Mr. McGirr Impressed Mining Deputation
The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 2
The secretary of the Combined Mining Unions' Council (Mr. H. C. Morton) said today he was confident that, with Mr. McGirr as Premier, substantial progress would be made in the establishment of better relations in the…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 5
About 350 mining men will visit Newcastle in May for the first ordinary meeting for 1947, of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 2
Mr. H. Wilkinson, Assistant Superintendent of B.H.P. collicries, and Mr. J. Grierson, of the company's South Coast collieries, will leave for…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 1
SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. Idris Williams, Victorian Miners Secretary and a member of the Communist Party, is General President of the Miners' Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →111 Miners Killed "By Negligence"
The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 2
WASHINGTON, Friday: The 111 miners killed by a mine explosion in Centralia (Illinois) on Tuesday were "murdered by the criminal…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 3
NEW YORK, March 28. A.A.P.—A message from Centralia, Illinois, states that the bodies of 16 more victims of the mine explosion on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Africa's Strangest City Grew On Gold
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 5
Johannesburg is Africa's strangest city. It is the cosmopolitan, nouveau riche, windswept hub of the golden rabbit warren that stretches for some 100 miles east and west along what the simple old Boer pioneers called the Witwatersrand, Ridge of White…
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The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 3
SYDNEY: The threatened stoppage of the deputies and shotfirers on Monday on the South Coast has been called off. Members are key men in all mines…
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The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 3
It is practically certain that shipping demands for coal in the port of Newcastle next week will not be fully…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 1
WASHINGTON, March 30, A.A.P.—Mr. John Lewis, President of the United Mine-workers' Federation, has called…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal miners To Be Paid For Statutory Holidays
The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 2
SYDNEY: Coal miners in future will receive payment for statutory holidays in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and Queensland…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 3
MELBOURNE, Monday.—The 20 Minesweeping Flotilla had destroyed 602 mines off the North Queensland coast since the beginning…
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The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 1
LONDON, Monday. — The British Government has decided to import coal, says the "Daily Express." Despite limited port facilities it…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Officials Found Broken Hill "Astounding"
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 4
The Northern District Secretary of the Miners Federation (Mr. J. Simpson) said yesterday that he was impressed with methods adopted at Broken Hill to deal with dust compensation cases…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 1
WOLLONGONG, Monday.—A stopwork meeting of members of Illawarra branch of the Deputies and Shotfirers' Association has been called…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Board Leader Goes to U.S.
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 7
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr Cameron) has left for the United States. He was given leave of absence…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Loaded For Cargo But Not For Bunkers Before Easter
The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 4
Though all vessels scheduled to take interstate coal cargoes from Newcastle this week will probably sail on time before Easter, other ships have little chance of getting coal for bunkers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mourning Strike U.S. Loses 10,000,000 Tons Of Coal "Herald" Service and A.A.P.
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 3
WASHINGTON, March 31.— The 10,000,000 tons of coal which have been lost to the nation as the result of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Get Statutory Holiday Pay
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 April 1947 · page 1
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Chairman of the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) announced to-day that miners, as from to-day, would receive payment for statutory holidays in New South Wales,…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 April 1947 · page 4
LONDON, April 1. A.A.P.—The British Governmet has decided to import coal, and expects, despite the limited port facilities, to procure…
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