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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1946

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All Mines Again Work

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 3

CESSNOCK Friday. — The whole of the mines on the Maitland field are at work to-day. This is the second day in…

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Two Mines on Beach

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 1

INNISFAIL, Jan 18.—Members of the bomb disposal and have been rushed to [?] to attend to two more mines which…

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Work at the Collieries

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 2

The maximum available time 10 days, was recorded at 28 collieries during the fortnight. Details as furnished by the shipping…

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John Darling Colliery Idle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY Monday.—Apart from John Darling, which was idle on a safety issue, and Wallarah, where there is a dispute…

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Ships Sunk by Mines

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 4

LONDON Mon. 20—Since the war ended [?] ships, totalling 71,182 [?] been lost through [?] mines, said the…

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Transvaal Mines Give £150,000 to Britain

Singleton Argus · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 1

The Transvaal Chamber of Mines has announced a donation of £150,000 by the mining industry to General Smuts for the "People of…

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Strange Action By Colliery Proprietors. Dispute at Hebburn Collieries

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 1

Unless a dispute over compensation payments at Hebburn Nos. 1 and 2 collieries is settled by negotiation. there…

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Miners’ Holiday Claims

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.— Three weeks annual paid holidays is being sought by the Miners’ Federation…

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Good Coal Production

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 1

Twenty-eight collieries in the North worked full time for the fortnight ending on Friday last…

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Training Scheme For Miners

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 2

THE Mining Association of Great Britain, a body representing the colliery owners, has presented to the Minister…

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All Maitland Mines Work

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 3

CESSNOCK Tuesday.—Production is being maintained at a high level on the Maitland, coal-field. During the past four…

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Northern Miners Seek Legal Aid

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 3

The Northern district of the Miners' Federation yesterday referred the action of the management of Hebburn No…

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British Mines Offer Opportunity For Lads

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 1

The Mining Association of Great Britain, a body representing the colliery owners, has presented to the Minister…

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Presentation To Mr. A. McLeod Pelaw Main Colliery Staff Send-off

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 3

Last Thursday evening the members of the Pelaw Main colliery staff gathered together to make a presentation to…

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To-day’s Leader: Training Scheme For Miners De Gaulle Said To Have Overshot Himself Australian Associated Press

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 1

PARIS, January 22.—Although he said on Sunday that General de Gaulle’s retirement was final, the General’s principal private secretary (M. Palewski) is now complaining of misrepresentation…

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Jap Ship Strikes Mine

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 1

SHANGHAI, Jan. 23. — A 6000-ton Japanese repatriation ship , Enoshima Maru packed-' with 4279…

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Two Collieries Idle

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 24 January 1946 · page 3

CESSNOCK Thurs.—There are two idle mines on the Maitland field to-day—Millifield and Hebburn No. 1…

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Absenteeism May Close Down Colliery

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 24 January 1946 · page 1

LONDON, January 21.—Clifton colliery, In Nottingham, the first pit in England to be nationalised, which the Government took over…

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Settlement at Hebburn Collieries

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 3

Hebburn No. 1 and 2 colliery company has advised the miners' lodge members that it would pay to employees to-day, under protest,…

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Hebburn Miners' Claim

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 1

The General Secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. G. W. S. Grant) has stated that the miners' claim for…

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