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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1950

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Applications To Mining Warden’s Court Woman Hopes To Find Coal For Joint Coal Board

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 2

Three applications for authority to enter lands and prospect for coal, or to extend existing operations, were before Mining Warden J. Duncan at East Maitland Courthouse yesterday afternoon…

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Best Four Consecutive Days of Coal Cartage

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 1

The four working days of this week to date have been responsible for the biggest coal carriage by South Maitland Railways for this year. When all coal won from the pits served by the company…

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Why Mining Is Unpopular

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 6

The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) expressed the opinion in the House of Representatives that the falling…

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Empanelling of Juries For Mine Fatalities Reply from Minister

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 1

Replaying to Cessnock Municipal Council's representations for amendment of the Law to provide for the compulsory…

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Interesting Link with Early Australia Gold and the Hargraves Family

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 4

Week-ending in the Tugerah Lakes district recently, I unexpectedly held the hand of History when I stood on the verandah of…

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Coal Shipped From Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 20 May 1950 · page 2

Coal shipments from Newcastle this week totalled 82,350 tons. Victoria received 33,100 tons. South Australia 21,250 tons, and…

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How Gold Fields Were Started on the Clarence Early Prospects Were Italian Migrants

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 20 May 1950 · page 2

The. romantic story of the early gold miners of the Upper Clarence River, near the Queensland border, was told Maitland Rotarians by Mr. Matthew Kelly, headmaster East Maitland Public School…

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Mine Explosion Death Roll Rises

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 1

DUSSELDORF, May 22—The death-roll In the Darlbus coalmine explosion on Saturday rose to 66 with the death of two more…

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Germany’s Worst Mine Tragedy in 24 Years

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 2

DUSSELDORF, May 22. — In Germany’s worst pit fatality since 1926, an explosion on Saturday caused the deaths of 55 miners in the Darlbusch coal mine, near Gelsenkirchen, in the Ruhr…

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Bond Refused Mine Worker On Drunken Driving Charge

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 3

Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M. today refused to extend to a defendant on a drunken driving charge the leniency of Section 556A of the…

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Disaster in the Ruhr 66 Miners Killed by Explosion

Singleton Argus · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 1

Sixty-six miners are dead as the result of an explosion in the Dahlbusch coalmine near Gelsenkirchen-Rotthousen, in the Ruhr, on Saturday. Forty-one others are in hospital…

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Open Cut Coal Supplies-Worry Miners’ Federation

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 2

Miners fear that coal accumulating near the open cuts in Singleton area might be used to on services in the event of…

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Work at the Mines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 6

At least 30 mines worked the full time of 10 days in the fortnight. Details: Pacific, Stanford Main Nos. 1 and…

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Coal At Grass Causes Concern

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 6

The Northern District Executive reported to the Northern Miners' Board of Management yesterday that thousands of tons of coal was…

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N.s.w. Coal Production

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 6

Estimated coal production in New South Wales for the week ended May 13 was— Cessnock, underground 81,296…

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Why Mining is Unpopular

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 1

The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzles) expressed the opinion in the House of Representatives that the falling popularity of the coal mining…

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Miners Raced To Fill Darg Evidence At Hearing

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 5

Because they wanted to complete the darg as quickly as possible many miners did not take the care they should about safety precautions, it…

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Coal Company's Threat to Black-out Scone Streets Municipal Council Will Not Pay Increased Lighting Account No Approval By Prices Branch For Company To Make Extra Charges

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 1

At last night's meeting of Scone Municipal Council, a notice from the Coal Company threatened to cut-off lighting in Scone streets if the Council did not pay arrears of increased lighting charges. These charges, which the company has made against the Council from…

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Gold Find

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 24 May 1950 · page 2

While working in the Department of Main Roads stone quarry at Coff's Harbor last week, an employee, Lindsay Hackett, discovered, on breaking…

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Miner Injured By Flying Coal

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 May 1950 · page 2

A 45-years-old miner was injured late yesterday afternoon when he was struck by flying coal after a charge had been exploded…

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