Millfield Greta Mine Temporary Control by Government
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 June 1945 · page 3
Millfield Greta colliery is to be temporarily controlled by the Commonwealth Government. The Commonwealth Coal Commissioner (Mr. Mighell) said he would appoint a controller to-day…
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The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 June 1945 · page 2
LONDON, Sunday: The bodies of Frederick the Great, Frederick William I. of Prussia^ and President Hindenburg have been discovered in a salt mine near Nordhausen. IMMENSELY valuable Prussian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Advice Rejected by Mine Deputies 23 Collieries Idle To-day
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 June 1945 · page 2
Mine deputies of the Maitland field last night rejected the advice of their State Council to resume work. As a result, 23 mines will be idle to-day. The deputies, who met at Cessnock,…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 June 1945 · page 4
LONDON, June 18. A.A.P.—The bodies of Frederick the Great and Frederick Wilhelm I. of Prussia, and President von Hindenburg, have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mine Workers Injured
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 4
Harry Wauless, 53, an employee of Belmont colliery, suffered abrasions and bruises to the arms, body and legs and had his right eye…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Huge Coal Reserve Near Burragorang
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 3
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Immense potential resources of high quality coal in a large tract of country east of Burragorang Valley have so…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Industrial News Four Mines Idle Yesterday
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 4
All Newcastle mines worked yesterday. In the Southern district, Metropolitan (700 tons) was idle because…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 5
A satisfactory agreement, which is to be ratified by the company and union executive, was rescued between the management of North Wallarah colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pillar Work at Pelton Mine Agreement Reached
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 5
An interim agreement dealing with the difficulties associated with the future maintenance of men and pillar extraction at Pelton colliery was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Train Traffic Resumes
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 2
Coal train traffic from the Maitland field, held up since Tuesday except for a few train loads of coal from Aberdare Extended open cut,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THORNTON Mine Disaster Australian Associated Press
The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 5
SANTIAGO (Chile), Thursday. — Three hundred and sixty-three men were killed or are missing in a fire at a copper mine about…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Proud of Their Social Service Funds
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 4
THERE are no cross-eyed children on the coalfields. That is the boast of the Secretary of the Northern District of the Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Industrial News One Mine Idle in State
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 5
All Northern coalmines worked yesterday. There was only one mine idle in the State, Clifton (700 tons), in the Southern district…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Appeasement of Miners" Query on Policy in Parliament
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 3
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Harrison) asked the Acting Attorney-General (Mr. Beasley) in the House…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →All Mines But One Were at Work Today
The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 2
Northern coal mines again worked well today. There was only one stoppage on the field— at Stockrington No. 2 Colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners' Meetings
The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 23 June 1945 · page 8
Executive officials of the northern district of the Miners' Federation will attend two lodge meetings on the Cessnock field tomorrow…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mines Worked Well
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 June 1945 · page 5
Mines on the Northern field worked well yesterday. Stoppages at three mines caused a loss of about 1000 tons of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Efficacy of Coal Commission
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 June 1945 · page 3
CANBERRA, Friday.—Establishment of the commission to inquire into the coal industry had not resulted in fewer stoppages on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Ross Made Amends to Win Trial
The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 23 June 1945 · page 8
SYDNEY.— Gold Ross made complete amends for his unfortunate run at Rosehill by a clear[?]cut win in the Trial Handicap at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Huge Drop In Coal Stocks at the Bunnero [?] Power-house
The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 23 June 1945 · page 3
1941 AND TODAY.— Two pictures of Bunnerong. Aerial view was taken in 1941 when the stacks of coal totalled about 200,000 tons. The other picture shows a small heap of coal under the gantry legs. In another paddock was a similar heap. Usually the stack is about to the…
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