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Mining & the mines, 1944

4,597 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 230

Stop Press Many Miners Out

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 12

Nearly 3000 miners at eight northern pits are idle today, which will mean the loss of more than 10,000 tons of coal…

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Stop Press Many Miners Out

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 12

Nearly 3000 miners at eight northern pits are idle today, which will mean the loss of more than 10,000 tons of coal…

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Stop Press Many Miners Out

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 12

Nearly 3000 miners at eight northen pits are idle today, which will mean the loss of more than 10,000 tons of coal…

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Miners Want Pay-As-You-Go

The Sun · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 3

General Secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. G. Grin today expressed the opinion that many mine…

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Australia Loses N.Z. Coal Trade

The Sun · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thursday.--Australia has lost its coal trade with New Zealand for the duration…

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5000 Miners Strike In N.S.W.

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 4

Eighteen mines were idle in New South Wales yesterday. Loss of coal was more than 16,000 tons. More than 5000 miners did not…

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Gold Salute to Be Offered at Auction

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 12

GOLD SALUTE, who cost Mr. Alan Cooper £10,000, and was later sold by him for 550 guineas, is up for sale again…

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Gold Salute to Be Offered at Auction

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 12

GOLD SALUTE, who cost Mr. Alan Cooper £10,000, and was later sold by him for 550 guineas, is up for sale again…

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Gold Salute to Be Offered at Auction

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 12

GOLD SALUTE, who cost Mr. Alan Cooper £10,000, and was later sold by him for 550 guineas, is up for sale again…

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Gold Salute to Be Offered at Auction

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 12

GOLD SALUTE, who cost Mr. Alan Cooper £10,000, and was later sold by him for 550 guineas, is up for sale again…

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Gold Salute to Be Offered at Auction

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 12

GOLD SALUTE, who cost Mr. Alan Cooper £10,000, and was later sold by him for 550 guineas, is up for sale again…

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Gold Salute to Be Offered at Auction

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 12

GOLD SALUTE, who cost Mr. Alan Cooper £10,000. and was later sold by him for 550 guineas, is up for sale again…

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Gold Salute to Be Offered at Auction

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 12

GOLD SALUTE, who cost Mr. Alan Cooper £10,000, and was later sold by him for 550 guineas, is up for sale again…

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Curtin's Threat To Garnishee Strikers' Wages Federal Government to Prosecute Men for Tram, Mine Stoppages

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 4

Coal and transport strikers would be prosecuted for having absented themselves from work yesterday, the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) said in Canberra yesterday. Mr. Curtin's statement was made after--…

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Talk of Taking Over Coal Mines Ministers Alarmed

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday. -- The Commonwealth Government is contemplating drastic action to amend the conditions in the…

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Dismissals From Mines

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 3

"There will be no Star Chamber methods," said the Chairman of the Central Coal Authority (Mr. A. C. Willis) this…

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Willis Explains Why 130 Men Released From Coal Pits Stopped Mines To Join Army

The Sun · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 2

Many mines had been deliberately held up because coal miners wished to join the Army, the chairman of the Central Coal Reference Board (Mr. A. C. Willis) said today…

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Miners at Four Pits Defy Order

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- Miners at four northern pits today defied an order by the board of management of the Northern…

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Adjournment of Mining Charges

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 4

CESSNOCK, Friday.--Charges under the National Security Regulations were to have been heard tomorrow at a special sitting of the…

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Talk of Taking Over Coal Pits

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 3

CANBERRA, Friday. -- The Commonwealth Government is contemplating drastic action to amend the conditions in the coal industry. PLANS under consideration this…

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