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Mining & the mines, 1944

4,597 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 230

Wide Power in Coal Bill Full Cabinet's Approval

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1944 · page 6

CANBERRA, Tuesday. — Full Federal Cabinet to-night approved in principle and very largely in substance the draft…

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Electricity, Rail Coal Reserves Fall 'Alarmingly Low,' Officials State

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 February 1944 · page 4

Coal reserves held by the Sydney County Council and the Railways Deportment had fallen to an alarmingly low level, departmental officials said yesterday…

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Australia's Urgent Need for COAL Drop in Production Causes Grave Concern Prime Minister's Candid Review

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 16 February 1944 · page 7

"We need two million tons of coal a year more than we are now getting," the Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin, declared in the House of Representatives on Friday. Mr. Curtin was replying to a motion for adjournment of…

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Coal Industry Control Miners Want Bill Postponed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.— The Northern Miners' Management Board to-day urged the Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin, to…

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Federal-state Action in Coal Strike Settlement Terms Sent To Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 7

Federal and State Governments yesterday moved to settle the general strike of more than 3000 coal miners on the South Coast. In three days the strike has lost 33,000…

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Miners "Accept" Machines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 7

The Miners' Federation did not now oppose the general principle of mechanisation of mines, the…

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Miners Back Affiliation

Tribune · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 1

The Central Council of the Miners’ Federation, at its annual meeting in Sydney, resolved to support the…

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Mine Dispute May Be Ended

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 3

Hopes for a settlement of the dispute which has thrown idle all the coal mines and coke works on the South Coast are…

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Mine Dispute May Be Ended

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 3

Hopes for a settlement of the dispute which has thrown idle all the coal mines and cokeworks on the South Coast are…

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Mine Dispute May Be Ended

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 3

Hopes for a settlement of the dispute which has thrown idle all the coal mines and cokeworks on the South Coast are…

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Stop Press Coal Proprietor's Views

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 12

When the conference on the South Coasts coal strike resumed this afternoon the proprietors representatives handed to the…

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Coal Owners Suggest Resumption In South

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 4

In a statement of their views, placed before the Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) today, representatives of the Southern Collieries Proprietors' Association said they saw no good reason why resumption of work should not take place…

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Coal Owners Suggest Resumption In South

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 4

In a statement of their views, placed before the Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) today, representatives of the Southern Collieries Proprietors' Association said they saw no good reason why resumption of work should not take place…

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"Better Atmosphere" In Coal Peace Talks

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 4

When the conference which he had called to find a settlement of the South Coast coal strike adjourned at 1.20 p.m. today, the Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) said a "better atmosphere" existed than hitherto…

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Coal Peace Hopes On Today's Conference

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 4

Hopes for a settlement of the dispute which has thrown idle all the coal mines and cokeworks on the South Coast are centred on a conference of the parties before the Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) today…

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Govt. Seeks News of Soviet Coal Method

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 7

CANBERRA, Wednesday.--The Commonwealth Government will instruct the Australian Minister to Moscow (Mr. J. J. Maloney) to inquire how…

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New Move in Coal Strike State Minister Intervenes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 4

The State Minister for Mines, Mr. Baddeley, has intervened in the general strike at South Coast collieries in an attempt to settle…

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Authority Tangle As Obstacle to Ending Coal Strike

The Sun · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 2

Conflicting views on Commonwealth and State powers to deal with safety working conditions are complicating attempts to end the South Coast coal strike. A conference between the NSW Minister for Mines (Mr…

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Judge To Probe Mine Fire Yallourn Open-cut Still Ablaze; More Drastic Power Cuts

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Victorian Government today appointed Judge Stretton a Royal Commissioner to investigate the out break of fire in the Yallourn brown-coal mine…

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Hopes For Coal Mine Settlement

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 2

Whether the strike of South Coast miners will end today or extend into its second week, with a daily loss of coal…

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