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Mining & the mines, 1943

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Mines Idle Daily Loss of 11,000 Tons of Coal

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 April 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Including seven out of 10 pits on the South Coast, 13 collieries employing 3600 men and producing an aggregate…

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Idle Mines Lost Equipment Cause of Strike

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 April 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Included in the 12 coal mines which failed to work to-day was the Aberdare Extended on the northern field. At…

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Pensions for Mines

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Proposals [?]ed at the inaugurating of a Commonwealth wide scheme of pension [?]ing employees in the coal and [?]…

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Nine Mines Idle "Stay-down" Strike

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Nine collieries employing 3000 men, and with a daily production of 9450 tons, were idle in N.S.W. to-day…

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Idle Mines

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 April 1943 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday.—More than 1500 men were involved in disputes at seven pits on the N.S.W. coalfields to-day, causing an aggregate production loss…

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Disciplining Miners Hebburn Lodge Decisions

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 April 1943 · page 5

Hebburn No. 1 miners' lodge, one of the largest on the coalfields, is taking extreme steps, from the union point of view, to bring about discipline in its…

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Coal Supplies Serious Shortage Huge Production Loss Through Strikes

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 April 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday: With the coal reserves in both Sydney and Melbourne only sufficient for limited requirements, the…

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Mine Disputes

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday. — Miners at the Pacific Colliery resumed work to-day after their 36 hours stay-in strike, which ended on Friday…

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Coal Loss Five Collieries Id[?]

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 April 1943 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday—A [?] production loss of over 4000 [?] of coal resulted from [?] at five collieries on New [?]…

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Idle Mines

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 April 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.—Five coal mines employing 1400 men, and with a daily production of 4600 tons, were idle in N.S.W. to-day…

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Idle Miners

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 April 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—[?] coal mines were idle in N.S. Wa[?] to-day and the loss of productio[?] was 2650 tons…

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ONLY 3 Mines Idle Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 April 1943 · page 1

Only three mines were idle on the N.S.W., coalfields today less than 600 men being involved. Production loss for today is estimated at 2400 tons…

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In Australia Coal Production Miners' Convention Decision Japanese Menace

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 April 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—A decision made by the National Convention of the Miners' Federation this week will be…

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Land Mine One of War's Insidious New Weapons

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 19 April 1943 · page 3

Of all the devices for killing men which have been elaborated upon in World War II., none is more insidious than the land mine…

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Idle Miners

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 April 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Five miners, with a daily production of approximately 4000 tons, were idle on the northern coalfields to-day. All mines…

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Coal Stocks at Danger Level Miners' Strikes Cause Serious Position

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—In visited the fact that 750,000 tons of and production has been lost in three months, the Commonwealth Coal…

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Idle Mines

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 April 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Eight mines are now idle on the N.S. Wales coalfields. The production loss was estimated at 3500 tons…

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Mine Manager Fined

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 April 1943 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—For having made a misleading statement respecting a stoppage in a mine, Charles Brown, manager of the Pacific Colliery,…

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Idle Miners

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY. Thursday—The North Wallarah pits were still not working to-day although Intervention by the Labor Minister (Mr. Ward) yesterday…

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Hitler's Great Mistake Conditions in Britain in 1940 Mr. Churchill Tells Miners

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1943 · page 1

LONDON. Thursday.—Although he did not actually ray that an invasion of Britain in 1340 would have been successful, the Prime Minister (Mr…

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