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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1940

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Coal Strike. Mass Meetings of Miners to Make Decision

Tweed Daily · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday:—Mass meetings of miners will be held on all coalfields next week when it is expected that…

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Ample Coal Supplies

Tweed Daily · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 4

The Electrical Engineer (Mr T. O. Flynn) reported to the meeting of Murwillumbah Municipal Council on Wednesday night that he had been…

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Coal Strike to End? Hopes in Canberra No Decision Yet by Men Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 7

Despite the fact that the Combined Mining Unions did not reach a definite decision on the coal dispute, the Prime…

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COAL STRIKE—Page 7: FEDERAL £20 Million War-time Tax PLAN—Page 7 Enemy Claims Not Borne Out Invader Pressed News From Norway Less Grim London

Northern Star · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 1

AFTER yesterday's batch of German claims from Norway, some of which bore a…

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Italian Imports of Coal From Germany

Tweed Daily · Saturday 4 May 1940 · page 3

ROME, Thursday:—Signor Venturi, Communications Minister, declared that coal imports from Germany in April totalled 986,000…

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Regulations For Reopening Mines Call for First Volunteers Likely on

Tweed Daily · Saturday 4 May 1940 · page 5

CANBERRA, Friday:—Regulations were issued to-night enabling the Commonwealth to compel the owners to open the mines immediately with any available labor…

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Miners to Vote on Strike Next Week Decision To Be By Rank And File Tuesday's Meeting In North SYDNEY

Northern Star · Saturday 4 May 1940 · page 7

THE rank and file of mine workers will decide whether to continue the strike or return to work at aggregate meetings to be held in the no[?]th on Tuesday and west and south on Wednesday…

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Miners' Leaders to Recommend Continued Strike

Tweed Daily · Monday 6 May 1940 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday:— The President (Mr. Nelson) said to-day that the Combined Mining Unions' Executive…

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C.M.U. Will Advise Miners To Go On With Strike SYDNEY

Northern Star · Monday 6 May 1940 · page 7

A RECOMMENDATION to continue the coal strike will be submitted by the Combined Mining Union to the aggregate meetings of miners on all the coalfields this week. This announcement was made by the president (Mr. Nelson) and the…

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End of Coal Strike Miners' Decision To-day

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 2

NEWCASTLE: The opinion among the mine workers as to whether the coal strike should be continued or not seems evenly…

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Electrical Engineers and Coal Strike

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 2

Murwillumbah Municipal Council's Electrical Engineer (Mr. T. E. Flynn) stated yesterday that any extension of the coal strike to embrace the…

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Miners in Q'land Decide to Resume

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 3

BRISBANE, Monday: — Aggregate meetings of miners to-day decided to resume work. The mines…

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Miners to Meet in N.s.w. Northen Fields To-day

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday:— The first of the series 'of aggregate meetings of miners tc decide whether the strike shall be called off or…

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Surprise At C.M.U. Recommendation Miners Evenly Divided on Strike Issue Booval Men (Q'land) Go Back to Work Newcastle

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 7

THE opinion among the mine workers as to whether the coal strike should be continued [?] not seems evenly divided; and the issue most likely will depend on the manner in which the mine leaders present the case…

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What Strike Cost Q'land Miners

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 8 May 1940 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday:— As the result of the strike, Queensland miners lost £120,000 in wages, and £l0,000 is owing on the second and third dockets…

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Norwegian Gold Reserve Shipped London

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 May 1940 · page 1

The Norwegian gold reserve which is worth £22 million is being brought to London…

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Northern Miniers Vote For Resumption End of Coal Strike Certain

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 8 May 1940 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday:—By a majority of about 200, the aggregate meetings of coal miners in the northern fields of New South Wales voted to-day for a return to work…

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Yesterday's Meetings Of Miners Favored Continuing Strike

Tweed Daily · Thursday 9 May 1940 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday:—Miners on the southern and western coalfields of New South Wales to-day decided by an overwhelming majority to continue the strike…

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Coal Strike: Voting on Western Fields Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 9 May 1940 · page 1

The voting at Cullen Bullen, on the western fields, was 120 for continuing the strike and none against…

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Southern, Western Miners Support Strike Big Majority Northern Men "Against" Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 9 May 1940 · page 7

AS a result of the voting at the miners' aggregate meetings in the south and west to-day, there was a big majority for a continuation of the coal strike. The meetings this morning, by a big majority,…

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