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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1951

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Miners May Resume Weekly Stoppages Decision Next Week

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Fri.—One day a week miners strikes may be resumed on the N.S.W coalfields following the refusal of…

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Miners' Federation Claim Rejected Incentive Pay to Stand

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 5

The claim of the Miners' Federation for the elimination of the "incentive" clause of their last award…

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One-day Stoppages May Be Resumed. Miners' Council to Discuss Propocal. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 2

The one day a week miners' strike may be resumed on the N.S.W. coalfields, following the refusal of the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr…

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Hopeful Fight Against Miners’ Disease

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 5 May 1951 · page 4

BOCHUM (Ruhr) : The campaign against silicosis and other miners’ chest diseases has taken a favourable tum as the result of experiment with a new form of treatment at the large Hanover Hannibal coal mines near [?]oghum in the…

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Government Inactivity In Coal Dispute MUSWELLBROOK

Maitland Mercury · Sunday 6 May 1951 · page 2

“I think the New South Wales Government should be congratulated the number in which it is supporting by its Inactivity,…

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Disputes in Mines and on Wharves A.C.T.U. President Hopeful of Settlement SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Sunday 6 May 1951 · page 2

Hope of an early settlement of both the coal arid waterfront disputes is held out by Mr. A. T. Monk, president of the Australian Council of Trades Unions. Having failed to reach a decision yesterday on gas and…

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Mine Killed Four Children

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 May 1951 · page 2

BABI (Italy): Four children were blown to pieces near here last night when a landmine they were trying to dismantle exploded…

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No Coal Board Grant For Water Supply

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 May 1951 · page 2

CESSNOCK: The Jaint Coal Board advised last night’s meeting of Kear[?]ley Shire [?] that it did not object…

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Open-cut Workers Intimidated by Striking Miners (A.A.P.-Reuter)

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 May 1951 · page 1

AUCKLAND (N.Z.) : Striking underground miners in the Huntly-centre Waikolo coalfields have stepped up their efforts to intimidate open-out workers, who have kept the industry going by refusing to strike…

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Miners' Pay Claim

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 5

A claim by the Miners' Federation for pay for the May Day holiday will be heard by the Coal Industry Tribunal…

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Miners’ Protest Strike

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 1

CESSNOCK: The only [?] on South Maitland [?] to-day are [?] [?]…

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Spontaneous Coal Strikes

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: Spontaneous strikes broke out on the coalfields to-day as a protest against the attendance bonus award of the Coal…

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Coal Here From India

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 3

NEW DELHI: A long-term a ransement for the supply of Indian coal to Australia in exposed to result from talks bein born…

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Inferior Coal for Railway

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 4

The Commissioner for Hallways (Mr. P. C. Garside) said that his department. had refused some coal because it-was of Interior…

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Bores Find New Coal Deposits

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 4

CANBERRA: The Minister for National Development .(Mr. R. g. Cassy) has annouchced that the Bureau of Mineral Resources…

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A.C.T.U. Appeals To Miners’ Federation To Give Award A Trial

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 12 May 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE: The Australian Council of Trode Unions has made clear its opposition to the continuance of miners’ one-day stoppages in protest of the attendance allowance award…

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Fingers Crushed in Mine

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 1

Ron [?], is of Doy[?] Creek, Bellbird a who at Maitland Main Colliery, had the [?] of his right band [?]…

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Miners to Discuss Gallagher Award

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: Important trade union conferences being held this week will decide whether shipping and industry will be…

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Coal at Durham Opencut

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 2

First coal was drawn from the Durham open cut this afternoon. Durham open cut is operated by Thiess Bros. Pty. Ltd. for the…

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State’s Coal Production

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY; Coal production in New South Wales to May 5 this year was slightly behind that for the corresponding period last…

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