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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1949

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Mine Host Not a Definite Runner in Challenge

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 8

SYDNEY: Mine Host, topweight with 9.3 in the Challenge Stakes at Randwick on Jan. 29, is not a definite starter in that race. This warning has been given by trainer A. S. Croall, who…

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Coal Stoppage Threat In Queensland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday. — A coal stoppage throughout Queensland will be recommended at miners' aggregate meetings in Maryborough on…

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11 Million Tons of N.s.w. Coal

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 1

N.S.W.'s total coal production last year was 11,725,217 tons, according: to figures issued by the Joint Coal Board…

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Goods Trains to Be Cut Rail Coal Stock "Worrying"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—New South Wales railway goods traffic will be curtailed slightly because of coal stocks. The Minister for Transport (Mr…

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Coal Expected To Last Till Mines Resume

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 1

With the end of the miners' holidays in sight the majority of principal coal consumers today were more optimistic about available supplies lasting until coal production resumes…

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EDITORIAL Power From Water And Coal

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 4

MR. CHIFLEY waxes enthusiastic, and properly so, about the benefits that will flow from the hydroelectric power produced by the projected Snowy River diversion scheme…

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Stock Piles Yield 940 Tons of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Although the combined mining unions have banned the production of coal at Western district open-cut mines till…

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Miners Offered £19 Week

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 3

CANBERRA: Mine workers at Captain's Flat, who have been on strike three months, would get £19 a week under a new bonus offer made by mine owners yesterday. Surface workers would re-…

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Drop in British Coal Output

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Wed. (A.A.R). —British miners started this year with a coal output which fell 365,900 tons short of the first…

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Cheap Labour Needed To Mine Mica

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Inability to provide cheap labour prevents full-scale production from large mica deposits in the…

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Mine Host Moves Well; Fit Again

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 8

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Said to have suffered a leg injury when beaten by Romany King at Randwick on January 1, Mine Host was not sore…

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Mine Dispute Could Become Nation-wide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The dispute at Burgowan colliery. Queensland, could involve all Australian miners if not settled…

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Small Coal Mines To Open

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 2

Negotiations for opening two small coalmines in the Greta area are almost complete and the mines will open soon. Each will employ…

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Terms Reached In Burgowan Coal Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday. — A basis of a settlement for the Burgowan coal dispute was reached after a three-hour conference of…

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Mine Host Will Start At Randwick: Galloped Well Today

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 12

SYDNEY: Challenge Stakes candidate, Mine Host, worked so well at Moore, field today that trainer A. Croall decided to run him in the Sefton Handicap at Randwick on Saturday. G. Moore, who will also have the mount on Saturday, made a special trip to…

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Poor Trial By Mine Host

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 8

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mine Host, Challenge Stakes candidate, disappointed track regulars when he sprinted five furlongs in 1.6 on the middle grass, 20 feet out from the rails, at Moorefield this…

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Conference On Coal Needs Likely Soon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Joint Conal Board may call a conference of mineworkers' leaders soon to discuss this year's coal needs…

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Owners Seek Clarity On Coal Terms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thursday.—Another conference on the Burgowan coal dispute was held to-day. It was called at the request of the…

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Italian Challenged To Claim Gems, Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Jan. 13. A.A.P.— A notice in the "London Gazette" warns Enzo Colombo, an Italian living "somewhere in Italy," that…

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Shareholders In Aust. Gold Mines Have Lost Millions

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 15 January 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Sat. (A.A.P.-Reuter): Shareholders in the de Bernales Group of Australian gold mining companies—once worth more than £9/)00,000 sterling—were told officially yesterday that they had…

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