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Mining & the mines, 1942

4,235 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 212

Coal Strikes End Ministers Warn Miners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1942 · page 6

Every coalmine in New South Wales is expected to be at work to-day. Miners on the southern field…

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Stop Press Colliery to Resume

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1942 · page 16

NEWCASTLE, Monday-- Richmond Main colliery. where 700 miners 0n strike, Will resume production tomorrow. (See story,…

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Owners Summon Striking Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1942 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.).--Summonses have been issued against 1050 of 1600 miners on strike at a Kent colliery…

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Miners' President Takes Over

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1942 · page 2

NEW GENERAL PRESIDENT of the Miners' Federation (Mr. H. Wells) was on the job early this morning. He is…

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Cheers For Champ Gold Head the Right Metal

Sydney Sportsman · Monday 19 January 1942 · page 2

FEW JOCKEYS are as popular as Billy Cook with racing crowds all over Australia, and when "Da' Champ" kicks home a winner, you can bet that there will be applause coming for him, as quite a number of punters make it a hard and fast rule to support Billy no matter what he is on…

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Wharfmen Work, Miners Stop 1200 Idle on North and South Fields

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1942 · page 6

FOLLOWING the instructions by the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) to the Navy on Saturday to take over unloading of a ship which had been held up at an Australian port, striking waterside workers decided…

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Wharfmen Work, Miners Stop 1200 Idle on North and South Fields

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1942 · page 6

FOLLOWING the instruction by the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) to the Navy on Saturday to take over unloading of a ship which had been held up at an Australian port, striking waterside workers decided…

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Wharfmen Work, Miners Stop 1200 Idle on North and South Fields

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1942 · page 6

FOLLOWING the instructions by the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) to the Navy on Saturday to take over unloading of a ship which had been held up at an Australian port, striking waterside workers decided…

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Wharfmen Work, Miners Stop 1200 Idle on North and South Fields

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1942 · page 6

FOLLOWING the instructions by the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) to the Navy on Saturday to take over unloading of a ship which had been held up at an Australian port, striking waterside workers decided…

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New Guinea Goldfields

The Sun · Monday 19 January 1942 · page 7

No dependable forecast could be made in connection with the company's future operations, said the chairman of New…

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Raising Coal Output Promise of Aid by Miners' Leader

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 6

The new general president, of the Miners' Federation, Mr. H. Wells, who look over office yesterday, said that he supported a…

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Dramatic Moves in Coal Strikes Both Sides Ask Govt. Action Five Collieries Still Out Today

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 5

CLAIMING that single young men in their twenties were responsible for the strike at the Excelsior colliery, the chairman of directors of Excelsior Collieries and Coke Works Ltd. (Mr. B. Kirton) today wired the…

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Dramatic Moves in Coal Strikes Both Sides Ask Govt. Action Five Collieries Still Out Today

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 5

CLAIMING that single young men in their twenties were responsible for the strike at the Excelsior colliery, the chairman of directors of Excelsior Collieries and Coke Works Ltd. (Mr. B. Kirton) today wired the…

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Dramatic Moves in Coal Strikes Both Sides Ask Govt. Action Five Collieries Still Out Today

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 5

CLAIMING that single young men in their twenties were responsible for the strike at the Excelsior colliery, the chairman of directors of Excelsior Collieries and Coke Works Ltd. (Mr. B. Kirton) today wired the…

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Dramatic Moves in Coal Strikes Both Sides Ash Govt. Action Five Collieries Still Out Today

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 5

Claiming that single young men in their twenties were responsible for the strike at the Excelsior colliery, the chairman of directors of Excelsior Collieries and Coke Works Ltd. (Mr. B. Kirton) today wired the…

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Mt. Isa Mines

The Sun · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 9

Shareholders of Mt. Isa Mines Ltd., were informed at the annual meeting by the chairman (Mr. J. Kruttschnitt) that owing to labor shortage,…

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Strikes At Three Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 5

The 350 strikers who Hod held up Old Bulli cool mine for a week resumed yesterday, but…

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Colliery Seeks Govt. Action To End Strike

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 2

Claiming that single young men in their twenties were responsible for the strike at the Excelsior colliery, the chairman of directors of Excelsior Collieries and Coke Works Ltd. (Mr. B. Kirton) today wired the Commonwealth Coal Commissioner (Mr…

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Stop Press Coal Strike

The Sun · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 1

Melbourne.--War Cabinet tomorrow will consider enforcement of National Security Regulations in cancel the…

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Dying Days of Mining Town Perth

The Sun · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 7

Youanml is fast becoming another goldfields town of the past. Yesterday, a representative of…

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