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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1941

306 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 13 of 16

Dealing with German Mines

Tweed Daily · Friday 24 October 1941 · page 1

German mines are rendered harmless by British Navy R.M.S. (Rendering Mines Safe) squads. They haul the…

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Mining Leases Withdrawn

Tweed Daily · Friday 24 October 1941 · page 2

In the Warden's Court at Mullumbimby yesterday, before the Mining Warden, Mr. A. J Bryant, application was made by My. T. Rummery…

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Shipping Dispute Settled Trouble at Mine

Tweed Daily · Saturday 25 October 1941 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday:--A settlement was reached to-day in the dispute which has held up three overseas ships at Australian ports…

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Reading May Not Start in Moonee Valley Gold Cup

Northern Star · Saturday 25 October 1941 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Friday.—A decision as to whether Reading will run in the Moonee Valley Gold Cup to-morrow will not be made…

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53,000 U.s. Coal Workers to Strike

Tweed Daily · Monday 27 October 1941 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Saturday:—Rejecting a request by President Roosevelt that work should not cease in steel industries in the…

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Miners Threaten Strike in West

Northern Star · Tuesday 28 October 1941 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—If an eviction order against a miner at Lithgow is given effect to on November 10, all coal mines in the western…

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Mines on South Coast Idle To-day

Tweed Daily · Thursday 30 October 1941 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday:--All collieries on the South Coast will be idle to-morrow because of the decision of the miners to hold…

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Mine Floating Off Victorian Coast

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 November 1941 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.—A fisherman who was working in a sea lane near Port Phillips Heads today dispovered a floating mine…

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Mine on Beach in West Australia

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 4 November 1941 · page 1

PERTH, Monday:—Partly embedded in the sand, a mine of German origin three feet in diameter was found on a beach on…

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Mine Near Entrance to Port Phillip Bay

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 4 November 1941 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday:—A minesweeper exploded a floating mine two miles south of the entrance to Port Phillip Bay to-day…

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3 COURSES-- 10d English Miners Live in Wartime

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 4 November 1941 · page 5

LONDON,--Three-course meals for tenpence are now being served daily from one o'clock to half-past six at Mansfield colliery in…

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Japanese Ship Sunk By Mine

Tweed Daily · Friday 7 November 1941 · page 1

TOKIO, Thursday: The Japanese steamer Kiri Mara (4522 tons), plying between Seishin and Tsuruha carrying…

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Russian Mine Sinks Jap Ship

Northern Star · Friday 7 November 1941 · page 8

LONDON, Thursday (AAP). —The Japanese Domei news-agency says that Japan to-day protested to Russia about the…

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Beach Mining

Northern Star · Saturday 8 November 1941 · page 4

Large quantities of concentrates extracted from the beach sands between Fingal Headland and Cudgen Headland are being despatched by…

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Govt. Attitude to Coal Reference Board

Tweed Daily · Saturday 8 November 1941 · page 5

CANBERRA, Friday: The Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) stated in the House of Representatives to-day that the Government was not…

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Coal Production

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 November 1941 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday. — The secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Grant) said to-day that coal production may be…

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"U.s. Ship Damaged by Mine"

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 11 November 1941 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday:-- The German radio states that an American ship with war material for Russia was badly damaged when it struck a mine…

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Threat to Cease Coal Production in Victoria

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 11 November 1941 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday:--The Miners' Federation has decided to warn the Victorian State Government that if it fails to introduce a…

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Coal Industry Security Regulations May Lapse

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 12 November 1941 · page 8

CANBERRA, Tuesday: National Security regulations passed by the Menzi[?] Government to rationalise the c[?] industry and to empower…

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Coal Commission

Tweed Daily · Thursday 13 November 1941 · page 2

CANBERRA, Wednesday:—It was reported in Canberra to-night that sweeping changes in the constitution of the commission to control the coal…

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