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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1948

1,843 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 93

Miners' Leaders

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 March 1948 · page 5

The Miners' Federation states what our foreign policy should be. It states what the Hanlon Government should do. It objects to the…

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Mine Host May Start Outside Stalls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 March 1948 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday. — Permission will be sought for Mine Host to start from outside the barrier stalls in the Doncaster. Mine Host…

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3 Shipments Of Coal To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 March 1948 · page 2

Three shipments of coal to southern States will leave to-day. The ships are the Ocean Faith, with 8500 tons, and the River Loddon, with…

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Week's Mining May Be Record

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 March 1948 · page 2

Output from New South Wales mines for the four working days this week might be a record, a spokesman for the Joint Coal Board said yesterday. He estimated that production…

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Buy Gold Chains For Their Cities

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 March 1948 · page 2

If Greater Newcastle Council endorses the proposal to purchase a chain of office for Lord Mayors at a cost of between 500 and 700 guineas, it will reverse the procedure followed in the larger capital…

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Coal Ships Delayed By Gales, Big Seas

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 March 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE: Gales that whipped up giant seas delayed three colliers that bhthed in Melbourne last night and today. The Dumosa was held at…

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Miners' Easter Penalty Pay Depends On Work Tomorrow

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 March 1948 · page 3

Miners who worked on Thursday will be eligible for frhe Easter penalty payments if they work tomorrow when the pits are due to resume. With a high rate of…

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High Output Expected At Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 March 1948 · page 2

A GOOD turn-out for work by mineworkers is expected at all collieries except one on the Northern coalfield to-day…

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15 Hours At Bottom Of Mine Shaft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 March 1948 · page 1

PERTH, Monday.—Norman Teede, 54, railway worker, fell 40 feet down a mine shaft at Broad Arrow yesterday. He was at the…

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Subpoena Defied by U.s. Mine Leader

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 30 March 1948 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Mon. (A.A.P.): The miners' leader, John L. Lewis, today defied a Government…

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Coal Production Near Peak In N.S.W. Today

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 30 March 1948 · page 3

Coal production almost reached its maximum in the north today, when miners resumed after the Easter holidays. Only one mine was idle for a loss of 450 tons…

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Four Miners Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 4

John Stevenson, 30, of Congewai-street, Aberdare, a miner employed at Abermain No. 2 colliery, was caught by falling coal which…

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Only One Mine Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 2

Only one mine was idle throughout the State yesterday. The coal production loss was only 425 tons. The loss is expected to be greater…

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Coal Grants for Councils

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 8

Local Government authorities will be paid a grant at the rate of 1d for each ton of coal brought to the surface from…

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Miners' Leave Claim Hearing Soon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Miners' Federation's claim for long service leave will be listed by the Coal Industry Tribunal for…

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Slump in Northern Coal Output Today

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 3

Coal production on the northern field slumped today as a result of the idleness of 12 mines. The loss of 6790 tons was the heaviest for many days. This heavy output drop…

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John L. Lewis Defies Board; U.S. Coal Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 1

WASHINGTON, March 30. A.A.P.—The President of the United Mineworkers (Mr. John L. Lewis) defied a threat of a…

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Miners Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 3

Two miners were injured by falls of stone and coal in two collieries in the Newcastle area yesterday. Kenneth Sainsbury, 31, of…

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Miners Censure Their Board

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 4

LITHGOWL Steel Works' Colliery Lodge last night carried a motion censuring the Board of Management of the…

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Miners Warned On Petty Strikes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Central Executive of the Miners' Federation appealed to miners to-night to end unauthorised stoppages on the New South Wales coalfields…

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