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Mining & the mines, 1942

4,235 stories in Sydney's papers · page 83 of 212

Coal Owners Walk Out--Want Army Represented

The Sun · Thursday 14 May 1942 · page 3

A compulsory conference at Newcastle today on the Millfield-Greta mine dispute broke down when the owners' representatives walked out of the conference room, Mr. H. Gregory Forster, secretary of Northern Collieries Ltd.,…

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Coal Mime Disputes Eight Pits Resume, Two Strike

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 May 1942 · page 2

Following the dramatic appeal by the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin), to the miners to return to work, about 2500 men who…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Thursday, May 14, 1942 Mr. Curtin and the Miners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 May 1942 · page 4

The warning which Mr. Curtin gave to striking coalminers in the House of Representatives yesterday should prove as…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 May 1942 · page 3

MOUNT MO[?]GAN.—Four weeks ended May 5. estimated working surplus £14,519 not providing for depreciation, overhead expenses of £2,500, or preference share dividend of…

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Mine Owners Leave Conference

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 May 1942 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.— When the conference called hy the Minister for Labour, Mr. Ward, began this morning, the…

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Mining Reports

Daily Mirror · Friday 15 May 1942 · page 8

SONS OF GWALIA LTD.--Directors have decided to defer payment of a final dividend for 1941 until the position as regards manpower and proposed statutory limitation of…

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Bigger Coal Output Minister Confident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 May 1942 · page 7

The Minister for Mines, Mr. Baddeley, said in the Legislative Assembly yesterday that new methods could be used to…

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Better Mining Methods Urged

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 May 1942 · page 5

New methods of mining coal were needed to supply defence industries, the Mines Minister (Mr. Baddeley) said in the Legislative Assembly…

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Cheers In House For Coal Peace

Daily Mirror · Friday 15 May 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday.--Speaking to a cheering House, the Prime Minister (Mr Curtin) announced in Parliament this…

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Cheers In House For Coal Peace

Daily Mirror · Friday 15 May 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday.--Speaking to a cheering House, the Prime Minister (Mr Curtin) announced in Parliament this…

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Cheers In House For Coal Peace

Daily Mirror · Friday 15 May 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday.--Speaking to a cheering House, the Prime Minister (Mr Curtin) announced in Parliament this…

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Cheers In House For Coal Peace

Daily Mirror · Friday 15 May 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday.--Speaking to a cheering House, the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) announced in Parliament this…

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58 Miners Killed By Compressed Air Blast

Daily Mirror · Friday 15 May 1942 · page 8

LONDON. -- Because 64-year-old Robert Gibbons, haulag, hand in a pit, was working 200 yards away from 5 other men, he is alive today. The 58 others are dead. THEY were in an explosion -- a…

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Millfield Greta Call-up Suspended Government Acts On 2 More Coal Strikes

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 May 1942 · page 5

Call-up notices served on the Millfield Greta miners will hot be enforced unless the men again refuse work, the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) said yesterday…

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Parliament Cheers When Mine Workers Resume Curtin To Consider Scheme For Inquiry Into Strike Causes CANBERRA

The Sun · Friday 15 May 1942 · page 4

Loud cheers from all parts of the House of Representatives greeted an announcement today by the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) that all coal mines in NSW were working…

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Conference With Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 May 1942 · page 5

A conference of Federal Government and Miners' Federation representatives will be held in Canberra on…

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Miners' Conference with Government

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 May 1942 · page 11

The general secretary of the Miners' Federation, Mr. G. Grant, said yesterday that representatives of the Federal…

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Father of Mine Pension Scheme

The Sun · Saturday 16 May 1942 · page 2

Seven years ago, Mr. G. Perris, a lodge ocicial of Hebburn No. 1 colliery, moved a resolution at a lodge convention in Newcastle,…

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Tokyo Claims Gold Salvage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 May 1942 · page 10

NEW YORK, May 15 (A.A.P.).— Tokyo Official Radio quotes a despatch from Singapore describing the salvage of 1,000,000 dollars in gold currency,…

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Gold-dust and Steel-filings

The Methodist · Saturday 16 May 1942 · page 2

Faith is a certitude without proofs. Being a certitude, it is an energetic principle of action. The need of faith never leaves us. It is the postulate o a higher truth which is to bring all…

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