Singleton Miners Against Strike But Northern Field Is In Fabour
Singleton Argus · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 1
By 42 votes to 11, Singleton miners yesterday rejected the plan for a weekly one-day stoppage as a protest against the Award announced by the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners’ Conditions Sabotaged by Strikes Mr. Gallagher’s Vain To The General President SYDNEY
Maitland Mercury · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 1
Coal miners may loss the vital benefits of their award If they hold the threatened on-day-a-[?] This was indicated to-day by the Coal Industry [?] Mr. Gallagher, at the hearing of an application by [?] Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Work On Saturday LONDON
Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 1
The National Coal Board estimated 786 Pits are working a voluntary shift today, he highest the scheme began, test…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners’ Decision Awaited Sydney
Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 3
The Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Fadden)will remain in Sydney to deal with the [?] should the Miners Control…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Lift Started Today 59 Lorries Taking Part
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 3
The coal lift from the Aberdare tunnel started this morning and it is expected that between seven…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Coal Loss CESSNOCK
Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 3
There are [?] large [?] idle on the South Maitland coalfield today for various causes representing a lot of 4600 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Britain Short of Coal LONDON
Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 1
Britsin, this year has burned one million tons more of coal than she had produced, and stocks are talling laster than…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Challenge On Britain's Coal policy LONDON
Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 3
Mr. Winston Churchill's opposition has decided to challenge the government's coal policy in a debate in the commons to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australia's Debt To The Gold Industry
The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 6
Almost one hundred years ago—in 1851—payable deposits of gold were discovered in Australia. That event had a far-reaching effect on the future development of this continent…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →More Power Cuts Next Week? But Miners' Leaders "Nibbling"
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 4
SYDNEY, Friday.—While the miners' leaders in Sydney today were discussing plans for stoppages, the State Cabinet…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Proprietor Injured
Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 3
Norman Marhelne, 40, proprietor of Kent Colliery, was admitted to Mater Hospital, Waratah, this afternoon as the result and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Issue Challenge Sydney
Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 3
The Miners’ Central Council today challenged the Government by declaring it would counter any legal action taken against the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mines Are Partly Manned
Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 3
CESSNOCK, Thursday.— There is a loss to-day in production on the South Maitland, coalfield of 3300 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Develop the Gold Industry
Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 1
Almost one hundred years ago—in 1831—payable gold deposits were discovered in Australia. That event had a far-reaching effect on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners To Have Weekly Strike SYDNEY
Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 2
Because the coal miners’ central council decided to implement the men’s decision to stage a strike for one day each week,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miner Killed by Fall of Coal Cessnock
Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 2
A shiftman, while retempering in Aberdare colliery last night, was caught by a fall of coal and killed instantly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strike Tactics Other Left-wing Unions Back Miners SYDNEY
Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 1
Communist-controlled unions planned to call nation-wide stoppage to support coal miners, security officers have warned the Federal Government. There unions, according to security officials, are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cessnock Ol' King Coal
Singleton Argus · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 4
Cessnock Chamber of Commerce is looking for King Coal. That's the competition they are in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mineworker's Death in Coal Fall
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 5
When he was caught in a fall of coal at Aberdare Colliery on Wednesday, John Williams, 54, married, of Waratah,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Loss To-day Was Heavy CESSNOCK
Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 5
Several collieries are idle on the South. Maitland coalfield today, resulting in a drop in production of 4000 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →