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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1948

1,843 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 65 of 93

Disabled Miners At Jervis Bay Medical Centre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 September 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Disabled New South Wales miners had been admitted to the Social Services and Rehabilitation Centre at Jervis…

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Tribunal Calls Talks; A.W.U., Miners' Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 September 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) has called a compulsory conference in Wollongong to-morrow on an…

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New Safety Rules For Collieries

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 September 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY: Mine managements can be directed to install underground transport systems under…

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Seek Inquiry on Mine Stoppage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 September 1948 · page 2

THE COAL Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) would be asked to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the…

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Mine Stoppage Averted On South Coast

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 September 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A stoppage by all South Coast miners, set down for to-morrow, was called off after two compulsory…

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Miners' Board Agrees To Holiday Split

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 September 1948 · page 2

The Northern Miners' Management Board adopted a proposal yesterday for splitting annual holidays into a fortnight at Christmas…

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Admit Officers To Miners' 35-hour Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 September 1948 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Wednesday.—The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) said to-day that he did not think there could be any…

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Coal Stocks Expected To Cover Christmas

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 September 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY: If the recent improvement of coal stocks continues there will be sufficient coal in reserve to enable public utilities and industry to carry on for the two weeks at Christmas when the coalfields will be idle, a spokesman for the Joint Coal Board said today…

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Fly to England on Coal Deal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 September 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Victorian Minister for Transport (Mr. Kent-Hughes) will fly to England next week in an effort to…

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Miners To Meet On Decisions Of Convention

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 September 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Aggregate meetings of northern miners will be held on Sunday, September 19, and of western and southern miners on…

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Fire Stink In Neath Mine; Men Withdrawn

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 September 1948 · page 1

When fire stink was found coming from a seal in an area in the north tunnel at Neath mine yesterday, the miners' Check Inspector…

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Eight Mines Idle on Eve of First Saturday Shift

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 September 1948 · page 5

A coal production loss today on the northern field of 6300 tons due to stoppages brought the week's total loss on the field to more than 25,000 tons. With eight mines idle, the…

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Mine Pensions Under Review

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 September 1948 · page 3

Amendments were being considered to the Act to give a pension for incapacitated mineworkers with qualifications where the incapacity…

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State Coal Loss 6000 Tons

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 September 1948 · page 2

The coal production loss throughout the State yesterday was 6000 tons. In the North, there was no…

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Shift Off in North, West 32,000 Tons Coal Loss To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 September 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Failure of the Northern and Western fields to work the first back Saturday shift to-morrow will cost 32,000 tons of coal…

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Stop Press Mine Hearing Adjourned

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 September 1948 · page 8

Miners' leaders this afternoon told the Coal Industry Tribunal they would recommend resumption of work at J. and A. Brown collieries…

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Lambton Colliery To Resume Tomorrow

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 3

Lambton Miners' Lodge decided at a meeting at Charlestown today to resume work tomorrow morning…

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Bigger Output "Miners' Best Argument"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 2

Mr. J. Johnstone, former Superintendent of J. and A. Brown and Abermain-Seaham Collieries Ltd. said yesterday that union leaders…

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Merger Mines To Stay On Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 1

Richmond Main Miners' Lodge decided last night by 140 votes to 17 to remain on strike till an inquiry was held into the dispute at the colliery or the manager replaced…

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U.S. Coal for Japanese Industries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 1

TOKYO, Sept. 13. A.A.P.-Reuter—Two United States firms would supply Japan with 10 million United States dollars' worth of…

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