Army Releases for Coal Mining Industry
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Commonwealth Coal Commissioner (Mr. Mighell) to-night announced that it had been decided to expedite the…
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Mining & the mines, 1944
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Four Mines Idle
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Only South Coast mining fields could present a clean sheet in production to-day when four pits on other fields were…
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John Curnow, of Cornwall, one of the miners chosen to train young recruits. He works in the East Pool tin mine. Recruits…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Included in six stoppages on the New South Wales coalfields to-day was a strike at Coalcliff Colliery, which…
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SYDNEY, Monday: For the first time since the Australian flag was hoisted to the pithead of the Coal Cliff colliery a…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: Loss of coal in New South Wales today from stoppages at eight mines reached 12,000 tons--the heaviest since…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Including the Commonwealth Central Colliery, three South Coast mines idle yesterday were back at work…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.— With seven mines idle on the New South Wales coalfields today there was a production loss of…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: More than 2300 mine workers on the northern fields went on strike today, causing the loss of 9000…
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Opening-up of Possibly the best coal seam yet located on the Tweed was reported at Murwillumbah Municipal Council…
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LONDON, Thursday (AAP).—The number of miners striking in Yorkshire over the price of coal they are using in their own homes has…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: Australia's second coal producing mine. Richmond Main, which has more men on its payroll than any other…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Work was resumed to-day in two western, and three northern mines, but five other pits are still idle and the…
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CHUNGKING, Wednesday (AAP) — The Chinese Central Newsagency reports that the Japanese liner Nanhai Maru…
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SYDNEY, Friday. — All South Coast and western field collieries worked to-day, but five northern mines were idle or partially idle,…
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SYDNEY, Friday. — The first batch of men called into the Army as a result of the general strike on the South Coast…
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LONDON, Friday: At the instigation of Russia, the agreement giving Japan coal and oil concessions in…
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CESSNOCK, Monday. — Appeals by 63 Aberdeen Extended mine-workers convicted on February 5 on charges of…
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LONDON, Sunday: Ninety thousand Yorkshire miners who are on striqe over the "home coal" grievance were instructed yesterday by…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Only three coal mines, all on the northern field were idle to-day. The coal loss did not exceed 1500 tons…
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