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Mining & the mines, 1951

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Maitland Misses League Game Again Singleton Forfeits Coal Board Fixture(By “Centre Forward”)

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 March 1951 · page 5

Maitland Rugby League Club may be without a game this week-end and Singleton advised last night it would forfeit the Coal Board fixture that was to have been held Sunday…

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No Mine Industrial Troubles

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 7

CESSNOCK: The The south Malt land coalfield to day was free of Industrial trouble The only mine idle was pelaw…

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Another 4000 Tom Coal Lost

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 3

CESSNOCK: There are three collieries Idle and two partly idle on the South Maitland coalfield today…

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Miners in Favour of Strike End

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 7

WELLINGTON, N.Z ( A.A.P Reuter ): Miners who took part in a secret bailout were two to one in favour of ending their sym…

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Time Miners Woke up (To the Editor.)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 March 1951 · page 7

Sir,—When will the miner wake up? In 1949 the Communist-controlled council led them into a futile and foolish…

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Muswellbrook Coal Co. Listed on Stock Exchange

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 30 March 1951 · page 1

Muswellbrook Coal Co Ltd was listed on the Stock Exchange last week, shares being quoted at 25/- each…

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Evidence Before Coal Tribunal Application for Review of Order

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 March 1951 · page 5

There were times when the men were physically exhausted and could not Work every day owing to the arduous…

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Gold Cure a “Phui”

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1951 · page 5

NEW YORK: Antihistamines, which millions of people have been buying in the hope of curing colds, have received a knockout…

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Fight to Save Huge Coal Deposits

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1951 · page 3

CESSNOCK: Working double shifts, men to-day were still fighting the fire threatening 250,000 tons of coal at Cessnock No. 2 open cut. Between 10,000 and 15,000 tons of coal are in…

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Only One Mine Idle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 April 1951 · page 3

CESSNOCK: The only idle mine on the South Maitland coalfield is Hebburn No. 1 colliery. The men came home as a protest…

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1400 Tons Coal Loss

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 April 1951 · page 3

CESSNOCK: Production loss on the South Maitland coalfield to-day is 1400 tons. Aberdare Extended Colliery is…

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One Colliery Only Idle

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 April 1951 · page 3

CESSNOCK: All collieries, with the exception of Aberdare Central, are at work on the South. Maitland coalfield to-day. The…

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20,000 Tons Coal Loss To-day

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: Engine drivers and firemen held stop-work meetings to-day, throwing Idle 53 southern and western coat mines…

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Mine Worker Killed

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 2

SINGLETON: A man was kill[?] at Ravensworth No. 2 open [?] mine yesterday when he fell 60 feet to the bottom of the cut,…

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Fatal Accident at Mine

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 4

John Henry Martin, 19, of Muswellbrook, was killed instantly when he fell 50ft. into New Raven No 2 open…

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All Mines Idle To-day

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 3

CESSNOCK: All mines on the South Maitland coalfield are idle today because of a stop-work meeting being held by the…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle FRIDAY, 6th APRIL, 1951. Communism And The Coal Strike Story Told By People's Union Member Address at Rotary Club

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 3

An address dealing with the growth of Communism in Australia, and its influence among the miners, was given at a recent meeting of the Muswellbrook Rotary Club by Mr. T. C. McGillick, of the People's Un ion…

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Summonses Over Mine Stop Pages

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 April 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY The NSW Combined Colliery Proprietors’ Association will proceed with the summonses against southern miners’ officials…

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Coal Production High To-day

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 April 1951 · page 3

CESSNOCK: Production on the South Maitland field is being maintained at a high level. Only mine idle to-day is [?]…

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Injured in Coal Fall

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 3

Eric Kearey, 36, a miner, of Pokolbin-street, Kearsley, received treatment to his face and head when he was caught…

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