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Mining & the mines, 1943

3,898 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 195

4100 Idle At Mines

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 January 1943 · page 8

About 4100 miners are idle at nine N.S.W. collieries today, including many of the largest mines in the State…

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Ask Record Coal Output

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 January 1943 · page 4

Miners' leaders last night issued special appeals to the men to end petty stoppages, and for another record production…

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"Talcum Worth Weight in Gold"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1943 · page 2

"Ore item particularly—a tin of talcum powder—is worth its weight in gold in this hot climate. It certainly gives great…

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Miners' Tribute to Lidice £1,000,000 Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1943 · page 8

LONDON, Jan. 5 (Official Wireless).£Mr. Will Lawther, president of the Mine Workers' Federation of Great Britain, in a…

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U.S. Holds Gold Hitler Missed In Blitzkrieg

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 January 1943 · page 7

NEW YORK.--Gold, the one thing he needed most, escaped Hitler as his Nazi hordes pillaged and plundered Europe during the blitzkrieg. Today gold bars worth £500,000,000 the property of foreign…

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Ten Mines Idle Big Loss of Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 7

Ten coal mines were idle yesterday because of industrial disputes. The loss of coal was about 11,000 tons for the day…

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11 Mines Idle; Fresh Trouble

The Sun · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 5

Idleness of 11 collieries, mostly tied up by industrial disputes, meant the loss of a further…

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Eleven N.s.w. Mines Idle

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 6

Stoppages at 11 N.S.W. coalmines yesterday made about 4450 men idle and lost more than 12,100 tons of coal…

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Nine Mines Idle In N.S.W. Today

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 5

About 4140 miners are idle at nine New South Wales mines today. Loss of coal production is estimated at 12,150 tons…

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Nine Mines Idle In N.S.W. Today

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 5

About 4140 miners are idle at nine New South Wales mines today. Loss of coal production is estimated at 12,150 tons…

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Nine Mines Idle In N.S.W. Today

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 5

About 4140 miners are idle at nine New South Wales mines today. Loss of coal production is estimated at 12,150 tons…

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Nine Mines Idle In N.S.W. Today

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 5

About 4140 miners are idle at nine New South Wales mines today. Loss of coal production is estimated at 12,150 tons…

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Idle Coal Mines "New Year Gift to Japanese"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—"A New Year's ffif t to the Japanese," was the way the northern miners' president, Mr. Henry…

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Five Big Mines Resume

The Sun · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 3

Five big collieries in the north and west, idle yesterday, resumed production today…

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Mine Leader Asks for Big Output

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday.-- "The time has arrived when mine workers might consider whether It would not be a more…

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Mine Leader Asks for Big Output

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday. --"The time has arrived when mine workers might consider whether it would not be a more…

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Mine Leader Asks for Big Output

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday.-- "The time has arrived when mine workers might consider whether it would not be a more…

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Mine Leader Asks for Big Output

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday.-- "The time lias arrived when mine workers might consider whether it would not be a more…

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Miners Rebuke Minister for Waste of Petrol

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 4

LONDON.--A retinue of high-powered, heavy petrol eating cars pulled up at a pithead to investigate how more fuel could be, obtained…

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Miners To Be Prosecuted 27 Stoppages in Four Days

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 5

Coal-miners alleged to have been responsible for mine stoppages this week will be prosecuted, the Commonwealth Deputy Crown Solicitor (Mr. G. A. Watson)…

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