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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1949

1,558 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 69 of 78

Engine and Coal Trucks Derailed. Train Crew Escapes Injury. Brakes Reported to Have Failed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 November 1949 · page 1

Due, it is stated, to the brakes on the engine failing to hold the load, the engine and seven trucks of a coal train overturned on the…

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25 Years Ago (Taken from issues of the "Argus" week-ending, Nov. 5, 1924) Coal Near Vere

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 November 1949 · page 2

Mr. A. Rose, who resides on the Broke Road about three miles from Vere, noticed an outcrop of coal on his property…

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Miners Firm on Holidays

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sat — New South Wales mineworkers have officially advised the Joint Coal Board that they have rejected the…

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Two Mines Idle To-day

Maitland Mercury · Monday 7 November 1949 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Monday—Clippers were responsible for tho idleness of Abermain No 1 Colliery today bringing the pit…

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United States Gold Stocks

Maitland Mercury · Monday 7 November 1949 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (AAP). —Gold, which has been pouring Into the United States for 13 years without integration…

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Mining Warden's Court Today

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 November 1949 · page 2

Sixteen cases are listed for the Mining Warden's Court, which opened in Singleton this afternoon and will continue…

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Idle Mines Cause Loss Of 12,000 Tons

Maitland Mercury · Monday 7 November 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday. —. Labour Day holiday in the Hartley district and five stoppage on other fields resulted in the loss of more…

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More Mass Arrests in Czechoslovakia 8000 Sent to Mines

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 November 1949 · page 2

Western diplomats in Vienna quoted by British United Press said the Czech Ministry of the Interior had issued a…

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New Mining Machine Making Records in Britain

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 November 1949 · page 1

A British mining machine with a world reputation is making new records at a North of England colliery…

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Czech Soldiers For Coal Mining

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 November 1949 · page 6

LONDON, Nov. [?]—The Czechoslovakian Defence Minister, General Ludvik Svorhoda, announced in Prague yesterday that the…

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Estimated Coal Production

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 November 1949 · page 3

Estimated coal production in New South Wales for the week ended October 29 was— Cessnock, underground 79,874 tons,…

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Accidents To Mine Employees

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 November 1949 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Tuesday—William Lindsay, 23, of Villers-st., Cessnock, a wheeler employed at Abermain No. 2 colliery, had his…

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Candidates for Miners' President

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 November 1949 · page 1

Delegates at the Hunter Federal Council of the A.L.P. were informed by members from both ends of the electorate that there would be quite…

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Miner Caught in Coal Fall

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 November 1949 · page 3

Caught in a fall of coal while at work at Bellbird Coliery this morning, Albert Jarrett, 49, of Wollombi-road, Bellbird, miner, received lacerations…

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Engine And Coal Trucks Derailed

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 November 1949 · page 4

MUSWELLBROOK, Tuesday.— Due, it is stated, to the brakes on the engine failing to hold the load, the engine and seven…

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Sufficient Coal Suplies If Production Maintained

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 November 1949 · page 3

The Miners' Federation will be advised by the Joint Coal Board this week that if coal production is maintained there may be enough for…

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Weston Man Killed Caught in Coal Fall

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 November 1949 · page 1

William Ramage, 45, a miner, of Government-road, Weston, was killed instantly when struck by a fall of coal at Pelaw Main Colliery on…

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Men And Women “Arrested” To Work In Mines

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 November 1949 · page 2

LONDON, Nov. 8.—According to western diplomats in Vienna, the Czech Ministry of the Interior issued a confidential order to…

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Joint Coal Board's Gift Instruments for Muswellbrook Band. Greater Public Support Sought

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 November 1949 · page 1

There was only a moderate attendance of the public at the Railway Institute on Friday evening, when instruments presented…

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Prospecting for Coal

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 November 1949 · page 2

SINGLETON, Wed.—Fourteen applications for authority to enter private lands in the Singleton district for the purpose of…

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