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Riverina · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1940

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Coal Strike Whistles Blow at Collieries For Resumption of Work Little Response by Miners Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 May 1940 · page 3

Although the four collieries in the Lithgow district, which the Federal Government had decreed should reopen to-day, sent out…

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Volunteers Required for Work in Coal Mines May Register at Any Police Station

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 May 1940 · page 3

Volunteers for surface and underground work at the coal mines of New South Wales are required, and in an advertisement in this issue the…

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Coal Wanted for Urgent Defence Works Mr. Menzies Invits Miners to Do Their Duty Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 May 1940 · page 3

Mr. Menzies said to-night that unless ample supplies of coal were received soon from the mines not working at present, The war programme…

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Wife Sees Husband Struggle in Sea with Mine

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 14 May 1940 · page 4

A woman went on washing up at a South East Coast town in England while her husband struggled in the sea 100ft. below to secure a drifting…

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Coal Strike Conference This Afternoon SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 14 May 1940 · page 1

A conference between A.C.T.U. representatives and the combined unions will be resumed in Sydney this afternoon, when, it is understood,…

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Movement to End Coal Strike SYDNEY

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 14 May 1940 · page 2

Swift moves are being made to end the coal strike in view of the war crisis, and hopes are high that a settlement will be reached…

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Two Mines Operating In Northern Fields SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 14 May 1940 · page 1

The Greta mine, which can produce 600 tons of coal daily, and Rothbury which has been producing 1100 tons a day for some weeks, were the only…

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Two Collieries Working Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 May 1940 · page 4

The only collieries which were working on the northern coalfields today were the Millfield-Greta and Rothbury collieries. The production capacity of…

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N.S.W. Coal Mines Output Taken Over by Government Compensation to Owners CANBERRA

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 15 May 1940 · page 1

The output of the New South Wales coal mines has been acquired by the Federal Government by an order issued last night…

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Call for Mine Volunteers Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 15 May 1940 · page 2

The Premier said last night that a number of suitable applicants had applied, in Sydney yesterday for work on the coal mines in sufficient numbers to…

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Coal Mines Whole Output in N.S.W. To Be Taken Over by Government Compensation to Be Paid to Owners Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 May 1940 · page 4

The output of the New South Wales coal mines has been acquired by the Federal Government by an order issued tonight under the…

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Holland's Gold £154,000,000 in Netherlands 600,000 Men Under Arms

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 May 1940 · page 7

Holland has 600,000 men under arms, with an undisclosed number in reserve. Her navy consists of 12 armored and 60 unarmored ships, but…

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Coal Strike Over Miners to Resume Work

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 16 May 1940 · page 2

A settlement of the coal strike has been announced. It is expected that all mines will be in operation next week…

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Coal Strike Settled Prime Minister's Announcement Miners to Resume Immediately Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 May 1940 · page 2

The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) announced early this morning that the coal strike had been settled…

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Coal Strike Settled

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 16 May 1940 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: The settlement of the coal strike was announced by the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzes) in Canberra…

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Miners Rescued Overcome by Fumes Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 May 1940 · page 4

Two miners, James M'Caig, aged 27 years, and Bob Woods, were rescued from the Bendigo mine to-day after they bad been overcome by fumes…

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Free Labor in Mines Many Applications in City Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 May 1940 · page 2

Very heavy applications had been received in the metropolitan area For persons willing to accept work as free laborers in the coal mines, stated the…

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Miners in Collision Cessnock

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 4

The worst fog for years in the Cessnock district was responsible for a head-on collision between two motor cars at Mulkabs this morning. The…

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Coal Strike Settled SYDNEY

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 2

The coal strike is now settled and no further restrictions will be placed on industry. It will be some time, however, before the…

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Coal Production Will Start Next Week

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Aggregate meetings of mine workers on the northern, southern, and western coalfields today are expected to result in a large…

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