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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1950

1,748 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 88

Long Service Leave For Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Miners in N.S.W. [?]ill receive long service leave is a result of legislation approved today by the…

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Peak Coal Production in North

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 2

Coal production on the northern field was at its peak today with all mines at work. Today was the second…

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Tests Reveal Coal On State Reserve

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 2

Deep boring tests within the State Coal Mine Reserve, near Liddell, indicated sufficient coal of reasonable quality to warrant the…

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Mines Free of Disputes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 3

There were no industrial disputes in New South Wales coalmines yesterday. The only mines which did not…

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Teralba Miners Reject Pillar Order

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Teralba group of miners has decided not to extract pillar coal by mechanical means…

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Legislation Soon On Miners' Service Leave

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY Wednesday.—The State Labour Caucus decided to-day to bring down a bill to apply the provisions of the miners'…

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Mine Subsidence Act Opposed For West Ward

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 19

Payments under the Mine Subsidence Act could rise to 10s for each £100 in an emergency, Mr. A. Thomson, a…

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Big U.K.-U.S. Mines "Deal"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 3

LONDON, April 26. A.A.P.—The Communist newspaper "Daily Worker" to-day featured an alleged exposure of a great secret financial deal between Britain and America which…

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Ambulance And First-Aid At Mines Reviewed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, WEDNESDAY.—Miners' leaders, coalowners' representatives and officers of the Joint Coal Board to-day conferred on improving…

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M.L.A. Protests On 'Treatment' Of Coal Town

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. Booth (lab., Kurri Kurri) to-day demanded a Government inquiry into the Coal Board's amenities…

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U.K. Interest In Mining To Be Encouraged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 5

CANBERRA, Wednesday.— Offers by overseas firms to transfer plant and staff to Australia to develop open-cut mining was most…

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Coal Firms See Ministers On Open-Cut Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday.—By encouraging overseas firms to develop open-cut mining, the Commonwealth Government hoped to bridge…

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All Northern Mines Working

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 2

All mines on the northern coalfield were at work when the day shift began. These collieries will be idle…

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Dispute On Coal Pillars

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 3

Coalfields M's.L.A. told the Central Executive of the Miners' Federation today that the pillar coal…

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Stop Press Coal Imports

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 12

ADELAIDE: All of the 750.000 tons of overseas coal ordered by the S.A. and Victorian Governments under arrangement with the Federn…

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Victorian Mine Loses £113,015

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Wonthaggi State Coalmine lost £113,015 for 1948-49, the General Manager (Mr. H. J. Johnson) said…

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Miner Badly Injured By Coal Fall

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 2

Archibald Hogg, 46, miner, of Brown-street, West Wallsend, was caught by a fall of coal in Rose wood Borehole mine yesterday…

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Board Extends Search For Coal Deposits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Joint Coal Board is extending its search for coal deposits in New South Wales…

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Two Mines Idle As Protest On Communism Bill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 2

Two mines were idle in the North yesterday as a protest against the Federal Government's Communist Party Dissolution Bill. They…

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Coal Builds Homes

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 April 1950 · page 7

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