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Mining & the mines, 1943

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11,000 Miners in Stoppages Big Goal Loss Yesterday

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 March 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—It is estimated that a production loss of 28,000 tons of coal and 1000 tons of coke resulted to-day from…

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27 Coal Mines Idle Biggest Hold-up for 12 Months 9200 Men Affected

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 March 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY. Wednesday.—In the greatest single coal industry hold-up for almost 12 months, 27 coal nines and fire large…

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Coal Miners 8200 Still Idle

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY. Thursday: Defying instructions by the Central Council of theM inus' Federation that production must be resumed, 9200 miners…

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Charges Against Mine Managers

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 2

CANBERRA. Thursday.—The Attorney-General (Dr. Evatt) said to-day that in addition to 278 persons who had been detained and fined for…

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Coal Strike Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 1

Compared with 27 yesterday, 24 pits were idle on the N.S.W. coalfields today, but production loss was still in the vicinity of 30,000 tons as the…

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Weeding-out of Defiant Miners

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Les[?] of the Federal Opposition (Mr. Fadden) to-day suggested that miners who went on strike in defiance of…

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South Coast Miners Vote to Resume Work

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 March 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: Accepting the basis of settlement recommended be the Miners' Federation Central. Council, aggregate meetings of South Coast…

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Miners on Strike Ordered Back to Work

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 March 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: Miners on strike at 15 northern collieries were yesterday ordered by the Miners' Central Council to-day to…

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Coal Pits Idle

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 March 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Apart from Tyldesley on the west the only coal stoppa[?] reported to-day were [?] the northern field where seven pits…

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Seven Mines Idle

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Seven coal mines employing about 2200 men and with a daily output ol 7000 tons mere idle in N.S. Wales…

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Adelong Gold Company To Be Wound Up

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 2

Adelong Gold Estates, N.L shows a loss of £2,054 for the half-year ended October 31, compared with a loss of £264 for the previous sis…

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Seven Coal Pits Idle

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Included in the seven pits idle on the N.S. Wales coalfields to-day were two South Coast collieries, Coalcliff…

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Strike Threat Ends When Miners Released From Gaol

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1943 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Thursday: The release Iran Maitland gaol of two clippers employed, at the almond Main colliery prevented an…

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War News Americans Seize Gafsa Germans Set Booby Traps and Mines Algiers, Thursday, AAP

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 19 March 1943 · page 2

In North Africa the Americans, after an advance of 30 miles, have occupied the town of Gafsa, an important road junction in Tunisia…

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Six Coal Mines Idle

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 March 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: A production loss of 8800 tens of coal is estimated to be represented in the stoppage of works at six mines on…

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Mine Manager Fined Stoppage at Colliery

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 March 1943 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Sunday: Henry Campbell, manager of Corrimal Colliery, was fined a total of £30/2/ at the summons court yesterday on…

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Nine Mines Idle

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1943 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday: Nine mines employing 2516 men and producing 8660 tons of coal were idle in New South Wales to-day. Another mine was…

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Miner Killed Struck by Four Tons of Coal

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1943 · page 4

CESSNOCK, Monday—while working at Cessnock No.2 colliery to-day, John Mannerfield, aged 50 years, miner of Cessnock, was killed…

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Threatened Coal Strike in U.s.a

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 March 1943 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Monday:. President Roosevelt intervened to-day to prevent the threatened nation-wide soft coal strike and…

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900 Miners Strike Because Police Pick Up Five Men

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 March 1943 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Protesting against the police action night in picking up five men from Keira mine in connection…

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