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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1946

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Only Willing Workers in British Mines

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 July 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.—Northern colliery managers have been instructed to report to regional coal controllers all workmen guilty of absenteeism or other "acts of indiscipline adversely affecting production."…

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Big Coal Loss For Second Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 July 1946 · page 4

With stoppage at 16 New South Wales mines yesterday, the coal production loss was 10,900 tons, making the loss for two days this week 28,000 tons. Seven of the 13 mines idle on Monday resumed yesterday morning, but 10…

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May Act Against Mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 July 1946 · page 4

An application will be made to the Wardens' Court for an injunction restraining Caledonian Collieries Ltd. from pumping mineral water…

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Coal Production Soars As Big Northern Collieries Resume

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 July 1946 · page 3

Coal output rose today when nine of 13 mines idle yesterday resumed work. Today's State coal loss is 3750 tons, compared with 11,570 tons yesterday…

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Premier Asks Miners for More Coal State Scheme To Overcome Dust

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Premier (Mr. McKell) to-day asked the miners, through their leaders, to produce more coal, to avert economic disaster in Australia. Mr. McKell conferred with miners' representatives from three…

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Mine Engine-drivers' Certificates

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 July 1946 · page 5

The Board of Examiners of Engine-drivers appointed under the Mines Inspection Act, have submitted to the Minister for Mines their…

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"Asia Needs Newcastle Coal, Steel"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 July 1946 · page 6

Newcastle and the Coalfields could best alleviated suffering in Asia by sending coal, steel and steel products to rebuild China, said Sir Bertram…

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Seek More Coal for Railways

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 July 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Ministers for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) and Works and Local Government Mr. Cahill will confer with the Coal Commissioner (Mr. Williams) to-morrow, in an effort mainly to get more coal for…

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Kearsley Shire and Oil From Coal

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 July 1946 · page 2

Representatives of the Sydney syndicate which is seeking Government assistance to establish an oil from coal plant at Ellalong have been…

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Letters to Editor State Coal Mine Loss

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 7

Sir,—Mr. R. Cameron, M.L.A., at a meeting of Waratah Electorate Council of the A.L.P., is reported in the "Newcastle Morning Herald"…

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Solution for Coal Problem

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 7

Sir.—As a mineworker with more than 20 years' experience in the industry, I read with concern published suggestions which were claimed…

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Coal And Its Uses

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 4

ON the general proposition of the economic uses of coal, the comment of Mr. Arthur, M.L.A. on today's wasteful methods stands high above…

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Lost—One Gold Pass

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—"Missing—pass, gold life, in favour of Right Honourable J. B. Chifley, available all lines."…

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Oil-Coal Plant For £270,000

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 4

For an outlay of £270,000 a plant can be erected to treat annually 500,000 tons of coal for extraction of oils under the Dye process of low temperature carbonisation. It has been proposed to the Federal Government that…

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Coal Bill Before Parlt. July 23

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 3

CANBERRA. — The Commonwealth Coal Bill under which the Commonwealth will submit its long-range plan for the…

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Long Talks on New Coal Control Plan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The New South Wales Premier (Mr. McKell) conferred until nearly midnight with Federal Ministers on draft legislation…

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Try to Allot More Coal To Railways

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Coal Commissioner (Mr. Williams) will examine coal stocks, to try to give the New South Wales railways more…

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Barely Enough Coal If All Pits Kept Working

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY: Examination of coal production losses shows that even if all mines in N.S.W. were working uninterruptedly the output would barely meet the demand. COAL losses to date from stoppages…

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Gold-tinted Hair As Clue in Brutal British Murders

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday.—Police are searching for a brownhaired girl with a gold tinge. They think she may have been murdered at Bournemouth by Doreen Marshall's killer. THE golden tinge, obtained Dy rin…

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Miners, Watersiders to Go Back to Work Outsiders Excluded At Stormy Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thursday.—The miners and waterside workers' strikes were declared off to-day. All miners' lodged have been advised to order members back to work to-morrow morning…

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