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Mining & the mines, 1942

4,235 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 212

Miners Stay on Strike Security Order Disregarded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Monday.—After miners at Hebburn No. 2 Colliery had decided to disregard an order to return to work, made…

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N.g. Gold Goes Back to Earth

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 1

MORESBY, Monday. -- Miners reaching Moresby from the New Guinea goldfields declare that great fortunes in gold are…

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Most Miners Heed Curtin

The Sun · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 3

All miners on strike in the North resumed work today, following the stern warning by the…

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Gold in Air-raid Trench

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 2

PARKES, Tuesday.--A local resident has found sufficient gold-bearing clay in his air-raid trench to pay for its timbering…

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Gold Tn Air Raid Trench

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 6

"While digging an air-raid trench, a resident of Parkes this week found gold. As a result, many residents are now digging similar trenches in…

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Miners Will Work New Conference To-day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 9

Leaders of the Miner' Federation announced last, night that miners would resume work to-day at tbe five pits in New South…

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"Miners Want Only 6 Hours on Monday"

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 7

"WE have been informed that Northern coalfields miners do not intend to work on Easter Monday unless it is for only six hours."…

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"Miners Want Only 6 Hours on Monday"

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 7

"WE have been informed that Northern coalfields miners do not intend to work on Easter Monday unless it is for only six hours,"…

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Buried £40,000 In Gold Port Moresby

The Sun · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 3

Fortunes in hard-won gold have been buried in jungle wilds by miners who have quilted the Bulolo. Wau, and Edie Creek fields…

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All Miners to Work Today Minister Intervenes In Northern Dispute

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 5

All coalmines in New South Wales are expected to resume production today. Five mines, employing 1810 men, were idle yesterday. [?]…

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Eight Hundred Striking Miners Resume Another 400 Remain Out Curtin May Invoke Rule 77 Against Bull! Men

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 7

EIGHT hundred strikers in two northern coalmines, Hebburn No. 1 and Hebburn No. 2, who had, since the weekend, defied the Government's application of Rule 77, resumed work this morning. It is reported from Melbourne that the Prime…

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Eight Hundred Striking Miners Resume Another 400 Remain Out Curtin May Invoke Rule 77 Against Bulli Men

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 7

EIGHT hundred strikers in two northern coalmines, Hebburn No. 1 and Hebburn No. 2, who had, since the weekend, defied the Government's application of Rule 77, resumed work this morning. It is reported from Melbourne that the Prime…

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Eight Hundred Striking Miners Resume Another 400 Remain Out Curtin Warns Unions He Will Not Stand Defiance

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 7

EIGHT hundred strikers in two northern coalmines, Hebburn No. 1 and Hebburn No. 2, who had, since the weekend, defied the Government's application of Rule 77, resumed work this morning. About 400 miners from Bulli Colliery, on the…

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Eight Hundred Striking Miners Resume Another 400 Remain Out Curtin May Invoke Rule 77 Against Bulli Men

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 7

EIGHT hundred strikers in two northern coalmines, Hebburn No. 1 and Hebburn No. 2, who had, since the weekend, defied the Government's application of Rule 77, resumed work this morning. It is reported from Melbourne that the Prime…

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Eight Hundred Striking Miners Resume Another 400 Remain Out Curtin May Invoke Rule 77 Against Bulli Men

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 7

EIGHT hundred strikers in two northern coalmines, Hebburn No. 1 and Hebburn No. 2, who had, since the weekend, defied the Government's application of Rule 77, resumed work this morning. It is reported from Melbourne that the Prime…

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War and the Coal Miners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 4

Surely no union leader, least of all in war-time, has been guilty of such a disgraceful utterance as the statement made…

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All Coal Mines to Work Today

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 5

Decisions yesterday by 1236 strikers at Hebburn No. 1 and No. 2 and Bulli to return to work mean that every colliery will be in production today…

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Strikes At Four N.S.W. Collieries

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 8

About 900 employees of four N.S.W. collieries are on strike today. Nearly 500 men are involved at South Bulli, largest pit on the South Coast. Surface hands at Bulli are defying the ultimatum issued by…

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Strikes At Four N.S.W. Collieries

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 8

About 900 employees of four N.S.W. collieries are on strike today. Nearly 500 men are involved at South Bulli, largest pit on the South Coast. Surface hands at Bulli are defying the ultimatum issued by…

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Miners Will Work

The Biz · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 4

Leaders of the Miners' Federation announced last night that miners would resume work to-day at the five pits in New South Wales where there have been…

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