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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1942

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More Miners Ordered To Return To Work

Northern Star · Thursday 19 March 1942 · page 5

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Statutory rule 77 has been applied against a striking mine at the Richmond Main Colliery, the largest mine in…

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Miners' Request Refused

Tweed Daily · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday:-- The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) in. a letter to the Miners' Federation has refused to use National…

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All Coal Mines Working

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Every colliery in NSW Was at work today. The general secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. G. Grant) said that more coal…

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Coal Output "Highest For Many Years"

Northern Star · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday. — Declaring today that the State's output of coal for the last fortnight was the highest for many years, the…

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Statement on Coal Production Questioned

Northern Star · Wednesday 25 March 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Yesterday's statement by the Minister for Mines (Mr Baddeley) that coal production in New South Wales…

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Stoppages at Two Collieries

Northern Star · Thursday 26 March 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday—Stoppages occurred at two collieries oil New South Wales coalfields today, but the total number of men affected…

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Miners Protest, Strike

Northern Star · Friday 27 March 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—As a protest against the decision of the chairman of the Local Reference Board regarding the employment of…

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4000 Miners on Strike

Tweed Daily · Saturday 28 March 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: Four thousand miners at New South Wales mines went on strike today and the production of 4000 tons of…

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1400 Miners on Strike

Northern Star · Saturday 28 March 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—Four mines employing 1400 men were idle in New South Wales today…

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Reg. 77 Applied to Miners

Northern Star · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.— All mines in the North will work tomorrow. At the weekend, officers of the…

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N Guinea Miners Hid Their Gold

Northern Star · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday. — Miners from Eddy Creek and other New Guinea fields have arrived from file north after an adventurous…

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Miners Disobeyed Order

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 1

CANBERRA, Monday: The enlistment of striking miners in the militia or labor corps may follow a special report to the Prime…

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Mine Strikers Defy Govt Ultimatum

Northern Star · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 5

CANBERRA, Monday.—Striking miners at Hebbum No, 2 colliery, by refusing to return to their jobs to-day, provided the first industrial challenge to the Government on Regulation 77…

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Govt. Intervening in Miners' Strike

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: The Federal Government is intervening in the strike at Hepburn No. 2 colliery, where on Monday the…

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1700 Miners Idle Govt. Order Defied

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Including Hebburn No. 2, which is still defying the Regulation 77 order of the Federal…

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BOWLS Kyogle Down In Gold Feathers Game

The Kyogle Examiner · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 6

In a match at Casino for the Palmer Gold Feathers, a Kyogle rink comprising H. P. Martin, J. Crawford, R. Morrow and D. McIntosh was…

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1200 Jews Sent to Death in Sulphur Mines

Northern Star · Friday 3 April 1942 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday (AAP). —The Dutch Government has announced that it has established beyond doubt that 1200…

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Five Coal Mines Idle on

Tweed Daily · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Five New South Wales collieries were idle yesterday. Most of the men at Bulli resumed work, but a number of…

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1200 Dutch Jews Die in Austrian Sulphur Mines

Tweed Daily · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday: The Dutch Government has announced that it has established beyond doubt that 1200 Dutch Jews sent by the…

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English Miners Want Requisitioning of All Mines

Tweed Daily · Monday 6 April 1942 · page 1

LONDON, Saturday: The National Council of Labor, in conjunction with the Miners' Federation, has placed a plan before the…

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