Pension Rise Likely for Miners
SYDNEY, Friday.—New legislation providing for increased pensions for retired miners and widening the scope of the…
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Mining & the mines, 1942
527 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 11 of 27
Coal Mine to Be Flooded
NEWCASTLE, Sunday.—The whole of Belmont No. 1 colliery, which employs between 70 and 80 men, is to be flooded to put…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Ignore Ultimatum
SYDNEY, Sunday: The strike at the Millfield colliery. Greta, is to continue. The miners lodge considers that the central council of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Refuse to Return to Work
NEWCASTLE, Sunday — Instructions by the Miners' Central Council to the striking miners at Millfield, Greta, to return to work…
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SYDNEY, Monday: National Security coal control regulations were applied today to miners on strike at Millfield mine. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Rations in U.S.?
WASHINGTON, Sunday (AAP).—The War Production Board Chief (Mr Nelson) warned that the rationing of coal might be necessary unless household…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Govt. Orders Mine Strikers To Army Forces
SYDNEY, Monday.—The striking miners at Millfield-Greta Colliery are now to be called up for service in the Citizens' Military Forces or in the Army Labour Corps…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Call-up of Gold Miners Opposed
KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.—The Commonwealth Government announcement that the gold mining industry cannot be given…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More Mines Idle
SYDNEY, Tuesday:. Stoppages on the coalfields today were the most numerous for weeks, 1647 men being idle and 5350 tons of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Strikes Hold Up Six Mines
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A sequel to the Coal Commissioner's move to apply Regulation 168 to 147 miners on strike at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Statement by Curtin on Miners Expected
CANBERRA, Tuesday: The Prime Minister; (Mr Curtin) is expected to announce formally in the House of Representatives tomorrow the…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday: Announcing in the House of Representatives this afternoon that 10 NSW coal mines were idle today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Usa Mine Explosion Kills 53
MORGAN (West Virgina), Tuesday: A terrific explosion killed at least 53 miners and trapped 37 other in a Christopher Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →53 Killed in Mine Disaster
NEW YORK, Tuesday (AAP).—A terrific explosion killed at least 53 miners and trapped 37 others at the Christopher Coal Company's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Northern Star Published at Lismore, N.S.W. Thursday, May 14, 1942. Coal Issue Test To-day
A SHOWDOWN between the striking coalminers in New South Wales and the Commonwealth Government is near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Four Coal Mines Open; Three Closed
CANBERRA, Thursday: Four collieries resumed worked today following strikes, but three fresh stoppages occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cross-firing in House on Coal Mine Stoppages
CANBERRA, Thursday: Member after member of the Opposition pressed for information about the coal position when the House of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State Gold Yield
Gold produced in New South Wales for the first three months of 1942 amounted to 21,019oz. fine, valued at £219,949, compared with 21,125oz., valued at £226.034, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Striking Miners to Have Another Chance
Miners at the Millfield-Greta colliery in New South Wales, whose sustained obstruction of coal production last week resulted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Costs High Through Freight Charges
Murwillumbah Municipal Council had to obtain coal supplies from Muswellbrook while the Nimbin mine was not operating,…
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