' Federation are to join the…

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Retired Miners to See Mr. Lang

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1944 · page 2

Although the Northern Council of the Retired Mineworkers' Association last week rejected a motion from the Cessnock branch that Mr. J. T. Lang,…

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U.s. Miners Granted Travelling Time

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 March 1944 · page 3

WASHINGTON. Monday.— The US. Supreme Court decided to-day that Iron ore miners ore entitled, under the Federal Wages…

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Miners' Meetings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 March 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Arrangements for a series of meetings of miners' lodges at which the central executive of the Miners' Federation will…

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Five Northern Mines Idle

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 March 1944 · page 2

Three new disputes occurred to-day at northern coal mines. Five collieries were Idle, including Burwood and Richmond…

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Miners Sleep In Without Clocks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 March 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Following complaints that the recent distribution of alarm clocks to mining districts was unsatisfactory, the…

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