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Mining & the mines, 1941

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Miners Heed Appeal

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 November 1941 · page 3

SYDNEY, Saturday.—Mr. C. Nelson, general president of the Miners' Federation, and Mr. G. W. 8. Grant. general secretary, yesterday appealed to…

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Coal Production Threatened by Miners Federation

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 November 1941 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Secretary of the [?] Federation (Mr. Grant) said to-day that [?]…

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300 Miners Stay in

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 12 November 1941 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Three hundred miners at Hebburn No. 1 Colliery Weston Pit, staged a stay-in strike to-day. Refusal to leave the workings…

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Miners Fatally Crushed Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 November 1941 · page 4

Robert Thomson, aged 57 years 5 Booval, and Robert Grieve, aged 58 years, East Ipswich, were crushed to death in a fall of shale at New…

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M.H.R.'s Attack on Mine Owners

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 November 1941 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Northern coalowners were adopting irritation tac­tics in an attempt to bring ridicule upon the reference boards, declared…

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Mine Talks Fail 63,000 Workers Idle

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 November 1941 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Sunday.—John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, announced to-day that negotiations for a settlement of the…

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Coal Industry Holiday Pay Penalty Conference to Discuss Protest

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 November 1941 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—On the grounds that a stoppage might result at all Australian coal mines through the deduction of annual holidays on account…

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Miners Defended

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 November 1941 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—"The miners are not asking for something to which they are not entitled in protesting against the holiday penalty clause of…

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Floating Mines

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 19 November 1941 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Two floating mines have been discovered and destroyed in the shipping lanes on the New South Wales and Victorian…

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U.s. Coal Strike

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 19 November 1941 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Tuesday. There was a further outbreak of violence in the coal strike today, when two negro miners, who are members of the…

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Floating Mines Off Australian Coast

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 November 1941 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Two floating mines have been discovered and destroyed off the shipping lanes near the New South Wales and Victorian coasts…

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In Occupied Areas Albanians Damage Copper Mines

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 November 1941 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.).—Albanian patriots have partly destroyed important iron and copper mines in the Mirdita region. The Italian chief…

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Miners' Holiday Dispute That May Lead to General Stoppage

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 November 1941 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Stoppages at coalfields throughout Australia are likely unless a satisfactory agreement in the annual holiday dispute is…

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U.S. Coal Strike 137 Mines Now Closed President's Urgent Appeal

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 November 1941 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Wednesday. — The sympathy strike movement is spreading rapidly and now 137 commercial coal mines in Pennslvama. West…

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Miners "Stay In"

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 21 November 1941 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Friday: Miners at Wallarah Colliery staged a "stay in" strike today as a protest against the holiday penalty clause of' the award…

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Miners' Dispute Potponement of Conference

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 November 1941 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.-Because Mr. H. C. Finnis, an executive member of the Coal Control Board, is not acceptable to the Miners' Federation as chairman…

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Miners' Stay-in Strike

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 November 1941 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—As a protest against the holiday penalty for stoppages, about 400 miners staged a stay-in strike at Wallarah mine in…

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Shootings in U.S. Strikes Government Firm Legislation Planned to Seize Mines

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 November 1941 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Thursday (A.A.P.)— defence officials said to-night, as reports came in of shootings in connection with the coal strike and the…

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The Coal Strike

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 24 November 1941 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: The coal strike on the northern field extended today, when 600 men from the Burwood and 400 from the John Daring collieries…

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Two Killed Explosion at Tasmanian Mine

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 November 1941 · page 5

BURINE (Tas.) Sunday. — James [?]urrelly, 25, and Gerald Quinn, 21, single, both of Gormanston, died this morning from injuries received in the…

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