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Mining & the mines, 1946

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Miners To Confer On Dust Problem

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 July 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday. — Grievance concerning dust in mines will be discussed by miners’ leaders from all N.S.W…

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Best Brains Available For Coal Authority Federal Bill To Be Presented This Session

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 July 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—legislation, under the Federal and State scheme for the control of coalmining would be submitted to the Commonwealth Parliament early this session, probably by the end of this month, the Premier…

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Leg Injured in Colliery

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 5

Alan Featherstone, 22, of Dagworth West Maitland, a wheeler, employed at Bloomfield South colliery, received severe…

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Large Claims by Miners

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 1

Mr. S. H. Wilkinson, Assistant Superintendent of J. and A. Brown and Abermain-Seaham Collieries Ltd., stated that extra annual leave…

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Minister Appeals to Miners

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 7

The Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. Hamilton Knight) appealed to the miners to gibe the Federal and State Governments an opportunity to…

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Oil From Coal Process

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 1

Cessnock Council on Tuesday night carried a resolution, moved by the Mayor (Ald. J. Brown) that the Federal and State Governments…

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Mines Control Bill Soon Ready

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 7

The Bill to brine coal mines under Federal-State control is to be introduced in the [?] of [?]tives late this month, said the…

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Special Summary of Coal Report

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 3

A special summary of Mr. Justice Davidson's report on coal had teen prepared by one of the Judge's officers and was on its way, the Prime Minister (Mr…

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Miners To Confer On Dust Problem

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 7

[?] N.S.W. [?] are meeting the [?] case what action should be taken to [?] their grievance about duet in…

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Miners' Council Not to Buy Homes

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 1

The Miners' Central Council has decided against purchasing two homes in Sydney for the President and General Secretary…

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Two Mines Idle at South Maitland

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 5

CESSNOCK, Friday. — There are two mines idle on the Maitland field to-day, Hebburn No. 1 and Richmond Main…

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Oil From Coal Dye Process Advocated

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 6

There are three recognised processes used in the extraction of oil from coal: 1. Low Temperature Carbonisation. 2. High Temperature Carbonisation…

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Oil From Coal (To the Editor.)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 6

Sir,-The Coalfields District New Deal Committee who are seeking public support to a petition to the Federal and State. Governments requesting the…

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All South Coast Mines May Be Idle. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 2

Indications arc that the whole of the South Coast mines may be held up over the dust menace unless the Government moves quickly. So far…

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Plans for Big Increase in Coal Output Exploratory Bores

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 1

Plans to increase coal production by "at least 3,500,000 tons a year" were approved by State Cabinet during the week…

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Miners’ Dust Plans

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Saturday.—Miners’ leaders from the three coalfield considered the proposals of the South Coast miners- on the dust…

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British Coal Bill

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1946 · page 4

LONDON July 5 —The Coal Nationalisation Bill was passed by the House of Lords…

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Killed by Fall of Coal

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1946 · page 2

CESSNOCK. Caught in a fall coal at Aberdare Colliery on June 26, James McGarvie. died from internal Injuries. At the…

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“The Position Is Tragic” Coal Shortage

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1946 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—In industrial find shipping circles, the condition brought about by the lack of sufficient coal for…

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Miners’ Claims in Queensland

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 July 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Central Coal Industrial Authority (Mr. A. C. Willis said to-day that claims by coalminers for…

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