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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1948

1,843 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 87 of 93

No Northern Coal Railed Interstate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 December 1948 · page 4

Coal from the Northern fields was not railed to other States, the Acting Premier (Mr. Baddeley) advised Newcastle Chamber of…

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Coal-loading Plant For Cardiff

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 December 1948 · page 3

Everything was being done to expedite the establishment of a coal-loading plant at Cardiff to avoid unnecessary haulage to Wallsend,…

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Mine Host Leads All The Way

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 December 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY: Having his first run since June, Mine Host (10/1) scored an all-the-way win in the first division of the Macquarie Grove Handicap at Randwick this afternoon…

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Letters To the Editor Miners' Pensions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 December 1948 · page 4

WHEN mine pensioners submitted anomalies for adjustment the Prime Minister used the veto. At the same time legislation was…

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Week's Coal Output May Be Record

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 December 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—New South Wales coal production this week, after to-morrow's back Saturday shift, may be a record…

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New Guinea Gold Story Starts Rush

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 December 1948 · page 1

NEW YORK, Dec. 3. A.A.P.— The Australian News and Information Bureau and the "New York Times" are receiving many…

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State Coal 'To Meet Needs of Governments'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 December 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.— Large areas of coal-bearing lands set apart as State coalmine reserves, when properly exploited, should satisfy fully…

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Steel Output May Be Reduced Coal Stockpile Below Target

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 December 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Steel production may be curtailed at the B.H.P. Steel Works and allied industries in Newcastle and at Australian Iron and Steel, Port Kembla, in…

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Miners' New Councillors

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 December 1948 · page 2

Details of voting in the miners' ballot for election of northern members of the Central Council foe the coming term were announced today by the Returning Officer (Mr. J. B. Simpson)…

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New Records In Coal Output

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 December 1948 · page 1

A NEW weekly output of coal for the State was established last week when mineworkers of the three districts won about…

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Miners' Officials on Way to Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 December 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The General President (Mr. I. Williams) and the General Secretary (Mr. G. Grant) of the Miners' Federation,…

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First Nymboida Coal For Power Station

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 December 1948 · page 1

GRAFTON, Sunday.—The first coal has been delivered from Nymboida mine to Koolkhan power station, near Grafton…

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All Mines in the State Working Today

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 December 1948 · page 3

All mines in the State were at work when today's began. An output of 56,000 tons for the day is expected. This followed a day of [?]…

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New Councillor For Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 December 1948 · page 2

Mr. J. D. Hitchcock (John Darling lodge) has been elected a member of the Central Council of the Miners' Federation…

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£200 Grant to Mine Pensioners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 December 1948 · page 3

The Joint Coal Board has granted £200 to the Northern branch of the Retired Mineworkers' Association to buy Christmas cheer for its…

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Coal Board Reports Record Output

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 December 1948 · page 5

Mines on the South Maitland field and in the Muswellbrook, Werris Creek and Gunnedah districts produced 125,044 tons of coal last week. Spokesman for the Cessnock…

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Party Line-up In Miners' Council

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 December 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY.—On present indications neither A.L.P. nor Communist members will have a clear-cut majority on the…

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Miners' Ballot Upset Unlikely

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 December 1948 · page 4

Though some left-wing members of the Miners' Federation are campaigning in an effort to upset the recent ballot and…

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Miners To Work Christmas Shift

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

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Joint Coal Board and the Combined Mining Unions' Council have agreed that New South Wales mineworkers should work on Christmas Eve…

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South Maitland Coal Output High

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 December 1948 · page 2

Coal production on the South Maitland field last week was the best for 18 months, according to records kept by the Cessnock office…

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