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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1942

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Assets of the State? Carcoar Iron Mine

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 28 May 1942 · page 6

The B.H.P. or any other company could not deal with the assets of this State, said the Minister for Mines (Mr. J. M…

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New Appeal To Miners By Curtin Canberra

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 30 May 1942 · page 1

Coalminers and owners were warned by the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) today that Australia stands in the direst peril, and that every ton of…

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Coalminers Mines Still Idle Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 1 June 1942 · page 5

On the first working day since the announcement of the new coal code, three mines are idle in New South Wales to-day, in the…

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Five Mines Idle Today in Coal Strike Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1942 · page 1

Five mines are idle in New South Wales today as a result of a strike, while a stoppage has occurred at a sixth mine owing to transport…

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Striking Miners Hold Up Production Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 4 June 1942 · page 1

Coalmine stoppages continued in several Now South Wales mines today, and it is estimated that today's inactivity at nine [?]llieries, involving…

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Government Control for British Mines Usa at War with Balkan States London. Wednesday. Washington

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 4 June 1942 · page 1

It has been announced officially that the government has decided immediately to assume full control of the coalmines and to organise the Without a dissenting voice and without debate, the House of Representatives voted to declare war against Bulgaria, Hungary and Rumania…

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Five Mines Idle To-day Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 5 June 1942 · page 2

[?]five mines idls and one [?] idle in N.S.W. today the [?] of the Southern Disricts (Mr. F. Lowden) has…

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Striking Miners Defended by Ward Canberra

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 June 1942 · page 1

"Nationalisation of the Australian coal industry is the only way to obtain maximum production," said the Minister for Labor (Mr. Ward)…

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Railwayman Injured by Falling Coal

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 11 June 1942 · page 2

Mr. S. George, railway employee, of 15 Bourke Street, suffered a severe laceration to the top of the head on Tuesday night when a large piece of…

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Gold Hidden in Mountains Bushranger Who Scorned Silver Hid a Fortune in Gold

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 11 June 1942 · page 6

Somewhere on a rock-strewn mountain near the Fish River that emptied into the Wyangala Dam, a fortune…

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£1000 in Gold Found In Gipsies' Home Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 11 June 1942 · page 1

Under warrant four detectives yesterday raided a house occupied by a number of gipney in Dowling Street, East Sydney, and took…

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Four Mines Again Idle on Northern Field Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 June 1942 · page 1

Four mines arc idle in New South Wales today. One of the mines, Richmond Main, the largest producing colliery in Australia, was laid idle by a…

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450 Aberdare Miners Return to Work Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 June 1942 · page 3

Millfield miners were idle today for six hours. but work was resumed this morning by 450 Aberdare Central miners, who had been out for two days…

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Railway Coal Stocks Seriously Low Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 June 1942 · page 1

The Railway Commissioner (Mr. Hartigan) today declared that the railways' coal position was extremely serious…

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Coal Farce Continues Nineteen Mines Idle To-day Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 19 June 1942 · page 3

Nineteen mines are idle on the N.S.W. Northern coalfields today, in the biggest stoppage since the last general coal strike…

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British Mines Sown in German Waters London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 June 1942 · page 4

The Swedish newspaper "Afton Bladet" publishes an interview with a sailor from Goteborg, who has sailed for many months between Germany…

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Miners' Gift of £2236 Reduced by Exchange Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 June 1942 · page 1

Out of £2236 sent by the Miners' Federation to London for Red Cross aid to miners and their families in the Don Basin, £448 was lost in…

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13 Mines on Strike In 19 Idle in State—Calamity Says Chief Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 June 1942 · page 1

Nineteen mines were idle on the Now South Wales northern fields to-day in the biggest stoppage since the last general coal strike. Thirteen of…

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Gold Hidden In Mountains Bushranger Who Scorned Silver Hid a Fortune in Gold

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 22 June 1942 · page 4

Somewhere on a rock-strewn mountain near the Fish River that empties into the Wyangala Dam, a fortune in stolen gold lies…

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Refused a Fortune in Broken Hill Mines Adelaide

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 22 June 1942 · page 3

Mr. Isaac J. Haskard, 61, former Mayor of .Broken Hill, in the early days if the Barrier was offered a fourteenth share in the…

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