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Mining & the mines, 1942

4,235 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 212

Drastic Steps May Be Avoided Coal Settlement Expected Only One Pit Remains Out

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 2

IT IS still possible that the Federal Government will not have to take drastic action to deal with the. trouble on the South Coast coalfields, where 350 miners at the South Clifton Colliery did not report for…

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Drastic Steps May Be Avoided Coal Settlement Expected Only One Pit Remains Out

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 2

IT IS still possible that the Federal Government will not have to take drastic action to deal with the trouble on the South Coast coalfields, where 350 miners at the South Clifton Colliery did not report for…

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Drastic Steps May Be Avoided Coal Settlement Expected Only One Pit Remains Out

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 2

IT IS still possible that the Federal Government will not have to take drastic action to deal with the trouble on the South Coast coalfields, where it is expected that a satisfactory solution will be reached…

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Drastic Steps May Be Avoided Coal Settlement Expected Only One Pit Remains Out

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 2

IT IS still possible, that the Federal Government will not have to take drastic action to deal with the trouble oh the South Coast coalfields, where it is expected that a satisfactory solution will be reached…

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Gold-mining Policy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 7

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin, said to-night that the Government's policy was to preserve the gold mining…

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P.m. Acts in Coal Hold-up Slates Men Who Defy Mine Union

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 6

CANBERRA, Thursday.-- "Appropriate action" to deal with stoppages today at the Excelsior and Mt. Kembla coal…

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P.m. Acts in Coal Hold-up Slates Men Who Defy Mine Union

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 6

CANBERRA, Thursday.-- "Appropriate action" to deal with stoppages today at the Excelsior and Mt. Kembla coal…

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P.m. Acts in Coal Hold-up Slates Men Who Defy Mine Union

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 6

CANBERRA, Thursday.-- "Appropriate action" to deal with stoppages today at the Excelsior and Mt. Kembla coal…

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Threat to Expel Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 5

A threat to expel miners or lodges not prepared to work was made yesterday by the Southern District Delegate Board of the Miners' Federation…

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Coal Union Ban Defied

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 2

Despite the decisions of the Southern Miners' Delegate Board to expel lodges and members who disobeyed their…

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Coal Union Ban Defied

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 2

Despite the decisions of the Southern Miners' Delegate Board to expel lodges and members who disobeyed their…

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Miners "Can't Be Blamed"

The Sun · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 2

The southern miners' vice -president (Mr. E. R. Browne) said in Sydney today that the men at Excelsior and Mt. Kembla could…

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Curtin Acts In Mine Stoppages

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thursday.-- "Appropriate action" to deal with stoppages today at the Excelsior and Mt. Kembla coal…

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Mines Laid by R.a.f

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Feb. 25 (A.A.P.).—British aircraft last night laid mines in enemy waters, says the Air Ministry. Two bombers are missing. A Coastal…

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Absenteeism Action Hopes for Full Mine Effort

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 7

A Government spokesman said in Canberra last night that the National Security Regulations on absenteeism in…

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R.a.f. Lays Mines in Enemy Waters

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday. -- British bombers last night laid mines in enemy waters. Two planes are missing from these…

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Curtin Says Will Act On Mine Stoppages CANBERRA

The Sun · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 2

The Commonwealth Government would take action to deal with stoppages at Mt. Kembla and Excelsior coal mines, said the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) today. "Contemptible and contemptuous," was how he described the…

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Gold Salute--Shean's Sprint Tip Riding Plan To Stop Horse Shirking Job

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 8

Sydney jockey, Fred Shean, believes that new riding tactics he will use on Gold Salute will enable that horse to win the…

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Blasting a Way to the Niagara's Gold Demolition Work 428 Feet Under the Sea By Our Special Reporter (World Copyright.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 4

[The technical difficulties of blasting a way to the sunken Niagara's bullion room are explained by our reporter, in the third of his special articles. Never before had explosives been used 428 feet under the sea…

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Prosecutions Likely Absentee Miners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 4

CANBERRA, Thursday.—Describing the latest coal hold-ups as "contemptible and contemptuous," the Prime Minister, Mr…

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