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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1944

1,854 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 93

Ice-box Tragedy Miners' Appeals on March 13

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 3

LONDON.—Known as the "Spider Killer" Theodore Coneys wins found guilty of murder and sentenced to Imprisonment for life Appeals lodged by the two miners who were sentenced to gaol by: Mr R. C. Atkimson. SM at Cessnock Police court on Saturday…

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Three Mines Will Be Idle Management Board Disobeyed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 2

All but three of 11 Northern collieries idle on Friday are expected to work to-day. In defiance of an order to resume…

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Demand Is Made for Aggregate Meetings on Gaoling of Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 3

Millfield-Greta miners to-day demanded aggregate meetings so that the federation could discuss its attitude to counter the imposition of penalties such as those on Saturday on absentee miners…

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Comb Out In Mines New Policy to Be Acted on

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 1

CANBERRA.—Many undesirables have wormed their way Into ranks of coal miners to avoid military service and are using…

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Miners Appeal Against Gaol Sentences Millfield Greta Expected To Work To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 2

Immediate lodgment of appeals staved off the goal sentences imposed on two miners convicted at the special Court at Cessnock on…

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Discuss Gaol Sentences for Mine Absentees Miners' Board to Meet To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 2

Northern Miners' Federation policy towards the gaoling of mineworkers for absenteeism will be discussed to-day at a special meeting of the Board of Management. This was the main development…

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Electrocuted in Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 3

While boring at North Wallarah colliery, Thomas Sault, 30, of Gates head, near Charlestown, was electrocuted. He was standing in six…

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Miners' Board Takes Stand on Gaol Sentences

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 3

Protection for northern miners against the "tyranny" of prosecutions was promised to-day by the Management Board of the Northern Federation. The board protested emphatically against the methods…

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Berlin Says Mines Were Laid Off Auckland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 1

NEW YORK, Jan. 10.—Berlin Radio, quoting "Voelkischer Beobachter" revealed that a German raider mined the Kauraki Gulf, the…

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Some Liable for Call-up Miners Defied Union Discipline

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday—Following their alleged refusal to accept union discipline some mineworkers have been excluded from the coal industry and…

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Diminishing Coal Stocks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Coal tocks for general industry in New South Wales were enough for about three weeks on January 1, figures released…

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Willis on Mines Manpower

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 3

"It is not my business at present," said the Chairman of the Central Coal Authority (Mr. A. C. Willis) when he was asked at…

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Miners' General Sec. Visits Collie

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Miners at Collie (WA) welcomed the New Year over cups of tea, says the miners' general secretary (Mr. G. W. S…

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Letters to Editor Miners' Leadership

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 4

Sir,—The tendency of your paper in recent months to attack Communists openly and by inference is most noticeable…

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Discipline in the Coal Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 2

The first working week of 1944 was not a happy one in the coal industry. In the Northern District as many as 12 mines were…

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In North Only Two Mines Are Idle

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 3

With the exception of Western, where both collieries were idle, all mining areas on the Northern fields to-day…

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Miners' Board Calls Millfield Penalties Vicious "Will Protect Members from Tyranny"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 2

Protesting against "vicious penalties" imposed on two employees of Milifield Greta colliery, the Northern Miners' Board of…

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Coal Losses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1944 · page 4

Sir,—On January 7 comment upon the disastrous coal losses was made by three men each of considerable repute, and representative of the…

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Willis's Report on Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 January 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY. — Manpower authorities have acted on the recommendation of Mr. A. C. Willis that certain…

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Best Coal Output Since Christmas

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1944 · page 3

With only two mines idle yesterday, coal production in the North was the best since January 3, when the collieries reopened after the…

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