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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1947

1,145 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 47 of 58

All Collieries Working

Maitland Mercury · Friday 24 October 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY Friday. — Every coal mine in N.S.W. is working to-day, though a minority section who are refusing to work at Aberdare…

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Colliery Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 October 1947 · page 7

Richard O'Neill, 47, Date Street, Ueston, a miner employed at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery was struck by a fall of coal to-day and suffered a…

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Pelton Colliery Creates Record

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 October 1947 · page 7

Pelton colliery Last week recorded an average daily output of 800 tons, which is a record. Peiton's normal daily production is about 700 tons…

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Miners Ignore Strike Efforts

Maitland Mercury · Friday 24 October 1947 · page 3

CESSNOCK. Friday.—The attempt by a certain section of the Aberdare Extended Miners’ Lodge to bring about a general stoppage on the…

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Coal Strike in Scotland

Maitland Mercury · Friday 24 October 1947 · page 1

LONDON. Oct. 24. — Two thirds of the striking coalminers to Ayrshire voted overwhelmingly for a return to work, but more than 80…

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Struck by Fall of Coal

Maitland Mercury · Friday 24 October 1947 · page 3

CESSNOCK Thurs — Richard O’Nell, 47, of Bate-street Weston, a miner employed at stanford Main no. 2 collery, had…

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P.m. Says Miners Working Better

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 October 1947 · page 7

The Prime Minister said at Canberra yesterday that coalminers were working much better than for a long…

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Alcurl Selected for Valley Gold Cup Don Pedro Is At Best For Success In W. S. Cox Plate

Maitland Mercury · Friday 24 October 1947 · page 5

Track work shown by Val curl in recent weeks gives in an undeniable to win the Moone Valley Gold [?] for the third successive year A proved weight carrier he has done exceptionally well…

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Proposed T Merger of Mine Unions

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 25 October 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Saturday—Final agreement for merger between the Federated Minig and the Miners Federation .will be submitted to the Miners Central…

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Govt GoId And Copper Mine For Sale

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 25 October 1947 · page 3

BRISBANE Sat—The Commonwealth Government will sell a Queensland [?] and copper mine in less that four weeks…

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‘Mining’ Pots and Pans In Berlin‘s Ruins

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 25 October 1947 · page 4

BERLIN—(Associated Press).— There’s beneath the tomb rains of Berlin, and the rule is finders keepers even when the…

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All Mines Worked

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 October 1947 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Monday.—The whole of the mines on the South Maitland field are at work today…

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Spread of Welsh Coal Strike

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 October 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Oct. 27.—Although Scottish coal strikers at the week-end meetings unanimously decided to return to work…

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Loss of Coal at Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 October 1947 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Monday.—The coal loss on the Newcastle coalfield to-day was approximately 1900 tons…

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Injured in Colliery

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 28 October 1947 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Tuesday.— William Foster, 28 of Greta Street, Aberdare a locomotive drover at Elrington colliery, received an in…

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Good Coal Production Maintained

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 October 1947 · page 3

Production on the South Maitland field is being maintained at a very high level…

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Coal Output At High Level

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 28 October 1947 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Tuesday.—Production on the Maitland Held has? been kept at a high level during the past three days. The only…

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Lottery Luck to Aberdare Young Miners Shore Third Prize

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 October 1947 · page 3

Third prize of £500 in yesterday's State Lottery 1567 went to Aberdare. The holder of the winning…

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£2½ M. Increase In NSW Coal Production Costs Must Be Made Up by Rise in Subsidy or Price

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 28 October 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Tie increased cost of coal production in New South Wales this year estimated to be £2,500,000, would have to be met either by increased Government subsidy or, a rise of 6/6 a ton in the price of coal…

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Coal Productions Again High

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 29 October 1947 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Wednesday.— For the fourth day in succession, production on South Maitland held has been maintained at its peaky…

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