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Mining & the mines, 1944

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Westport Coal Profit Z Z Z

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 4

Net profit of Westport Coal Co., Ltd. (N.Z.), is £10,829 for the year ended September 30, or £3,894 less than for the previous…

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Coal Loss Grows; 15 Pits Still Idle

The Sun · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 3

Another 14,180 tons of coal was lost today, with 15 mines still idle. This swelled the coal loss for the week to 70,000…

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M.P. Appeals to Miners Men Returning to Holiday Places

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—Mr. James, M.P., told Pelaw Main miners to-day that some men had opposed a return to work…

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Miners Gaoled at Cessnock

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 1

CESSNOCK, Saturday.--At a special court today two miners employed at Millfield Colliery received gaol sentences on a charge of having been absent from work on December 15 last without reasonable excuse…

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Sentences for Mine Workers

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 1

CESSNOCK, Saturday.--At a special court today two miners employed at Millfield colliery received gaol sentences on a charge of having been absent from work on December 15 last without reasonable excuse…

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Sentences for Mine Workers

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 1

CESSNOCK, Saturday.--At a special court today two miners employed at Millfield colliery received gaol sentences on a charge of having been absent from work on December 15 last without reasonable excuse…

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Sentences for Mine Workers

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 1

CESSNOCK, Saturday.--At a special court today two miners employed at Millfield colliery received gaol sentences on a charge of having been absent from work on December 15 last without reasonable excuse…

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69,940 Tons of Coal Lost During Week 1400 Men And 15 Mines Still Idle

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 7

Fifteen N.S.W. coalmines, producing 14,180 tons a day and employing more than 4700 men, were idle again yesterday. The stoppages yesterday brought the total…

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Coal Queries Left Unanswered

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 7

Yesterday a Daily Telegraph reporter submitted a list of questions to the Commonwealth Deputy-Crown Solicitor (Mr…

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Absentee Miners Sent To Gaol and Fined

The Sun · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Saturday. -- Gaol sentences, plus fines, were imposed at Cessnock Police Court today on two absentee miners. Four others were fined. Neville Lightfoot was sen-…

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Strikes Halt 14 PITS Biggest Coal Loss in Two Years

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Friday,—The production loss resulting from strikes on the northern coalfields this week was the heaviest…

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Prison sentences for two absentee miners

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Sat.--For the first time in Australia, coalminers were today sentenced to jail for absenteeism. In a special Cessnock court, Neville…

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Gaol Sentences for Two Northern Miners

Truth · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 18

CESSNOCK, Saturday.—"To my way of thinking Hie action of this minority is analogous to black marketing," said Mr. Atkinson, S.M., today, when sending two miners to gaol on charges of absenting themselves from work without reasonable…

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Less Coal in 1943 Than 1942

The Sun · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 3

FIGURES released yesterday revealed that 11,534,000 tons of coal were produced in New…

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Gaol for two miners on absenteeism charges CESSNOCK

The Sun · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 3

DESCRIBING the action of Some coalminers before the Court as "analogous to black marketing," Mr. Atkinson, SM, today fined an absentee miner £15 and sentenced him to a…

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Unwatering of Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 10

A1 Consolidated Gold expects to have the water out of the mine and work in full swing this week…

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Mine Men Defy Federation

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 2

Defying the direction of the Miners' Federation to resume work, and perturbed by the imposition of fines and gaol terms…

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Mine Men Defy Federation

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 2

Defying the direction of the Miners' Federation to resume work, and perturbed by the imposition of fines and gaol terms…

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Stop Press No Mine Stoppage

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 12

A[?]reatened stoppage on the northern coalfield was averted this afternoon by judge Drake-Brockm[?]chairman of the Central Coal…

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Stop Press No Mine Stoppage

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 12

A threatened stoppage on the northern coalfield was averted this afternoon by judge Drake-Brockman chairman of the Central Coal…

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