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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1946

1,241 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 60 of 63

Miners’ Pension Fund Shows Profit

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 December 1946 · page 6

KURRI KURRI: Speaking at the annual soda! of Kurri Kurri branch of the Retired Mineworker Pensioners’ Association, Mr. G…

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Mining Application Refused

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 December 1946 · page 5

SINGLETON, Thurs.—An application by A. G. J. Dennis for authority to enter the property of Mr. E. R. Moore, at…

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Permission To Enter For Mining

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 December 1946 · page 2

SINGLETON Thursday .—In the Mining Warden’s Court Mr. V. Lawler Warden) gave the Millfield Coal Co. permission to…

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Judge Says U.S. Coal Strike Evil and Monstrous Mineworkers’ Association And Leader Heavily Fined

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 December 1946 · page 1

WASHINGTON, December 5.— Judge Goldsbrough in the Federal Court yesterday fined the United Mineworkers’ Association three and a half million dollars and its leader, John L. Lewis, ten thousand dollars for contempt of court…

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Australian Colliery Staff Association

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 December 1946 · page 1

Meetings for Weston and Cessnock are advertised in this issue to deal with all matters for su[?] to the annual general meeting to be held in January…

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Mine Union Fined

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

The United Mine Workers of America was fined three and a half million for contempt…

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Better Explosives For Miners

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 December 1946 · page 4

CANBERRA. Friday.— The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) promised Mr. James (Lab., NSW) in the House of Representatives…

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All Mines at Work

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 December 1946 · page 5

CESSNOCK, Friday.—For the third day in succession the whole of the mines on the Maitland field are at work. The production,…

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Britain's Coal Output Still Improving

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 December 1946 · page 1

The Minister for Fuel (Mr. Shinwell) told a Press conference in Britain that September's and October's improved coal production had been…

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Mine Managers' and Under-managers' Examination

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 December 1946 · page 4

At the examination for Certificates of Competency as Manager and Under Manager held under the provisions of the Coal Mines Regulation Act…

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Mining Warden's Court One Authority Granted and One Application Refused

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 December 1946 · page 6

An application by A. G. 11. Dennis for authority to enter the property of Mr. E. R. Moore, at Ravcnsworth, was on…

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U.S. Mineworkers Fined Over 3 Million Dollars Sequel To Nation-Wide Coal Strike

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 December 1946 · page 1

In the Federal Court in Washington the United Mine Workers of America were fined 3½ million dollars (£A1,095,000) for contempt, and John L. Lewis, the president of the union, was lined 10,000 dollars (£A3127)…

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To-day’s Leaders: The Population Question Against Conviction of U.S Miners’ Leader President Truman To Broadcast To The Nation

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 December 1946 · page 1

WASHINGTON, December 6—Lawyers for John L. Lewis have lodged an appeal to the united States Circuit Court against his own and the United Mineworkers’ conviction for contempt of court in not averting the soft coal miners’ walkout…

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Recovery of Gold From Dock

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 7 December 1946 · page 2

BOMBAY (Associated Press) .— The Bombay Port Trust dredger Chelura has scooped out two more gold bars from the basin of…

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Hopes of Quick Settlement of Coal Strike Vanish “No Timing Back,” Says U.S. Government Official

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 7 December 1946 · page 1

WASHINGTON, December 7.—CIO president, Mr. Phillip Murray, in a letter to the American Federation of Labour and the Railway Brotherhood, urged a joint meeting with the CIO to fortunate a policy of united action to combat the “deliberate,…

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All Mines Work

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 December 1946 · page 3

CESSNOCK Monday —There [?] no industrial disputes on the Maitland field to-day. All mines are at work. For the fourth…

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Coal Production Almost Record

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 December 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Coal production since August had reached almost record proportions and there will be ampie supplies for an…

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German Dredges for Yallourn. Speed-up Brown Coal Development

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 December 1946 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.—A speed-up in the further large-scale development of Victoria’s brown coal deposits is expected…

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Some Not Certain Lewis Defeated. U.S. Miners May Renew Struggle Later

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 December 1946 · page 2

NEW YORK, December 9.—Although when miners’ leader John L. Lewis called off the U.S. soft coal miners strike on Saturday afternoon the first reaction of the New York Press was to declare that Lewis had suffered complete…

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Work 'At the Collieries

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 10 December 1946 · page 4

At- least 34 mines - worked full tune for the pay to he drawn on Friday next: Details, , furnished by shipping agents, are…

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