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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1950

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Coal Loss Through Strikes

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 5

Strikes and other causes this week cost 8.4 per cent of the potential output of New South Wales coal mines The loss last week was…

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Big Claim on Miners Leader

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 5

NEW YORK. Jan. 21 (AAP.).— The president of the United Mineworkers (Mr. John Lewis) was served with 17 summonses claiming…

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Royalties Miners’ Pension Not Paid

Maitland Mercury · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 4

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 (AAP).— Many large coal producers have not made their monthly royalty payments of 20 cents, a ton to…

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Miners Will Not Co-operate in Peace Plan

Maitland Mercury · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday—Mr. Edgar Boss, communist associate editor of the miners’ paper “Common Cause,” addressing a Communist rally in the…

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Retaliation by Mine Clippers

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Tuesday. — Aberdare; Central Is the only Idle colliery, on the South Maitland field to-day. It is purely a domestic…

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Miners Reject Leader’s Plea

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 1

NEW YORK, January 24—Pittsburgh district officials of the United Mineworkers’ Union failed yesterday to Induce nearly 60,000 of…

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Suspended Men Unload Gas Coal

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE. Tuesday. — The threat of gas rationing In Melbourne was averted to-day when 400 suspended waterside workers marched…

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Claims for Adjustment to Mine Pensions Act

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 5

An adjust mem of the minors' pension as it applies lo ex-servicemen miners will be sought when a case for the re[?]cation of what miners…

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Mechanical Extraction of Pillar Coal Mr. Gallagher's Decision Reserved

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 1

The coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) has reserved his decision on the coalowners' application for permission to extract…

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N.S.W. Coal Production for 1999 984,222 Tons Less than 1948

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 1

During the last 12 months coal produced in New South Wales totalled an estimated 10,737,224 tons, comprising 0,886,650 from underground…

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Miners Objected To Being Docked

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 1

CESSNOCK, Wed. — The only industrial dispute on the South Maitland field to-day was at Aberdare Extended Colliery…

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Migrant Labour Could Increase Coal Production

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 4

CANBERRA, Wed.—The chairman of the Commonwealth Immigration Planning Council (Mr. J. Storey) said that with the aid of migrant…

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2,384 Tons of Coal Lost Yesterday

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 4

Seven collieries were idle in New South Wales yesterday because of strikes. Coal loss was 2,384 ton…

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Bellbird Mine Experiment

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 5

Millions of tons of pillar coal might be recovered if an experiment to be carried out by the Coal Board at Bellbird…

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Review Of Miners’ Pensions

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 4

CANBERRA. Thursday. — The prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, told a deputation from the coal, and -hale mining industry that the Federal…

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All Mines at Work

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 5

CESSNOCK. Thursday.—All mines on the South Maitland field to-day are at work with the exception of Hebburn No 1 This mine is idle…

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All Mines Working

Maitland Mercury · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Friday. — All mines on the South Maitland field were at work to-day, production was a maximum…

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Estimated Coal Production

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 3

Estimated coal production in New South Wales for the week ended January 21 was:— Cessnock, underground 71,055 tons,…

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Examination Of Miners' Pensions

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 8

The Prime Minister, Mr Menzies, told a deputation from the coal and shale mining industry that the…

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All Mines Worked To-day

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 5

Production is estimated to reach 20,000 tons on the South Maitland field to-day. It is the first day since mines…

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