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Mining & the mines, 1946

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Canada To Return Polish Gold

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 November 1946 · page 1

The Canadian Government has agreed to return unconditionally to Poland £5,312,500 worth of Polish gold deposited in Canada, which was…

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Loss Of Coal For Ten Months

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 November 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY Friday—Loss of coal in New south Wales due to strikes breakdown safety issue fatalities absenteeism and…

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Amenities in the Coal Industry (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 November 1946 · page 8

Sir,—With the expectations of sums of money being allocated to the coalmining industry by the Federal labor Party, I suggest the following as the first…

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Miners' Executive Ballot. Position of General President. Can Central Council Postpone Ballot?

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

A position has arisen in the Miners' Federation which may result in the General President losing…

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Coal Position Disturbing

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 2 November 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY Saturday—Unless a steady slump in coal production from New South Wales mines In the past month Is halted, It is…

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German Miner’s Lost Weight Ration Go to Wife and Family

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 2 November 1946 · page 7

ESSEN, Germany (Associated Press).—Here Step ban Dolats, Euhr coal miner, used to weigh 170 pounds…

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British Coal Dead As Private Enterprise Couib Not Cope with Modern Conditions

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 2 November 1946 · page 7

N E W YORK—(Associated Press)—The British coal in[?] as a private enterprise, is dead. and in attempting to determine the cause of death “Fortune” Magazine concludes that the fatal blows were struck by falling production and…

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Heavy Loss Of Coal Production

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 November 1946 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Monday. — There was a heavy loss of coal production on the Maitland held to-day through the idleness of six large…

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Huge Crowd at Miners’ at Picnic

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 November 1946 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Monday. — Members of Bellbird miners’ lodge resumed their annual picnic yesterday, the first since war-time…

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Coal Loss Menaces Transport Trains at Christmas May Be Cut

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 November 1946 · page 1

A warning that transport services at Christmas might be restricted because of losses of coal due to mine stoppages was given…

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Muswellbrook Misses State Coal Mine

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 November 1946 · page 1

Because the seam is "cindered" the proposal for a Stale coal-mine at Muswellbrook, estimated to yield 1,000 000 tons of coal a year, has been…

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Injured at Colliery

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 November 1946 · page 4

Frederick Woods, 36, of 107 Carrington Street, West Wallsend, a wheeler employed at Rosewood Borehole colllery…

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Miners on Strike

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 November 1946 · page 4

LONDON, Nov. 5—Eight hundred miners at Sutton Manor colliery St Helen’s (Lancashire) have gone on strike because…

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The Miners' Presidential Ballot

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 November 1946 · page 6

Mr. H. Wells has forwarded the following explanation to the Cessnock "Eagle" of his failure to remain financial in the Miner's Federation with the…

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Three Large Mines Idle

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 November 1946 · page 1

CESSNOCK Tuesday.— Three large collieries on the Maitland field are idle to-day as a protest against the type of explosive…

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Miners' General Presidency Incorrect Statements Alleged

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 November 1946 · page 1

Central Councillor for Group 1 (Mr. F. Creswell) and Secretary of Aberdare Central Miners' Lodge, said that incorrect statements were being…

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Gold Stocks Rise In Canada

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 November 1946 · page 1

TORONTO (Canada) Nov. 6 — Persistent reports that the Canadian dollar was returning to the previous discount position in…

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Chemistry in the Coal Industry. Cessnock Rotary Club Address

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 November 1946 · page 1

In an address to Cessnock Rotary Club, Mr. L Cane, Chief Chemist of the Northern colliery Proprietors' Association, said chemistry had not played the same…

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Three Collieries Resume

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 November 1946 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Wednesday.—Bell bird. Aberdare Extended and Aberdare collieries which were idle yesterday as a protest against the quality…

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Colliery Profit £94,661

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 November 1946 · page 2

After providing £65,000 for deprecation also for taxation and paying debenture and mortgage interest, J and A. Brown and…

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