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Mining & the mines, 1949

1,558 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 41 of 78

A.L.F. Speakers Heckled By Miners Meetings In Newcastle District

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1949 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—Labour politicians generally received a poor reception from meetings at West Wallsend, Terolba and Cardiff railway workshops yesterday. At West Wallsend the A.L.P, speakers were refuted…

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Military Convoys Moving To Open Cut Mines Round-The-CIock, Seven-Day Shifts Are Likely

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Saturday. — In preparation for open cut mining operations from next Monday week, August 1, military convoys are moving into the Northern and Western Coalfields…

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Police Leave Sydney For Western District Will Guard Removal of 16,000 Tons of Coal

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Saturday.—Travelling by truck and motor cycles, approximately 100 police left Sydney this morning for Lithgow, where they will be used as guards during the removal of 16,000 tons of coal at grass on the Western…

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Canberra Commentary Coal From Open Cuts — Curbing Communists — Impact of Dollar Restrictions — Australian Educational SCHOLARSHIPS(By Our Special Representative)

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1949 · page 2

CANBERRA, Saturday Cabinet meetings here and in Sydney on Tuesday will endorse arrangements made by the Prime Minister and the N.S.W. Premier, Mr. McGirr, for the Army to produce coat from open cuts. Although plans are…

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Miners' Meeting

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 July 1949 · page 2

Northern district A.L.P. president (Mr. W. Crooks) and vice-president (J. Cockerill)…

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2000 Tons Coal Daily From Ravensworth Mine Will Produce in Few Weeks

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 July 1949 · page 2

When the Ravensworth open cut coal mine is in full production it is expected to produce 2000 tons of coal daily, the mining engineer (Mr. Dick Oakley) said this afternoon…

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Unions Handle Coal

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 July 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.— The transport unions to-day took over the movement of coal from the Haligonian Duke to the gas…

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Fire Active in Old Greta Colliery

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 July 1949 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Monday. — The fire which developed in the old workings of Anvil Creek colliery last week is still active…

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Railmen to Move Coal at Grass and Open Cuts Soldiers Ready to Mine on Monday Next

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 July 1949 · page 1

Week-end developments in the coal strike included: The commencement tomorrow morning of the transport by rail to Sydney of 14,000 tons of…

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Will Handle Army Coal

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 July 1949 · page 2

NEWCASTLE: Railwaymen at Broadmeadow and Port Waratah decided yesterday to handle any open-cut coal mined on the…

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Mine Detector Finds Buried Jewels

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 July 1949 · page 3

A mine detector yas used to recover valuable jewellery buried in the grounds of the Singapore General Hospital during the…

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EDITORIAL Coal Strike and Primary Producers

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 July 1949 · page 2

LITTLE publicity has been given in the cities to the effect of the cool crisis on primary producers, whose dependence on coal production has never been sufficiently appreciated by the general public. Yet…

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Kurri Miners to Discuss Use of Power

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 July 1949 · page 3

KURRI, Monday—Whether the light and power [?]erarated at Richmond Main colliery, and which serves Kurri and the…

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300 Police Drafted to Western Towns Coal Lift Commences Tomorrow

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 July 1949 · page 2

More than 100 police left Sydney for Lithgow today to co-operate in the coal lift from the Western field…

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Calwell’s Warning To Miners’ Federation “May Be Smashed in This Fight”

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 July 1949 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Monday—The Minister for Immigration, Mr. Calwell, told the A.L.P. meeting at Birdwood Park yesterday that the Government would smash the Communist Party, and the Miners’ federation, too, if the miner did not…

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To-day’s Leader : Coal Strike And Primary Producers Challenge To Benefits Act

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 July 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday-Counsel for the British Medical Association made application to the High Court . to-day for leave to…

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Army Ready to Work Open-cut Coal “No Question Of Capitulating” Says Miners’ Leader

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 July 1949 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—It was stated to-day that the Minister for the Army (Mr. Chambers) will tell Federal Cabinet this afternoon that the Army will be ready to commence open-cut cool mines on Monday…

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Miners Want To Resume

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 July 1949 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Miners at the Caledonian Colliery, near Ipswich, to-day decided unantmously to resume work next Monday…

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Mine Meeting At Branxton

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 July 1949 · page 4

BBANXTON, Tuesday.—A large meeting of more than 120 mine workers, representative of all unions all mines in the Branxton-Greta…

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Miners Cell for Aggregate Meetings

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 July 1949 · page 3

Miners at Singleton and at Lidsdale, in the Western district, carried motions yesterday calling for aggregate meetings…

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