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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1946

1,987 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 100

Clashes at Contract Miners' Hearing Before Central Coal Authority

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY: Clashes occurred between Mr. Gregory Foster, Mr. Crook (Miners' Vice-president) and Mr. T. L Owen (Stockton Borehole Lodge Secretary) today during the hearing of a claim before the Central Coal Industrial Authority (Mr. A. C. Willis)…

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Stop Press "No Immediate Danger [?] Bellbird Colliery'"

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 12

SYDNEY: Two inspectors of the Department of Mines have reported to the senior inspector of the department that they have made a thorough…

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Britain's Coal Position Grave

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Feb. 11. A.A.P.—The prospect could not well be darker and nothing will be gained by seeking to minimise its gravity, says…

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Veteran Opposes Gold Standard

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 3

On a motion sponsored by its 89-year-old member, Mr. Amram Lewis, Wallsend branch of the A.L.P. last night expressed…

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Removal Of Coal Bridges At Lambton

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 4

Active support for the removal of coal bridges at Lambton was promised East Lambton Progress Association by Alderman T…

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Big Works To Extract Chemicals From Coal: Scheme In Britain

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 6

LONDON: The President of the Board of Trade (Sir Stafford Cripps) has announced that Imperial Chemical Industries has bought a 3500-acre estate three miles from Middlesbrough in the Tees side development area…

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Six Mines Idle; 5640 Tons of Coal Lost

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 4

The coal production loss in New South Wales yesterday was 5640 tons because six mines were idle. Only two were idle because of…

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Lambton Coal Line Bridges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 5

Construction of the bridges many years ago was by a special Act of Parliament, and it was only by Parliamentary authority that they could…

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Miners Support Lake Home Appeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 4

The lead set by Burwood miners' lodge in response to the appeal for the Lake Macquarie War Memorial Convalescent Home and Rest Centre…

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Bellbird Miners Back at Work

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 13

Bellbird Colliery worked today after four days' idleness. Fears by the men of possibility of fire in the workings had caused the hold-up,…

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Pulverise Brown Coal for Railways

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Railways Engineer (Mr. W. O. Galletly) told the State Brown Coal Development Committee that Yallourn…

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Coal-bore Tests at Bungawalbyn

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 2

LISMORE, Tuesday.—Boring in connection with the Bungawalbyn coalfield survey is being continued. Operations on new sites revealed a…

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Fresh Angles on the Coal Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 2

Interesting suggestions on the social and economic sides of coal-mining have been made by Mr. R. James, M.H.R., and Mr. J. B…

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Mr. Forster Rebuked Clash at Coal Hearing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A suggestion that a witness be treated with "a little bit of civility and courtesy" was made by the Central Coal…

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Mine Talks

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 2

A conference would be held at Lambton B Colliery tomorrow on matters of a local character, said the northern vice-president of the…

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Miners Council to Meet Next Week

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Among items due for discussion at the annual meeting of the Central Council of the Miners' Federation in…

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Parties Clash in Coal Reference Claim

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—"I do not take kindly to receiving insulting letters," said Mr. A. C. Willis to-day, while acting as Chairman of the Central Coal Industrial Authority…

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Coal Shipments Above 70,000 Tons

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 4

Shipments of coal from Newcastle last week totalled 70,331 tons. They included 4606 tons shipped by the Kookaburra to Noumea…

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Every Ton of Coal Needed in Britain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Feb. 13. A.A.P.—"Unless we get a larger output of coal we shall be in an extremely dangerous position for the next two…

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Five Mines Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 4

Five mines were idle in New South Wales yesterday involving a coal production loss of 3500 tons. On the Northern fields, Hebburn…

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