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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1945

1,625 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 49 of 82

Greeks' Dispute Holds Up Coal Delivery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 August 1945 · page 4

PERTH, Thursday.—The discharge of a coal shipment from Newcastle which reached Fremantle last week is being hampered by a…

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Claims Miners Are Goaded Federation View of Stoppages

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 August 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Blame for stoppages in the industry was placed on the "attitude which has been adopted by the coalowners and their…

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Grant's Appeal Build Coal Stocks To Normal

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 August 1945 · page 7

SYDNEY: An appeal to miners for an all-out production drive to bring coal stocks back to normal was issued by…

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"Country Held Up to Ransom" Coal Anarchy Threatens Rehabilitation—Ashley

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 August 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—"Though I have met every reasonable request of the coal industry, stoppages continue to increase and a state of anarchy exists, resulting in this country being held up to ransom," said the Minister for…

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More Faults Are Found with N.s.w. Pension Fund for Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 August 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY.—The present N.S.W. Coal Miners' Pensions Scheme was everything a pensions scheme should not be, declared the N.S.W. Government Actuary (Mr. Cecil Costelow), at the Coal Inquiry today…

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Miners' leaders Hope For More Production

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 25 August 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: Miners' leaders look to a full resumption on [?] coalfields on Monday when the largest convention of miners [?] held in Australia will open in Sydney. The convention, which is repre-…

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Death of Former Mines Under-secretary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 August 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. Frederick Stapleton Mance. 74, at one time Under-secretary for Mines, died at his home in Longueville. Mr. Manse…

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"Stand-over Methods" Mr. Forster Replies to Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 August 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—All he had done in the past and intended to do in the future was to keep the public informed of the "stand-over" methods…

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Sees Miners' Pension Deficit Growing General Scheme Better, Says Government Actuary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 August 1945 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday.—Criticising the Miners' Pension Fund at the Coal Inquiry, the Government Actuary in N.S.W. (Mr. Cecil Gostelow) said…

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"No Stoppage at Kandos Colliery"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 August 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Kandos Colliery, in western New South Wales, never had any stoppages because the men employed there were contented…

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Miners' National Convention

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 August 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The miners' National Convention, representing 22,000 miners, will open in Sydney tomorrow to discuss plans for increased…

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Six Mines Out Today

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 August 1945 · page 3

With six mines idle on the northern coalfields today, production loss was a little under 6400 tons…

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France's "Battle for Coal"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 August 1945 · page 3

PARIS, August 26. A.A.P.—The French High Command has mobilised more than 20,000 troops in the Lille mining region for France's…

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Britain Faces Coal Shortage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 August 1945 · page 3

LONDON, August 26. A.A.P.—The Minister of Fuel (Mr. E. Shinwell) revealed that Britain's coal stocks were very low, but he said Britain could get through the winter without trouble if everyone cooperated…

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Coal Position In Victoria Serious

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 August 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE.—There is no improvement in the coal position in Victoria. Today the Premier (Mr. Dunstan)…

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Green's Gold Wins Again at Dogs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 August 1945 · page 5

Green's Gold followed his success in the maiden event at the last Maitland meeting be winning the Ellaong Stake at the Cessnock dog…

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Miners' Convention Opens In Sydney: New Deal Talks

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 August 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: While a National Convention of miners was meeting in Sydney today to "set a course for a new deal for the coalfields," 3000 mine-workers were on strike…

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Nazis Made Liquor and Butter Out of Coal

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 August 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday: Extracted from coal, alcohol which could be drunk as a beverage as well as used in industry, was…

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Motorship Strikes Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1945 · page 1

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 27. A.A.P. —The Dutch motorship, Christiaan Huygens (16,287 tons) apparently struck a mine off Westkapelle, and…

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Coal Output Up

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 August 1945 · page 2

Today was the best day for production on the northern coalfields for some time. Only one small mine. Bloomfield New Tunnel, was idle…

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