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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1947

2,102 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 24 of 106

Ten Mines Idle in North Today ; Heavy Coal Loss

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 6

Nearly a quarter of the total production of the northern coalfields was lost today when 10 mines were idle, principally as the result of local disputes. The loss, which amounted to 9855…

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Coal Bill Through Assembly

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Coalmines Regulation Amendment Bill passed the third reading in the Legislative Assembly to-night…

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Bill to Increase Miners' Pensions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley), in the Legislative Assembly to-night, gave notice of his…

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Miners' Pensions Commonwealth Overrides State Govt

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY: The State Government has again been forced to submit to the Commonwealth Government on…

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British Miners Promise to Maintain Output

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 1

LONDON, March 18. A.A.P.—The Executive of the National Union of Mineworkers visited Number 10 Downing-street, and gave a pledge to…

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Coal Tribunal to Sit To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Coal Industry Tribunal will meet to-morrow to hear a claim by the Miners' Federation for a 35-hour week…

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Coal Loss Rises to 8300 Tons

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 6

The coal production loss through out the State yesterday rose to 8300 tons as a result of the idleness of seven mines in the North, one in the…

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May Be Coal Strike in Queensland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—All Queensland mines would he idle from next Monday unless colliery owners put into effect a decision to increase the…

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U.S. Court Moves To Stop New Coal Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 3

WASHINGTON, March 18. A.A.P. —The Supreme Court ordered yesterday that its mandate in the case of the miners' leader. John L. Lewis,…

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Coal Bill Passes Committee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 3

The Coalmines Regulation Amendment Bill passed through the committee stages in the Legislative Council early this morning. When the bill went into…

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Queensland Coal Strike Averted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday—The threatened general coal strike in Queensland was averted to-day when the coalowners agreed to pay increased…

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5/ Increase in Mine Pension

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The State Parliamentary Labour Party to-day agreed to a recommendation by the Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddelay)…

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Three Shifts Battle Heating-Up In Pacific Colliery

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 3

With three shifts of men working round the clock in a race to prevent damage threatened by heating-up in a section of the workings, Pacific Colliery at Teralba was still out of production today…

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Coal Tribunal to Fix Hours

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — It was decided at the second sitting to-day that the Coal Industry Tribunal had the power to fix hours of work…

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Coal Cargoes For Other States Rise

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 2

Though production losses due to stoppages of work on the northern field this week have been much heavier than last, total…

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8700 Tons of Coal Lost in North

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 5

With strikes at eight mines and stoppages at two others, the coal production loss in the northern district yesterday was 8700 tons…

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Greek Freighter Strikes Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 3

AMSTERDAM, March 20. A.A.P. —The Greek freighter, Alexandra (4355 tons) struck a mine off Terschelling Island, and is reported to…

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Seven Northern Mines Idle

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 2

Another heavy output loss doe to stoppages of work on the northern coalfields today brought to a close a week In which local…

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Miners' Pension Bill Before House

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A bill to increase pensions payable under the Coalmines Pensions Act was read a first time in the Legislative…

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North Mines Have Dust Problem

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 2

The amount of dust in Northern mines was not comparable with those in Wales, but there was a dust problem and it had to be tackled, said Professor D. Jones last night…

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