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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1951

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All M[?] Mines Again at Work

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 December 1951 · page 3

CESS[?] All of the mines on the South Maitland [?] production to-day…

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Local Miners Reject W.F.T.U. Affiliation Plan

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 December 1951 · page 1

The Singleton Branch of the Miners' Federation yesterday rejected a proposal that the Federation affiliate with the World Federation of Trades Unions…

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Miners’ Payroll

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 December 1951 · page 2

NEWCASTLE: About 9500 mineworkers on the northern coalfields win receive £800,000 in Christmas pay…

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Coal Aplenty

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 December 1951 · page 5

SIDNEY: Sydney County Council has plenty ,of coal to tide It over the miners holidays, the general…

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Exams for Mine Workers

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 December 1951 · page 2

At the examination for certificates of competency as manager and under–manager under the Coal…

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Coal Trimmer Found Dead

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 December 1951 · page 2

NEWCASTLE: a [?]–years old coal trimmer, John Joseph McGrath, believed to be a reported soldier, was [?]…

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Miners’ Leader Comments On Report

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 December 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY: The general president of the Miners’ Federation, (Mr. I Williams) last night offered to debate coal production with a representative of Research Service…

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Miners' Women's Auxiliaries Delegate for International Conference

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 December 1951 · page 1

The meeting convened by the Cessnock, Aberdare and Stanford-Pelaw Main Miners' Women's Auxiliaries elected Mrs…

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Big Xmas Pay Packets For Coal Miners

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 December 1951 · page 1

About 9,500 mineworkers on the northern coalfields will receive £800,009 in Christmas pay next Friday…

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Miner Hurt in Coal Fall at Greta Today

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 December 1951 · page 2

Mr. Les Evans (34), of Goulburn Street, Singleton, was injured today when he was struck by a fall of coal…

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Electricity Position In Scone Coal Company States Its Case

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 19 December 1951 · page 1

The matters of electricity supplies to the Scone Council and Upper Hunter Shire were outlined from the Muswellbrook Coal Company's point of view at the Chamber of Commerce meeting in…

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Accidents To Mine Employees

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 December 1951 · page 6

CESSNOCK: George Tomlinson, 49, of Kearsley, a miner employed at Abermain No. 2 colliery, was hit…

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Record Pay for Miners

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 December 1951 · page 5

[?] There will be a record miners’ pay to-morrow. All the mines on South…

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Coal Board Sums Up Industry Big Expenditure Needed To Increase Output

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 December 1951 · page 6

SYDNEY: It would be necessary to make a capital expenditure of £50,000,000 to modernise old mines and open new mines to achieve the goal of 20,000,000 tons of underground coal a year,…

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Big Money in Town. Miners' Pay

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 December 1951 · page 1

Muswellbrook miners begin their Christmas holidays to-day. We learn that the pay was a record…

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Heavy Cost Of Coal To Maitland Hospital

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 December 1951 · page 2

Suggestion that the Maitland Hospital might have to convert its huma[?]s to oil burners were made at a meeting of the Hospital Board last night. The assistant secretary (Mr…

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Big Xmas Coal Lift Will Move Record Tonnage

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 December 1951 · page 1

One of the biggest road lifts ever to operate in New South Wales will shift 60,000 tons of coal from open-cut mines in the Ravensworth area over the Christmas holidays. About 300…

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Miners' Present to Manager

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1951 · page 2

LITHGOW: The management of Western Collieries presented employees with a Christmas hamper this yew…

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Big Coal Lift From Ravensworth

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1951 · page 2

SINGLETON: During the holidays, 80,000 tons of coal will be moved from open-cut mines in the Ravensworth…

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Levy On Coal Urged By Minister

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY: An excise of 5/ a ton on coal should be imposed by the Federal Government, said the N.S.W. Minister for Mines (Mr. Arthur). Money from the lavy should…

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