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Mining & the mines, 1942

4,235 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 212

People Back Curtin In Mining Fight

Daily Mirror · Friday 10 April 1942 · page 2

PRIME MINISTER MR. CURTIN has told the striking coal miners unequivocably where he stands and where they stand as far as his Government is concerned. "WHILE men are dying and…

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People Back Curtin In Mining Fight

Daily Mirror · Friday 10 April 1942 · page 2

PRIME MINISTER MR. CURTIN has fold the striking coal miners unequivocably where he stands and where they stand as far as his Government is concerned. "WHILE men are dying and…

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New Colliery Organisation

Daily Mirror · Saturday 11 April 1942 · page 3

Following the dissolution of the Northern Collieries Association, which functioned for 25 years, a new organisation…

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Striking Miners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 April 1942 · page 8

Sir,—The Minister for Labour, Mr. Ward, says the only way to stop the disputes, is to nationalise the coal industry. It is quite apparent to any…

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Official Gold Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 April 1942 · page 6

Price for gold lodged with mints and refiners April 9; Fine oz., £10/9/ (unch.); stan. oz. (22 carats). £9/11/7 (unch.). Soverigns. April 10. £2/3/ (unch.)…

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Gold From New Guinea

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 11 April 1942 · page 3

OLD OMAR, contemplating the ingenuity of some New Guinea miners who have succeeded in bringing some of their gold into Australia might have murmured: "I wonder what the blankards hid, ten thousand times more precious than…

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Strikes Cause Big Coal Loss

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 April 1942 · page 5

More than 20,000 tons of coal have been lost this week through stoppages on New South Wales coalfields…

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Owners Expect Two Mines to Resume

Daily Mirror · Saturday 11 April 1942 · page 2

THE secretary of the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association (Mr. Davie) said today the owners expected that work would be resumed at…

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Owners Expect Two Mines to Resume

Daily Mirror · Saturday 11 April 1942 · page 2

THE secretary of the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association (Mr. Davie) said today the owners expected that work would be resumed at…

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Owners Expect Two Mines to Resume

Daily Mirror · Saturday 11 April 1942 · page 2

THE secretary of the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association (Mr. Davie) said today the owners expected that work would be resumed at…

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Owners Expect Two Mines to Resume

Daily Mirror · Saturday 11 April 1942 · page 3

THE secretary of the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association (Mr. Davie) said today the owners expected that work would be resumed at…

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More Coal Strikes 20,000 Tons Lost in Week

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 April 1942 · page 11

Five coalmines were idle yesterday, involving a loss in production of 3,000 tons. Strikes this week are estimated to have…

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Glen Davis Oilfield Strike Threatened Owners Expect Two Mines to Resume

Daily Mirror · Saturday 11 April 1942 · page 2

About 600 employees at the Glen Davis oilfields have unanimously decided to strike at mid-day next Wednesday unless the Federal Arbitration Court in the meantime gives a favorable decision regarding the metal workers' claim THE secretary of the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association (Mr. Davie) said today the owners expected that work would be resumed at…

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GOLD-DUST and Steel-filings Now Finale to the Shore

The Methodist · Saturday 11 April 1942 · page 2

Now finale to the shore, Now land and life finale and farewell, Now Voyager, depart (much, much for thee is yet in store),…

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Payment Was in Gold

Truth · Sunday 12 April 1942 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Saturday ("Truth" Special).— Adventurous blockade-runners, operating from East Indian islands, kept the American and Filipino forces on the Bataan Peninsula partly supplied with food and war…

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Mining rule "provocative"

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 April 1942 · page 6

Miners' representatives yesterday wired to the Prime Minister, saying that the new mining regulation "might be…

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Striking miners await new Government action

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 April 1942 · page 6

CESSNOCK, Saturday.--Striking miners on the South Maitland coalfield are awaiting with interest the introduction on Monday of a new measure designed to compel them to…

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National Affairs 85 per cent. of Australians said: "Discipline the miners"

The Sun · Sunday 12 April 1942 · page 3

Week's lost coal production through scattered mine strikes was more than 20,000 tons. Australia's view of this was shown in a nation-wide "sample…

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Missed Molly and Mine Host When She Hurled Beer Bottles Women are notoriously bad shots, and Mrs. Ruby Jean Fuller is no exception

Truth · Sunday 12 April 1942 · page 28

In the early hours of the morning of October 30, 1941, she…

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Fire at Coal Mine £25,000 Damage at Rothbury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 April 1942 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.—Fire destroyed a power-house and engine-fan room at Old Rothbury colliery to-day, causing…

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