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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1948

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General Coal Strike Threatened

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 April 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—The joint Coat Board will in future play no part in the settlement of disputes while mines are idle…

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Rich Reward For Gold Miner

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 April 1948 · page 1

Sixteen days after pegging out a claim at Kunanalling, (Western Australia), William James Ayton found a 30-ounce…

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Colliery Tennis

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 3

The semi-finals of the colliery knockout tennis competition were played on Friday night. Twenty-four teams took part in the competition, and the four…

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Work at the Collieries

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 6

Eighteen mines in the Newcastle-Coalfields district worked full time in the last fortnight. The Easter Monday holiday reduced the available working…

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Federation and Joint Coal Board. Miners Instructed to Continue Working. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 2

The Miners' Federation to-day instructed miners to continue working, until a decision is reached on the dispute with the Joint Coal Board…

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No Idle Mines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 3

For the first time for a considerable period, the whole of the mines are at work on the South Maitland field to-day…

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All Maitland Mines Work

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Tuesday.—For the first time for a considerable period all the [?]nes on the mines on the South Maitland field…

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Miners Will Take Up Challenge

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday—A statement [?] by the [?] Coal Board yesterday was claimed by the general president of Miners…

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Vital Mining Conference

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY Tuesday—The Miners’ Federation to-day instructed the miners to continue working until a decision is reached on…

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Miners’ Leader Must Stand His Trial

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 1

WASHINGTON, April 13—Despite settlement yesterday the soft cool strike involving-600,000. men in the and allied industries, the United Mineworkers' leader John L. Lewis must-stand-his trial tomorrow on…

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Looted Gold Back To Italy

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 3

WASHINGTON, April 13.—Gold worth [?]1 million dollars [?]ooted by the Germans will be returned to Italy soon by the…

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Gold Finds Reported In New Gunia

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 1

PORT - MORESBY, Tuesday (AAP-Reuter)—Message from Las Madang and other centres state that gold is reported to…

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Joint Coal Board's Review Grave Position Revealed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 1

At the beginning of work this year the Chairman of the Joint Coal Board made a statement congratulating all in the coal mining industry on the over-all results of their efforts during 1947 despite a bad beginning in the first half of that year, and…

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Coal Board Was Shocked. Frigid Reception at Cessnock. (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 5

Sir,—Although the rather frigid reception given the Coal Board's Grant-in-Ald proposals by the Cessnock Municipal Council at first shocked us, we…

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Weekly Employment for Coal Miners

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—In p reserved judgment yesterday. the Coal industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) has directed that Australian coal miners are to be emploted on a weekly basis…

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Another Step Towards Coal Expansion Locally Bayswater Colliery Manager gets Authority for Prospecting Present Mine Being Electrified

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 2

Another step towards the expansion of the coal mining industry locally was made yesterday, when Mining Warden J. Duncan granted authority to Horace Randolph Poutney, colliery agent and proprietor, who at present is in charge of Bayswater Colliery, Ravensworth, to enter Ravensworth lands ag…

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British Coal Output Higher

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 1

LONDON, April 14.—British coal output jumped last week by over one million tons to 4,267,900 tons—the highest since March 20…

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Prospecting for Coal at Liddell

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 3

SINGLETON. Wednesday—At the mining Warden’s Court at Singleton this morning Liddell Collery Pty. Ltd., represented by Mr. C…

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Search For Coal And Shale

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 2

SINGLETON. Wednesday. — At the Mining Warden’s court at Singleton yesterday. Mr. J. Duncan, gave Harold Percival Slug, of. East…

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Prospects for Open Cut Mine Bright

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 2

Mr. Robert McKenzie, manager of Liddell Collieries, Pty. Ltd., to-day told an "Argus" representative that prospects…

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