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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1950

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Miners Object To Court Hearing

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Wed. — Miners at Stanford Main No. 2 stopped work to-day in protest against the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher)…

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70 Per Cent of Coal Remains In Pillars

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wed.—G. M. Hindmarsh, superintendent of collieries for Australian Iron and Steel Ltd, told the Coal Industry…

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Strikes Close 11 N.s.w. Mines 7474 Tons Lost

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 2

Strikes by more than 3000 miners yesterday stopped work at 11 New South Wales coalmines and caused a loss…

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Goldfields Loss

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 2

LOSS of £33,810 18 shewn by New Guinea Goldfields Ltd for the year ended September , 30 last against a net profit of…

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Record Production At Newdell Colliery

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 4

MUSWELLBROOK. Thurs—On Friday last a total of 1100 toss of coal was won from the 7 a.m.—3 p.m. shift at the Newdell colliery…

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Miners’ Body Recovered

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 4

MAHONEY CITY (Pannayivania), Jan, 10.—Rescue, workers yesterday [?] the body of Edward [?] 25-year-old- miner who has [?]…

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Hold-up at Stanford Mine

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 5

CESSNOCK, Thursday.—Stanford Main No. 2 colliery was idle yesterday following a resolution carried at a pit-top meeting. The…

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Big Coal Losses To-day

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday—Strikes and wet weather to-day caused the [?] coal loss this year— about 8500 tons,…

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Bid to Halt American Coal Strikes

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 1

WASHINGTON, January 19— Robert Benham, general counsel of the National labour Relation Board, yesterday asked the Federal…

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Year’s Coal Total Down Some Open-cut Results Were Disappointing

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Because of the coal strike lasting month lost year, total cast production for 1949 was nearly a million tons lower than in 1948, it was stated before the Joint Cool Board in Sydney…

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Collieries’ Gift to Ambulance

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 1

Electric head lamps such as miners use in the pits have been donated to Maitland District Ambulance by the proprietors of…

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Dismissed Official Addresses Miners

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Friday.—Dr. Kaiser, who was missed from the Commonwealth Industrial Scientific and Research…

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Coal Board Sponsored Holiday

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 3

Last Wednesday 33 boys from Hie Cessnock district and 12 from the Muswellbrook district were taken to Point Wolstencroft, Lake Macquarie,…

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Gold Coast Strikes to Stop

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 1

ACORA, Jan. 20.—The Gold Coast Trade Union Council has notified the Government that it has called off the strikes racking…

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Big Loss of Coal To-day

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 1

CESSNOCK, Friday.—With five calnes idle and one partly idle, the coal loss on South Maitland field to-day was 518[?] tons, the highest…

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Coal Board Projects in Kearsley Shire

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 1

The Joint Coal Board advised Kearsley Shire Council on Tuesday night that Mr. R. Whalan, nurseryman, was willing to quote for amenity works for jobs involving lay-out of gardens, lawns, tree planting, tennis courts, etc., and would also consider…

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Shortage of Nurses at Kurri Kurri Miners Offer Assistance

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 8

The acute shortage of stall at Kurri Kurri Hospital is causing grave concern. Only one ward on each floor…

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Miners' Federation Wants to Help Staff Shortage at Kurri

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 7

The Miners' Federation has written to the Kurri Kurri Hospital Board asking particulars of its nursing staff shortage and promising to assist it in…

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Pillar Coal Decision Reserved

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sat. — The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) reserved his decision on the coalowners’ application for…

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Coal Board’s Survey

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Saturday.—A nationwide surrey of coal needs during the next few years and estimated production tor that period…

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