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Mining & the mines, 1942

4,235 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 212

400 Northern Coal Miners on Strike

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 March 1942 · page 10

ABOUT 400 miners at the Hebburn No 2 Colliery on the northern coalfields are on strike today. The strike concerns the promotion…

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400 Northern Coal Miners on Strike

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 March 1942 · page 2

ABOUT 400 miners at the Hebburn No. 2 Colliery on the northern coalfields are on strike today. The strike concerns the promotion…

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400 Northern Coal Miners on Strike

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 March 1942 · page 10

ABOUT 400 miners at the Hebburn No. 2 Colliery on the northern coalfields are on strike today. The strike concerns the promotion…

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400 Northern Coal Miners on Strike

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 March 1942 · page 10

ABOUT 400 miners at the Hebburn No. 2 Colliery on the northern coalfields are on strike today. The strike concerns the promotion…

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Benefits to Miners

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

Mr. H. Wells, president of the Miners' Federation, said last night that the decision giving a uniform 40-hour week with an adjustment of wages to…

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Mine Union Gratified

The Sun · Thursday 26 March 1942 · page 4

"The new mining award brings about improved conditions for the workers," the general secretary of the Miners'…

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Conserve Coal Stocks

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

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Train services during Easter are to be restricted to essentials by decision of Federal Cabinet to-day…

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Uniform Coal Award 40-Hour Week and Overtime Pay

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

The Central Coal Reference Board yesterday granted a uniform 40-hout week in the coalmining industry, applicable to…

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Four Collieries Idle Today

The Sun · Friday 27 March 1942 · page 2

Miners at Hepburn No. 2 Colliery--who struck yesterday, refusing to accept the decision of the Chairman of the Northern…

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Gold Yields

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 March 1942 · page 6

VICTORIA GOLD DREDGING. -- Four weeks ended March 25 : 60,532yds., 365oz. bullion estimated to contain 352oz. fine gold, equivalent to 2.8 grains fine gold per yd…

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War Jobs for Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 March 1942 · page 5

KALGOORLIE, Thursday. -- The 13,000 men employed in the Western Australian gold mining industry are well qualified for war work…

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Miners' Award Owners' Criticism

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 March 1942 · page 7

Mr. H. Gregory Forster, secretary of Northern Collieries, Ltd., said yesterday that it was extremely hard to reconcile the judgment by the…

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Pensioned Miners

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 28 March 1942 · page 5

PENSIONED miners wishing to return to the collieries are not being absorbed in the Northern District…

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Gold Yields

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 March 1942 · page 6

AUSTRAL N.Z. Four weeks, March 21: 280,000 c.y., 435oz. bullion. MORNING STAR. 798 tons mine ore for 349oz. fine gold; 14 tons concentrates…

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Cessnock Coal Reduces Div

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 March 1942 · page 6

An interim dividend of 3 p.c. has been declared by Cessnock Collieries, Ltd., on account of the current year. For the previous year 8 p.c. was paid…

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Rule 77 Invoked Against Miners

Daily Mirror · Saturday 28 March 1942 · page 1

CANBERRA, Saturday. --Regulation 77 was imposed today on coalminers striking at Richmond Main and Hebburn No. 2,…

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Rule 77 Invoked Against Miners

Daily Mirror · Saturday 28 March 1942 · page 1

CANBERRA, Saturday. --Regulation 77 was imposed today on coalminers striking at Richmond Main and Hebburn No. 2,…

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Rule 77 Invoked Against Miners

Daily Mirror · Saturday 28 March 1942 · page 1

CANBERRA, Saturday.-- Regulation 77 was imposed today on coalminers striking at Richmond Main and Hebburn No. 2,…

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Rule 77 Invoked Against Miners

Daily Mirror · Saturday 28 March 1942 · page 1

CANBERRA, Saturday.--Regulation 77 was imposed today on coalminers striking at Richmond Main and Hebburn No. 2…

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1400 Men, Four Mines Idle

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 March 1942 · page 5

Nearly 1400 miners at four New South Wales mines were on strike yesterday, with a loss in coal production of more than 4000 tons…

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