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Mining & the mines, 1944

4,597 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 230

Resumption Ordered South Coast Coal Dispute

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 7

Mr. A. C. Willis, Commonwealth Conciliation Commissioner, has issued an order calling on the owners of the…

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Southern Miners Ordered to Report for Work

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 8

All South Coast miners were ordered last night to report for work this morning. The instruction was given by radio from station 2WL, Wollongong, by the Southern Districts Branch…

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Stop Press Miners' Therat Over Meat Ration

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 12

The general secretary of the Allbers' Federation (mr. G. Grant) revealed today that miners at Edwen Consolidated Colliery in…

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Lean Year For Gold Mining Companies

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 8

Depletion of labor forces and shortage of essential materials and machinery replacement parts made 1943 a lean year for goldmining…

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Lean Year For Gold Mining Companies

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 8

Depletion of labor forces and shortage of essential materials and machinery replacement parts made 1943 a lean year for goldmining…

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Lean Year For Gold Mining Companies

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 8

Depletion of labor forces and shortage of essential materials and machinery replacement parts made 1943 a lean year for goldmining…

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Miners Strike on Rationing

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 4

Lithgow Valley coalmine stopped work yesterday in protest against meat rationing. Western Miners' Federation officials said last night…

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Fears All Mines Idle

The Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 3

"Unless this question is settled here today, you will have not only seven, but the whole of the mines, idle," said Mr. E. R…

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Records by N.z. Miners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 7

CANBERRA, Monday.—The New Zealand Minister for Labour, Mr. Webb, said at the State luncheon given to-day on the occasion of the…

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Willis Insists on Winning of Coal

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 3

Explaining his action in issuing an order for the abolition of the three-lift pillar extraction system at Coalcliff (South Coast) colliery, the chairman of the Central Coal Authority (Mr. A. C. Willis) this afternoon…

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Willis Insists on Winning of Coal

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 3

Explaining his action in issuing an order for the abolition of the three-lift pillar extraction system at Coalcliff (South Coast) colliery, the chairman of the Central Coal Authority (Mr. A. C.Willis) this afternoon…

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Willis Insists on Winning of Coal

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 3

Explaining his action in issuing an order for the abolition of the three-lift pillar extraction system at Coalcliff (South Coast) colliery, the chairman of the Central Coal Authority (Mr. A. C. Willis) this afternoon…

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10,000 Tons Lost, 11 Mines Idle

The Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 3

Eleven coal mines are idle in NSW today for a loss of 10,000 tons of coal-- the heaviest loss…

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Miners Want More Meat One Strike; Fear of Others

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 6

Miners at Lithgow Valley on the western field struck yesterday in protest against the meat ration…

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Southern Mines Back At Work

The Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1944 · page 2

All coal mines in the south are back at work today, following the settlement late yesterday of the dispute over the absorption…

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Gold Warning to Soldiers Our War Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1944 · page 6

NEW GUINEA, Tuesday.—By order of the Army, soldiers are forbidden to take gold from gold-bearing parts of New Guinea where they may be…

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Unsuccessful Attempt to Block Halifax Harbour Magnetic Mines Laid

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 19 January 1944 · page 1

A naval announcement has r-vealed that the Germans tried to block Halifax harbour with mines last June but they failed. Some…

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Directed to Mines English Youths' Reactions Our Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1944 · page 8

LONDON, Jan. 18 (A.A.P.).— Reports from all the welfare officers who met 500 conscript youths from various parts of…

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Southern Coal Miners Coalcliff Dispute Settled

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 20 January 1944 · page 2

South Coast miners were instructed to resume work yesterday, following a compulsory conference presided over by the…

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Coal Record By New Zealand Miners

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 20 January 1944 · page 2

According to news received from Canberra, the New Zealand Minister for Labour, Mr. Webb, said at the State luncheon given…

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