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Mining & the mines, 1941

3,912 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 196

Paringa Mining. Profit Higher at £stg.39,789

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 March 1941 · page 7

Paringa Mining and Exploration Co. Ltd. reports a net profit of £stg39,789 for the year ended August 31 1940, comprued with £stg32,400 for the previous…

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Coal Industry Dispute. Seniority Principle. Trouble Threatened in North. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 March 1941 · page 10

A dispute between mine owners and miners over the interpretation of clauses relating to the seniority principle in the coal industry award given…

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Sacred Gold

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 26 March 1941 · page 16

It is revealed that all the Bank of France gold reserves, totalling 1,000,000,000 dollars, were deposited in Martinique last June…

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Caledonian Coal Output and Profit Lower

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 26 March 1941 · page 2

Caledonian Collieries, Ltd., reports a profit of £55,911 for 1940, after providing for taxation. After charging £48,783 for…

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Mining Department A.W.U. Case for Mining Award Court Sits at Cobar

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 26 March 1941 · page 14

Hearing of evidence in the claim of the New South Wales Branch of the Australian Workers' Union for a new Award was heard before Judge De…

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A.W.U. Victoria Riverina Branch the Mining Fields. Organiser Kedgh's Report. Bendigo Mining Field

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 26 March 1941 · page 10

The Big Deborah mine has at present 90 men employed, and they are all paying members of the A.W.U. North Deborah mine, where there are…

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Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 1

The quantity of coal hauled by the N.S.W. Government railways was approximately 620,000 tons in January, 1941, compared with 501,952 tons in January, 1940…

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Coal Strike Threat Pensions Hitch Is Cause

The Sun · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 5

Stoppage of coal production on all State fields is threatened because of the shelving of the miners' pensions…

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State House. Progress with Mine Bill. Improving Conditions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 9

The Coal Mines Regulations (Amendment) Bill, which provides for improved health and safety measures in mines in New South Wales, was…

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Storyettes for Children. the Spy and the Gold Thief

The Propeller · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 7

When Nobbles the Gnome discovered that his carefully hoarded store of gold had vanished he felt sure that Simon Sword, who lived in a…

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No Coal Stoppage Mair to Discuss Claims

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 March 1941 · page 5

The president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. C. Nelson) urged last night that coalfields…

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Mining Application Refused. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 March 1941 · page 7

After a hearing which lasted two days, the application of the Macquarie Alluvial No Liability Company for a licence for a cutting, dam, and pump on the…

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Carpathia Tin Mining Co. Dividend Likely Soon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 March 1941 · page 7

The Carpathia Tin Mining Co., N.L., should be able to resume the payment of dividends in the next few months, perhaps by June, said the chairman, Mr…

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War Effort in the Mines. Owners and Men Criticised. Mr. J. Connell's View. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 March 1941 · page 9

Mine owners and miners were charged with disregarding the needs of the nation when differences arose between them, in a statement issued…

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Mine Sinks Trawler; Seven Missing Five Men Picked Up Near Newcastle Survivor Set Shirt Afire As Distress Signal

The Sun · Friday 28 March 1941 · page 3

The trawler, Millimumul, 287 tons, has been sunk by a mine off the N.S.W. coast. Seven members of the crew are missing…

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Lang Attacks Mines Minister

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 March 1941 · page 7

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Vincent) was attacked by Mr. Lang (Labor, Auburn) during the Forestry Bill debate in Parliament yesterday…

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Mine Bill Hold-up Feared

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 March 1941 · page 7

The State Government fears that the Mine Health and Safety Bill, which passed the Legislative Assembly on…

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Vital Week in Coal Dispute

The Sun · Saturday 29 March 1941 · page 2

Next week's developments will decide whether peace will prevail on the coalfields, said officials of the Miners' Federation to-day…

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Home News. Trawler Sunk by Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 March 1941 · page 1

The trawler Millimumul (287 tons) was sunk by a mine off the coast of New South Wales on Wednesday evening. Seven of her crew of 12 are missing…

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Secret History of the Day Miners' Leaders

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 29 March 1941 · page 13

ALTHOUGH it is the smallest in New South Wales, In point of membership, of the three divisions of the Miners' Federation the western…

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