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Mining & the mines, 1944

4,597 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 230

More Mines at Work

The Sun · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 5

Two of the three mines idle on the South Coast yesterday because of disputes over the allocation of the work of…

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Miners Succeed in Appeal Cases

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 4

WEST MAITLAND, Thursday. -- A sentence of seven days' gaol on two employees of Millfield-Greta colliery on a charge of absenteeism was…

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Miners Succeed in Appeal Cases

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 4

WEST MAITLAND, Thursday. -- A sentence of seven days' gaol on two employees of Millfield-Greta colliery on a charge of absenteeism was…

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Miners Succeed in Appeal Cases

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 4

WEST MAITLAND, Thursday. -- A sentence of seven days' gaol on two employees of Millfield-Greta colliery on a charge of absenteeism was…

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Miners Succeed in Appeal Cases

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 4

WEST MAITLAND, Thursday. -- A sentence of seven days' gaol on two employees of Millfield-Greta colliery on a charge of absenteeism was…

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Plan to Replace Miners in Army

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 2

Wheelers and clippers called up for army service will be replaced by miners of Corrimal, Mt. Kembla and South Bulli mines, according to a decision of conferences last night between the Southern Coal…

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Plan to Replace Miners in Army

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 2

Wheelers and clippers called up for army service will be replaced by miners of Corrimal, Mt. Kembla and South Bulli mines, according to a decision of conferences last night between the Southern Coal…

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Plan to Replace Miners in Army

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 2

Wheelers and clippers called up for army service will be replaced by miners of Corrimal, Mt. Kembla and South Bulli mines, according to a decision of conferences last night between the Southern Coal…

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Miners to Replace Men in Call-up

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 4

WHEELERS and clippers called up for Army service will be replaced by miners of Corrimal, Mt. Kembla and South Bulli mines, according to a decision of conferences last night between the Southern Coal…

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Miners to Replace Men in Call-up

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 4

WHEELERS and clippers called up for Army service will be replaced by miners of Corrimal, Mt. Kembla and South Bulli mines, according to a decision of conferences last night between the Southern Coal…

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Miners to Replace Men in Call-up

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 4

WHEELERS and clippers called up for Army service will be replaced by miners of Corrimal, Mt. Kembla and South Bulli mines, according to a decision of conferences last night between the Southern Coal…

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Lodges To Fill Mine Vacancies By Roster

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 7

Vacancies in three South Coast mines, caused by military call-ups, will be filled on a roster system drawn up by the lodges. This was decided at…

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Miners to Replace Men in Call-up

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 4

WHEELERS and clippers called up for Army service will be replaced by miners of Corrimal Mt. Kembla and South Bulli mines, according to a decision of conferences last night between the Southern Coal…

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Throwing Stones Won't Give Us Coal

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 4

IT is doubtful if any employee group in the community has ever been a target for more concentrated abuse than the miners of…

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Three Southern Pits Idle All Northern Mines at Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 6

Three mines on the South Coast were idle yesterday, but for the first time in 14 weeks every northern colliery had worked for…

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Huge Scheelite Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thiusday.—Diamond drilling of ore deposits had revealed that the King Island Scheelite. N.L., mine was one of the largest if not…

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Record Coal Output Likely

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 4

This week's coal production in the northern pits is expected to be the best for 12 months. The week's output so far is estimated…

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Output of Coal Rises

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 4

With all mines working today, coal production in the north this week has soared to 150,000 tons--the greatest…

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Output of Coal Rises

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 8

With all mines working today, coal production in the north has soared to 150,000 tons--the greatest…

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More Coal Produced: Men Praised

The Sun · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 2

Government and central miners' officials today praised the production efforts of northern…

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