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Mining & the mines, 1940

628 stories in Riverina's papers · page 29 of 32

Mine Dispute Settled But 450 Men Suspended by Union Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 October 1940 · page 2

Work was resumed to-day at Stockton Borehole mine. One of the five Italians to whom the men objected presented himself for work, but he was…

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Realistic Exercises for A.I.F. Wooden Bullets and Smoke Mines (From Kenneth Slessior, Official Correspondent to the A.I.F. in England)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 15 October 1940 · page 3

The divisional manoeuvres of the A.I.F. a few day's ago were not only the most comprehensive exercise which the Australians have so far…

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Record Railway Revenue Mr. Hartigan’s Annual Report Coal Strike Causes Deficit

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 17 October 1940 · page 4

Tabled in Parliament during this session, the annual report of the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Hartigan) for the financial…

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World's Deepest Gold Mine Instals Robot to Control Crushed Ore

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 18 October 1940 · page 2

The oldest and deepest gold mine in the world, the John Del Rey mine in Brazil, is about to the equipped with the most complete are…

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Realistic Exercises for A.I.F. Wooden Bullets and Smoke Mines

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 18 October 1940 · page 4

THE divisional manoeuvres of the A.I.F. a few days ago were not only the most comprehensive exercise which the…

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Record Railway Revenue Mr. Hartigan's Annual Report Coal Strike Causes Deficit

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 18 October 1940 · page 4

TABLED in Parliament during this session, the annual report of the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. T. J. Hartigan) for the…

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Britain's Vast Coal Reserves

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 21 October 1940 · page 2

Cargoes from the vast supplies of British coal which have accumulated as a result of the submission of France, have already been shipped to South…

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Coal Mine Fire Cessnock Colliers Have Narrow Escape Cessnock

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 October 1940 · page 4

The pit top and the 60 foot poppet head at Aberdare Colliery, Cessnock, were severely damaged by fire early this morning. A number of miners…

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Mine Mechanisation Trouble in Prospect At Newcastle

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 23 October 1940 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday: It is expected that about half of the 600 men employed at the John Darling mine will be called out as a result of…

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Mine Mechanisation Trouble in Prospect at Newcastle Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 October 1940 · page 4

It is expected that about half of the 600 men employed at the John Darling Mine will be called out as a result of the management's decision to…

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British Coal Being Shipped Across Atlantic

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 October 1940 · page 3

Cargoes from the vast supplies of British coal which have accumulated as a result of the submission of France have already been shipped to South…

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Britain’s Vast Coal Reserves Now Being Shipped Across Atlantic

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 24 October 1940 · page 5

Cargoes from the vast supplies of British coal which have accumulated as a result of the submission of France have already been shipped to…

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The Magic of Coal Has 6000 By-products the Gasworks’ Part in Industry

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 24 October 1940 · page 6

ONE after another, the hazards of childbirth are disappearing as a result of the discovery in a gasworks by product of a marvellous new drug. For years brilliant research chemists groped towards it. In all…

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Burwood Mine Idle Following Fatal Accident Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 October 1940 · page 6

Following an underground locomotive smash yesterday, in which a youth was killed and a man and youth seriously Injured, the Burwood mine was…

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Beau Vite Equals Caulfield Track Record Gold Salute Hits Out

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 October 1940 · page 6

The best time ever made in a trial mile at Caulfield was equalled by the Melbourne Cup favorite, Beau Vite, when he registered 1.40 to-day. Beau Vite carried N. Selwood…

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Dispute Settled Miners Accept Terms Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 October 1940 · page 4

A meeting of the miners concerned in the dispute on the southern coalfields to-day accepted the terms of settlement drawn up at the compulsory…

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Heart of Gold and Cold Feet

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 29 October 1940 · page 4

A score of years in Parliament has brought to Mr. Matt. Kilpatrick, M.L.A., a wealth of reminiscences which lose nothing in the telling. His…

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Record Railway Revenue Mr. Hartigan's Annual Report Coal Strike Causes Deficit

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 1 November 1940 · page 1

Tabled in Parliament during this session the annual report of the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. T. J. Hartigan) for the financial year…

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Hogan Gold Cup Competition Commences

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 4 November 1940 · page 3

The first games of the 1940/41 Hogan Gold Cup competition were played yesterday. Gundagai defeated Back Creek…

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Another Mine Dispute Southern Stoppage Likely Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 November 1940 · page 2

A general stoppage on the Southern coalfields is threatened unless the management of the Old Bullf Mine reinstates a man who was dismissed on…

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