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Mining & the mines, 1943

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Victorian Railways Critical Coal Position

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 May 1943 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Friday: The Victorian Railways Department has coal for only 22 days. This vat stated to-day by the Transport…

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Raid Over France Australian Pilot's Long Flight Liquid Air Mines Dropped on London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 May 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Friday: During a four-hour intruder patrol last night in a Mosquito, Flying-Officer R. Beckett, of Newcastle…

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Serious Coal Position May Affect Transport

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 May 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Unless New South Wales coal stocks are improved are at least maintained at their present level the State's transport system…

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Mine Discipline Penalties for Ceasing Work From Fine to Expulsion

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 May 1943 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Sunday—The Northern Miners' Management Board to-day decided to discipline any of its members who ceased work against the…

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Mines Understaffed

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1943 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.—The president of the Victorian District Miners' Federation (Mr. I. Williams) said to-night that if 300…

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Two Mine Stoppages Men's Reasons for Not Working

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1943 · page 1

CESSNOCK, Monday-Hebburn No. 2 Miners' Lodge to-day rejected proposals aimed at ending the protracted stoppage at the pit on the grounds of…

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"Cut More Coal" Mr. Churchill's Message to Miners

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 May 1943 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday: Every mine worker is receiving a message from Mr. Churchill, urging greater output. Mr…

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Idle Mines

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 May 1943 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Including Mount Kembla, where storm [?] is still being repaired, five mines was idle on the NSW coalfields to-day…

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Coal Stocks City Council Supplies Dwindling

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 May 1943 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Gravely concerned over the dwindling coal stocks required for the generation of electricity to meet war industries [?]…

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Story of How Magnetic Mines First Handled

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 26 May 1943 · page 1

Although it has been revealed how the first magnetic mines were taken to pieces by Admiralty Officiate, who decided on the counter…

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State Owned Mine Is One of Nine Not Working. SYDNEY

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 26 May 1943 · page 1

An assurance that everything would be done to ensure the continuity of coal supplies to high priority war undertakings, was…

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Coal Supplies Miners' Federation Claim "Everything Done to Ensure Continuity"

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 May 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: An assurance that everything was being done to ensure continuity of coal supplies to high priority war undertakings was…

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Spitfire Raids on Targets in North of France British Town Bombed Nazis Use Liquid Air Mines

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 May 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday: Mitchell bombers yesterday, escorted by Spitfires, attacked an enemy airfield at Abbeville…

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Miners' Discipline

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 28 May 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Declaring, that the Prime Minister should have held his hand until the rank and file of the Miners' Federation had voted on…

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Coal Position

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday. — Eight coal mines were idle on the northern fields to-day, two in the west and one on the south coast. Hebburn No. 2 mine…

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Idle Mines

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 May 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: Including two fresh strikes, seven mines were idle on the New South Wales fields to-day because of industrial disputes…

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Production Loss Despite Work at All Collieries. SYDNEY

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 31 May 1943 · page 1

Although no colliery in New South Wales is idle to-day owing to unauthorised industrial disputes, production loss will amount to…

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Idle Mines

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 June 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday. — While five pits were idle, or partly idle, on the coalfields to-day, none of them had stopped work through…

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Coal Shortage Affects Gas and Transport in Victoria

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 June 1943 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Unless the Commonwealth authorities released more coal there was a strong possibility that the train…

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Coal Strike

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 June 1943 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Monday: Twelve hours before the expiration of the second coal strike truce at midnight the U.S. Secretary for the Interior…

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