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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1946

1,241 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 62 of 63

All South Coast Mines Idle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 16 December 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY Monday.—All mines on the South Coast were idle today while the miners held mass meetings to discuss grievances…

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15 New Films On Mining

Maitland Mercury · Monday 16 December 1946 · page 4

WASHINGTON (Associated Press)—The United States Bureau o Mines has included in its 1946 motion picture schedule…

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Southern Mines Resume

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 17 December 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Apart from Bulli colliery all South Coast pits idle yesterday on the dust compensation issue returned…

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Coal Board Chairman Miners’ Secretary Critical

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 December 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesdays— While the Prime Minister. (Mr. Chifley) and the Premier of NSW. (Mr.McKell), in their joint…

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Dust in Mines

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 December 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Dec. 18.—Professor David Jones, who is visiting Australia soon to investigate the incidence and effect of dust in…

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Mine Subsidences At Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 December 1946 · page 6

CESSNOCK Wed.—The Deputy Town Clerk (Me. W. Leckie) reported to Cessnock Council last night that the Senior Mines…

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Gold Strike In Siberia

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 December 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Dec 18. — A rich gold strike is reported from the Siberian goldfields, where according to Moscow…

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Colliery Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 December 1946 · page 4

James Ramsay, 42, of Shalamah Street, Cessnock, suffered an Injury to the left forearm, and a probable fracture of the left hand, when he was…

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Petty Thieving At Collieries

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 December 1946 · page 6

KURRI KURRI: Before Mr. H. L. Sargeson, PM, at Kurri Police Court, Raymond Mullard pleaded guilty to a charge of having on…

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Stealing From Colliery

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 December 1946 · page 3

At Kurri Police Court yesterday, before Mr. H. L. Sargeson, P.M., Raymond Milliard pleaded guilty to a charge of on November 23, stealing four…

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Five-day Week for Miners

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 December 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Dec. 20. — A five-day week for the coalmining industry will be introduced on the first Monday after May 1, 1947,…

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Miners Get Basic Wage Increase

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 December 1946 · page 1

N.S.W. miners will receive the 7/- interim basic wage increase from the first pay period to December. It…

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More Coal Won This Year

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 December 1946 · page 5

To-day is the final in the working year on the coalfields, and it is expected to be the worst of coal…

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English Coal Shortage. London

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 December 1946 · page 1

The electricity supply department at Birmingham, England's second largest city, warned people that it might have to impose a 35 per cent, electric…

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Solomon Islanders Go Down the Mine

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 December 1946 · page 1

It is quite usual to see men coming out of Richmond Main pit with black faces, but the other day the reverse was the order, when six Sotomon…

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Slow Recovery In Gold Output

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 December 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.— For the month of September, gold production of 77,000 fine ounces, worth £828,751 at export parity of £10/…

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1945 Coal Output Exceeded

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 21 December 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Saturday.—Coal production for the year was 11, 100,000 tons, which was about 1,000,000 tons more than the 1945…

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Coal Production Up for Year Miners Now on Holidays

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 December 1946 · page 2

Coal production for the year was 11.100,000 tons, which was about 1.000,000 tons more the ninthe 1945 output, the Coal, Commisisoner (Mr…

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Huge Back Pay Claims Action By U. S. Miners

Maitland Mercury · Monday 23 December 1946 · page 2

NEW YORK, December 22.—Because of an American Supreme Court decision in June, trading unions throughout the United States are preparing claims for back pay totalling thousands of millions of dollars…

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Coal Find Causes Village Removal

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 28 December 1946 · page 3

BERLIN—(Associated Press) —The village of Ebberitz, on the road from Halle to Koeren, is being, torn down, and rebuilt, a…

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