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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1949

1,558 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 52 of 78

Mine Lodgemoves for Expulsion of M.’sP. Board Seeks Charges In Writing

Maitland Mercury · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Friday—The Northern board of management referred back to Pelton lodge a motion that Parliamentary members of the Federation be expelled. The lodge has been askd to put in writing any charges…

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£100,009,000 Drop In Gold And Dollar Reserves Britain’s Import Position

Maitland Mercury · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 1

LONDON, August 19.—Difficulties in carrying out the 25 per cent in Britain’s dollar import programme are believed here to be pertly responsible for the £100,000,000 sterling drop unofficially predicted in the sterling areas…

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Must Work With Red, Country Miners Told Officials Also Object to Troops Removing Overburden at Open Cuts

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 1

Refusal of Preston Extended (Gunnedah) Miners to work with a man because he was a Communist was "entirely wrong," the northern miners' board of management ruled yesterday…

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Blue and Gold Ball

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1949 · page 2

The C.W.A. Younger Set will hold its annual Blue and Gold Ball in the James Theatre, Dungog, on Friday night, 2nd September. Rhythm Boys…

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Mining Machinery

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 August 1949 · page 1

Picture shows the Jeffery-Diamond telescopic convey of loader for mechanised room and pillar mining and heading development work, made by the Jeffery-Dimond Co- of Wakefield, [?] shire, England, and shown for the first time at the recent…

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Pre-strike Rise in Open Cut Coal Production Little Improvement Underground

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 August 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—A striking increase in the quantity of coal produced from open cuts in New South Wales immediately prior to the miner’ strike is disclosed in figures released by Research Service…

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Four Collieries Idle

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday—All but four mines in NSW are working to-day. Output of more than 50,000 tons coal is expected…

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Criticism of Miners

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 2

NEWCASTLE. Tuesday. — Working men and women have expressed themselves very forcibly regarding attitude of the miners at…

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Claims by Open-cut Miners

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday—The FEDFA was not threatening to withdraw its members from open cut coal mines if their new…

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20,000 Lancashire Miners Idle

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 3

Twenty thousand Lancashire coal miners were Idle yesterday because of a strike by "a few hundred men who operate the pit cages…

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Coal Fall Suffocates Miner, Injures Mate

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 2

KURRI KURRI, Tuesday. — A fall of coal yesterday suffocated a miner at Richmond Main colliery and buried his mate for more than two and a half hours. Twenty miners worked amongst falling coal to reach…

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Yesterday's Coal Output Best Since Strike

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 1

Mineworkers in New South Wales Produced those coal yesterday than on any shift since the strike ended last Monday…

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Kurri Miner Killed in Coal Fall Was Buried For Seven Hours

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 3

One man was killed and another injured when they were buried by a fall of coal and stone at Richmond Main colliery yesterday. Alexander Duncan 33 a miner, of…

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Gaoled Mine Leaders Apply for Release Proceedings Before Full Bench Of Arbitration Court

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday—Chief Judge of the Arbitration Court (Mr. Justice Kelly) said to-day it would have been easier to deal with applications by gaoled leaders if the money had been paid into the court before the coal strikers…

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Turf Muswellbrook Race Club Gold Thrace and Chamars in Main Double

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 2

The fixture held at Muswellbrook last Saturday was somewhat "down" in every respect compared with those…

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Bellbird Mine Resumes

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 August 1949 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Wed. — Bellbird colliery. after an idleness of 11 weeks, resumed operations this morning. Since the strike the resumption…

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Coal Board Grants

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 August 1949 · page 5

CESSNOCK. Wednesday. — A grant of £1500 will be made by the Joint Coal Board for the work being carried out on…

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Blue and Gold Ball

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 24 August 1949 · page 2

C.W.A. Younger Set (Miss B. Neilson, Hon. Sec.) announce that dancing at the Blue and Gold Ball, to be held in James Theatre on Friday, 2nd…

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Partial Collapse of Coal Strike

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 August 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Aug 24—At least 70,000 coalminers in Yorkshire and Lancashire were idle yesterday for the second sucessive…

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Claims For Wage Rise In Open Cut Mines Served on Wrong Authority

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 August 1949 · page 2

The Joint Coal Board yesterday received a copy of claims by the Federated Enginedrivcrs and Firemen's Association for new conditions for work in open-cut mines. Most open-cuts in New South Wales are now working…

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