Huts at Newmain Colliery (To the Editor)
Sir,—My attention has been drawn to a statement allegedly made by me that the miners of Newmain Lodge engaged in a strike because they were…
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Mining & the mines, 1949
1,558 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 71 of 78
Mine Workers' Children. Christmas Holiday
Another wonderful Christmas vacation camping holiday for the children of mine workers is being sponsored by the Joint Coal Board. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mineworker Killed at Pelton Colliery Jammed Between Skip and Tumbler
Jammed between a skip and a tumbler at Pelton colliery yesterday, Charles Ackers, 55, of Kearsley Street, Bellbird, was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Board Hands Over Projector at Millfield Interesting Function
Features of the handing over of the Coal Board and Education Department projector to the Millfield School were an enthusiastic audience, an interesting film programme and statements on the development of modern education…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Dearer Top Ay for Miners Leave
MUSWELLBROOK, Wed. — —The Muswellbrook Coal Co. advised that the price of coal would be increased by sixpence- a ton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →“No Interference With Christmas Holidays” Miners’ Attitude To Coal Board
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Endorsing life mineworkers’ decision to fake three weeks’ holiday at Christmas, the central council of the Miners’ Federation has decided to inform the Joint Cool Board it will Snot tolerate any interference…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Electricians’ Examination
As the examination for certificates of competency as mine electrics under the Coal Mines. Regulation Act, 1912-1947, conduced at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Northern Miners Reject Reds
NEWCASTLE Wed. — Communists have been so[?] defeated in the northern miner’s annual ballot for official positions…
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My attention has been drawn to a statement allegedly made by me, that the miners of Newmain Miners' Lodge engaged in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Board Grants At Cessnock
CESSNOCK, Wed.—Cessnock Municipal Council has been advised of the following grants by the Joint Coal Board: £4074 for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Huge Fine Paid By Mine Union
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16—The united Mine Workers’ Union yesterday paid 1,420,000 dollars in contempt fines for falling to obey…
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CESSNOCK, Thursday.—The bodies of two men were brought to the surface at Millfield Colliery at 3 a.m. to-day by men…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Deadlock Handed To President Truman
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. — Federal Mediation Chief, Mr. Cyrus Ching has turned the dead[?] tool dispute over to president Truman for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unusual Feature In Colliery Tragedy
CESSNOCK, Friday. — There are some unusual features associated with the dual fatality which took place in Millfield…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Board Scholarships
Four scholarships to allow continuation of studies are offered by the Joint Coal Board to mineworkers or the dependant of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Accidents
CESSNOCK, Friday.—Leslie Thornton, 25, of Cessnock-road, Neath received injuries to his right side when he was struck by a heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners Build Homes. Muswellbrook Applications
Forty-three homes have been built and another 178 are in course of construction under the Miners' Co-operative Building Society scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Under Hospital Buildings
MUDGEE, Friday.—Workmen digging the foundations for a new hospital at Mudgee have struck gold…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Four Coal Board Scholarships Details Announced
Four scholarships to allow continuation of studies are offered by the Joint Coal Board to mineworkers or the dependants of mineworkers who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Double Fatality at Millfield Colliery Deputy and Under-Manager Gassed
Believed to have died after having been overcome by black damp fumes, the bodies of two officers of Millfield colliery were found by a search party in the waste area of the 3 South Dip Section of the colliery shortly after midnight on Wednesday…
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