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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1948

1,843 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 66 of 93

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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Big Coal Shipment

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 4

RECORD CARGO: At present loading at the cranes is the Iron Yampi, which will leave for Port…

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Wonthaggi Miners Seek Single Shift

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Miners employed at the State coalmine at Wonthaggi held a stopwork meeting to-day to discuss union claims…

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Coal Board Shield for Bowlers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 6

This shield, held by the District Mining Engineer of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. S. Flowers) will be presented to the President of Newcastle District Bowling Association (Mr. W. E. Young) to-morrow night at Hamilton Bowling Club. The shield is one of…

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Shiftman Caught By Coal Fall

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 3

Caught by a fall of coal in John Darling mine yesterday, David Carter, 51, shiftman, of Stanley-street, Belmont, suffered abrasions and…

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Had Matches in Mine; 2 Fined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 4

William Edwards, of Oakdale, near Dudley, was fined 12/, with £2/10/ costs, by Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M., at Newcastle…

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Miners' Board to Meet on Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 1

The Northern Miners' District Management Board will meet to-day on the Richmond Main colliery dispute. The merger committee,…

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State Coal Loss 15,000 Tons

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 2

With 15 mines in the North and two on the South Coast idle yesterday, the State coal loss was 15,000 tons…

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Cabinet Widens Scope of Mine Pensions Bill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—State Cabinet to-day discussed amendments to the Coal and Shale Mineworkers (Pensions) Act, particularly…

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Merger Committee Will Meet on Group Mine Stoppage

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 3

Next important move in the dispute which has thrown idle all mines in the J. and A. Brown and Abermain-Seaham group on the northern coalfields is expected to come from a meeting late this…

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Miners' Nominations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 September 1948 · page 2

Nominations for positions in the Northern district of the Miners Federation will close with the Returning Officer (Mr. J. B…

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Not Guilty of Gold Charges

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 September 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY. — Augustine Desmond Cahill, former Qantas flight steward, was found not guilty by the jury at…

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Coal Deadlock Rests On Sydney Talks

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 September 1948 · page 1

Hopes for an early break of the deadlock in the dispute holding up work at the J. and A. Brown and: Abermain-Seaham collieries on the northern coalfields, rest today on negotiations proceeding in Sydney…

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£200,000 Sought to Gasify Brown Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 September 1948 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Adoption of the Lurgi process to produce town gas from Victorian brown coal has been recommended…

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Coal Loss in North 11,910 Tons

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 September 1948 · page 2

The coal production loss in the North yesterday was 11.910 tons, mainly through the Richmond Main dispute…

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Coal Loss High Again

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 September 1948 · page 2

The production loss in the coal industry throughout the State yesterday was 15,800 tons. More than half was the result of the…

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Miners' Board To Move Again

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 September 1948 · page 3

The Northern Miners' Management Board will meet again in Newcastle to-morrow morning to try to end the Richmond Main dispute, which has caused a loss of more than 40,000 tons of coal…

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Coal Rationing At Christmas Likely

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 September 1948 · page 3

If the dispute which is holding up production from all J. and A. Brown and Abermain-Seaham mines is not soon settled severe rationing of coal at Christmas may be inevitable…

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300oz. Gold Found in Ship Raid

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 September 1948 · page 1

PERTH, Thursday.—In a lightning raid on the freighter Gorgon, before she sailed for Singapore to-day, members of the gold-stealing…

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Rehabilitation Of Disabled Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 September 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY.—Disabled N.S.W. miners are attending the Jervis Bay Rehabilitation Centre under a provisional agreement…

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