Welsh Miner’s Record
LONDON, Nov. 13 — A 37-year-old South Wales miner, Edwin Greenslade, working alone on a 4ft seam,…
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Mining & the mines, 1947
1,145 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 51 of 58
Miners' Christmas Holiday Provocative Report
The N.S.W. miners had not been directed to fargo five days' extra annual leave at Christmas, the…
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CESSNOCK. Friday. — Hebburn No. 2 is again partly idle to-day. Men in one of the sections of the mine are protesting against the…
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Several authorities to enter lands in the district for the purpose of prospecting for coal were granted yesterday by Mining…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Miners Pay a Grand Tribute to an Old Comrade Funeral of Jim Kirkwood
There was a great upsurge of emotion in the community this week when it became known that death…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Spin Should Win Again Principal Event At Maitland Dog Meeting
The principal event at the Maitland greyhound meeting to-morrow night is the Campbell’s Hill Stake and it is a strong one for this class. It is also open, each of the runners having good recent…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →May Permit Miners Only Fortnight’s Holiday Mr. Cameron’s Warning On Coal Production Losses
SYDNEY, Saturday. — If production losses of recent weeks continued, the Joint Coal Board estimated that the reserve likely to be built up would permit miners only a fortnight’s holiday at Christmas, the chairman of the Board…
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LONDON, Nov. 15.— Thirty-thousand volunteers will be recruited from Europe in the next 12 months to work in British coalmines…
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LONDON, Nov. 14.— After discussions lasting for six hours in London yesterday, between the National Coal Board and the…
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PARIS, Nov. 15.— The agreement with Poland for compensation for nationalised French assets provides that Poland will…
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. — Representative Christian Herter (Republican, Massachnas e t t s), [?]testified to-day that France had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Plan to Take Full Holiday Statement By President of The Federation
SYDNEY, Monday.—The miners were determined to take their full three-weeks’ holiday this Christmas, the President of the Miners’ Federation (Mr. I. Williams) declared. Production figures for this year showed they had earned it,…
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Losses in coal production on the South Maitland field to-day do not exceed 1300 tons…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Premier (Mr. McGirr) announced State Cabinet’s decision to pay a subsidy to dusted miners in Group 3…
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NEWCASTLE. Tuesday.—Four mines were idle on the northern coalfields to-day and there was a production loss of 2950 tons of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day's World News French Miners' Strike. Unrest Spreading. Paris
The strike movement which is sweeping over France has reached mines in the northern district, where there are 85,000 miners, estimated at…
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PARIS, November 18.—The strike movement sweeping France has reached the Northern Departments, where 35,000 miners, estimated at one-third of the total, came out. The strike is not limited to any one area, but is…
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LONDON, November 18.—There will be no flowers on the High Altar in Westminster Abbey for the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten on Thursday. Instead, the altar will be a mass of gold…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fine Fettle Belongs To Famous Family [?]races Back To Beeswing, Winner of Six Newcastle Gold Cups
Fine Fettle, who has reached the peak of his form and [?]win again shortly, has a very interesting pedigree [?] back to Beeswing. This mare was bred in 1833 [?] by Dr. Syntax from a mare by Ardrossan out of Lady…
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CESSNOCK, Wednesday. — By an overwhelming majority members of the Cessnock branch of the Colliery Mechanics’…
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