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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1951

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Trapped In Mine For 34 Hours LONDON

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 7

Seven men trapped underground by a fall of [?] in a mine at Gateshead were rescued late last night. They were…

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Miners Rescued

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 1

Seven men trapped underground by a fall of sludge in a mine at Gateshead were rescued late last night, says Reuters…

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Coal Gasification Trials In Britain

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 5

More coalfields in Britain are to be included in the underground [?]cation experiments begun last year…

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U.K. Coal Production Improves

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 8

Some improvement in the U.K. coal situation is indicated in the latest figures. So far recorded, the production in 1951'…

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Coal Stocks Will Just Hold Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 5

Sufficient coal will be available to meet the community’s needs over Easter, if the present daily output is maintained, the Coal…

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Enough Coal For Easter Week-End

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 4

The Minister for Public Works (Mr.J. J. Cahlll) said that power houses would have two days’ supply of coal at midnight on the…

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Coal Board Cup Singleton Meet Kurri On

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 4

Singleton United Football Club are looking forward to a win in the next round of the Coal Board Cup when…

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Attendance Allowance For Mine Mechanics

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1951 · page 1

The chairman of the Central Coal Reference Board. (Mr. F. Gallagher) provided an “attendance allowance” for members of…

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Miners Back to Gallagher Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 March 1951 · page 3

The Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr. Gallagher, said to-day that he would give the Miners’ Federation a further opportunity to…

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Jolly Sixpence at Greenlands Was Minted in 1834 Residents Believe Gold Prospectors Dropped It

Singleton Argus · Monday 19 March 1951 · page 4

WE have most of us at some time or another picked up a sixpence. Few of us, however, have ever picked up a coin as old as that found by Mrs. W. Taylor while digging in an ant bed at…

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Mines Idle Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 3

Idle mines on the South Maitland [?] today are [?] No. 1. Stanford Main No. [?]. Palton and the Cessnock No. [?] open…

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Miners Award Application Hearing on March 27

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 3

The hearing of the Miners' Federation application for suspension of the attendance allowance award issued on…

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Sugry League. Locals Beat Maitland Coal Board Competition

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 6

After a thrilling game at the Cessnock sports Ground on Sunday, the home team defeated Maitland by 13…

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Injured in Fall at Colliery

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 2

A scraper driver at Ayr[?]ld No. 8 colliery was injured when he fell from a landing at work yesterday afternoon…

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Manager Refused To Meet Miners CESSNOCK

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 3

When the manner of Hebburn No. 2 colliery, refused to meet the lodge officers before the shift began to-day on a matter…

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Who Was the First to Discover Payable Gold in Australia?

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 7

This is a question that has led to interminable arguments over the last 100 years, and was still raising them as late as a couple…

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Colliery Staffs Want Award Review

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 3

It was decided at a meeting of the Cessnock district members of the Colliery Staffs Association last night to seek a…

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Only One Mine Idle

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 March 1951 · page 3

CESSNOCK: All collieries with the exception of Kalinga, are at work to-day. The colliery is idle due to Bremen not…

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4000 Ton Coal Loss

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 March 1951 · page 3

CESSNOCK: Production Is down by about 4000 tons on tho South Maitland coalfield today. The idle collieries are Hebburn…

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Coal Men Before Tribunal

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 March 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: An official of the Western District Miners Federation told the Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr. Gallanger-to-day, that…

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