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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1945

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Mine Absentees Fined

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 2

NEWCASTLE Sat.—Fifteen employees of Stock[?] No . 2 colliery were fined at a Special Court at Newcastle last night for…

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Siding for Open Cut Coal

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 2

MUSWELLBROOK Set.— A bulldozer in now being employed on the work of making a new [?] on this Victoria street [?]…

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Struck by Coal

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 3

CESSNOCK Monday.— Norman Reynolds, 45. of South Cessnock a miner employed at Burlington colliery received lacerations, to…

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Open-Cut Mine At Muswellbrook

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 2

MUSWELLBROOK Mr. J. A Beasley vice-president of the executive council in the Commonwealth Parliament, and Mr…

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Closing Part of Pelton Mine

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 2

Sections 6, 7 and S of Pelt Colliery are to lie closed down An order to this effect has be issued by the Coal Commissioner…

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Tranquil Star Deposes Desert Gold

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 3

Tranquil Star deposed Desert Gold as Australasia's greatest stake winning mare when she easily defeated Tea Cake and Three Wheeler in the…

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Miners Want Federal Pension

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.— When the Central Executive of the Miners’ Federation meets the Prime Minister. (Mf. Curtin) in conference…

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Miners' Central Executive Review

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 1

The following extracts are taken fr[?] the annual report of the Executive of the Miners Federation:— During the war years benefits have…

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Health Probe In Mine Industry

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 1

The Health Committee of the Coal Inquiry will start visits to the coal-fields on February 19. when it will go to the South Coast…

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Another Hitch at Pelton Colliery

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 3

CESSNOCK Wed.—It was expected that pelton colliery-would resume work to-day and the pillar sections, which were in…

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Accidents at Collieries

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 1

CESSNOCK, Friday. — Two Cessnock mine workers received minor injuries to-day. John Malcolm, 42, of Greta-st,…

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Promotions in Colliery Protest Against System

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 1

CESSNOCK Friday.—The only new pit idle on the Maitland field to-day is Millfield-Greta. The production loss is six hundred…

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Pelton Miners' Cavil Out

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 5

Some of the men at Pelton colliery were perturbed after, being cavilled out by the refusal of the manpower…

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No Concessions for Miners

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 1

CANBERRA Friday—There is little likelihood of the miners getting any concessions from the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin)…

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Miners to See Mr. Curtin. Canberra

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 2

There is little likelihood of the miners getting any concessions from the Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin, when they see him to-day. Although they…

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Miners' Executive Meet Prime Minister To-day

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 1

It is expected that some plain speaking will take place when the executive of the Miners' Federation meets the…

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Miners and Mr Curtin Little Likelihood of Any Concessions

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 2

There is little likelihood of the miners getting any concessions, from the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) when they see him to-day…

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Coal Production in West

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1945 · page 2

Coal prouction in the west this week again averaged better than 10,000 tons a day. It was only 2785 tons below the [?]…

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Cabinet Will Decided Miners’ Pensions

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1945 · page 5

CANBERRA, Sat. — Following his conference with representatives of the ACTU and Miners’ Federation, the Prime Minister…

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Overtime Dispute Kalingo Colliery Idle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 February 1945 · page 1

CESSNOCK Monday.— The only new dispute on the Maitland field to-day is at Kalingo, where theengine drivers threw the pit…

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