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Mining & the mines, 1944

4,597 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 230

Miners Vote to Resume Work Majority Of 65 In Four Areas One Result Yet to Come

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 2

WOLLONGONG, Monday. -- With 1587 votes so far cast at mass meetings of miners on the southern coalfield today, 826 were in favor of…

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Miners Vote to Resume Work Wollongong 363 To 334 In Favor Margin of 3 at Coledale

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 2

WOLLONGONG, Monday.--A mass meeting of miners held here today decided by 363 votes to 334 in favor of resuming work tomorrow…

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Miners Vote to Resume Work Majority Of 65 In Four Areas One Result Yet to Come

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 2

WOLLONGONG, Monday. -- With 1587 votes so far cast at mass meetings of miners on the southern coalfield today, 826 were in favor of…

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Southern Miners Go Back to Work Only Two Collieries Idle 11th-HOUR Hitch Over Call-ups

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 4

WOLLONGONG,Tuesday.--With the exception of Mount Kembla and Corrimal, all mines on the South Coast resumed work this morning, bringing to an end a strike which had…

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Southern Miners Go Back to Work Only Two Collieries Idle 11th-HOUR Hitch Over Call-ups

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 4

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.--With the exception of Mount Kembla and Corrimal, all mines on the South Coast resumed work this morning, bringing to an end a strike which had…

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Southern Miners Go Back to Work Only Two Collieries Idle 11th-HOUR Hitch Over Call-ups

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 4

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.--With the exception of Mount Kembla and Corrimal, all mines on the South Coast resumed work this morning, bringing to an end a strike which had…

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Southern Miners Go Back to Work Only Two Collieries Idle 11th-HOUR Hitch Over Call-ups

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 4

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.--With the exception of Mount Kembla and Comma!, ail mines on the South Coast resumed work this morning, bringing to an end a strike which had…

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Miners in South Back at Work Only Two Collieries Now Remain Idle Hitch Occurs on Call-ups

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 2

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.-- With the exception of Mount Kembla and Corrimal, all mines on the South Coast 'resumed work this morning,…

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Miners in South Back at Work Only Two Collieries Now Remain Idle Hitch Occurs on Call-ups

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 2

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.-- With the exception of Mount Kembla and Corrimal all mines on the South Coast resumed work this morning…

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Miners Vote in Comfort

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 5

STRIKING southern miners voted in comfort yesterday, when they decided to return to work today after having been on strike a month. Here are some of the miners at a meeting held in the Wollongong Theatre, at which it was decided by 363 votes to 334…

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Coal Strike and After

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 4

Grudgingly and belatedly, the South Coast coal strikers have decided to return to work. They and their leaders showed to the…

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British Miners Back to Work

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.-- Many ' British miners who had been on strike are hack at work today. NEARLY 61,000 South Wales miners…

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Warning Over Mine Call-ups

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 5

"Now the new Coal Bill has become operative the Government should begin to act, but it should hesitate before going…

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Warning Over Mine Call-ups

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 5

"Now the new Coal Bill has become operative the Government should begin to act, but it should hesitate before going…

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Warning Over Mine Call-ups

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 5

"Now the new Coal Bill has become operative the Government should begin to act, but it should hesitate before going…

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British Miners Back to Work

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.-- Many British miners who had been on strike are back at work today. NEARLY 61,000 South Wales miners…

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Wollongong and Coledale Miners' Meetings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 6

Mass meetings of coal miners at Wollongong and Coledale yesterday. Top: The meeting at the Civic Theatre. Wollongong, where the miners decided to resume work to-day. Lower: Miners waiting the result of the ballot at the Coledale meeting, where it was decided to return to work by a majority of three votes…

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Production Lag After Coal Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 5

Settlement of the southern coal strike did not mean an immediate maximum production in Port Kembla heavy…

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Most Welsh Miners Back At Work

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 5

LONDON, Monday (A.AP.). -- Most of the 97,000 striking South Wales miners returned to work this morning. This was announced by the…

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Costume Co. Director Volunteers for Mine

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.—John' Getter, 18 years old managing director of a London costume business, whose salary is £1500 a year, is joining the…

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