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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1950

1,748 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 30 of 88

Mine Pensions Amendments: Ms.L.A. Protest on Rejection

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 May 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Federal Government's rejection of vital amendments to the Miners' Pension Act brought protests from three coalfield members in the Legislative Assembly to-night…

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Miners Plan Action Against Pillar Coal

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY: The Miners' Central Council today reaffimed its opposition to the use of machines on…

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Miners' Council May Split On Pillar Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A split vote in the Miners' Central Council is likely to-morrow when a decision is made on the pillar coal issue…

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Gun Battle At Mine

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 2

SINGAPORE, Thursday (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Special constables guarding a tin mine in the Kota Tinggi area of Pohore…

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Colliery Idle As Men Protest On Bill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 4

Aberdare Central mineworkers decided at a pit-top meeting yesterday morning to take the day off as a protest against the Communist…

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Callide Coal For Victoria Again

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Victorian Government has agreed to take another trial cargo of Callide coal from Queensland…

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Question On Miners' Pensions "Too Involved"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A question asked by the Deputy Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Vincent) in the Legislative Assembly to-day…

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The Position Today At North's Mines

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 1

On the northern coalfields today these mines were completely idle: Northern, Aberdare…

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Denies Miners Divided On Anti-Red Bill

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 7

SYDNEY: The Miners' general president (Mr. I. Williams), on behalf of the rest of the executive, today issued a statement denying that the Miners' Council was divided on opposition to the Anti-Red Bill…

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Big Western Coal Loss: 8 Pits Idle

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 2

LITHGOW: Although only eight mines on the Western field were idle this morning, coal production was down to less than one-quarter they potential output. Western miners made it clear…

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Big N.S.W. Coal Loss In Protest On Anti-Red Bill

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 1

Half of N.S.W.'s potential daily coal production was lost today when thousands of miners struck in protest against the Federal Government's Communist Party Dissolution Bill. Indications from pit-top meetings were that Communist…

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Miners Move On Pillar Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Miners' Central Council decided to-day to call aggregate meetings should any attempt be made to extract pillar coal mechanically…

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Management Denies Colliery Idle

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 1

The management of Crofton Colliery issued a statement to-day denying that the mine had stopped work yesterday on the…

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CESSNOCK No. 1 MINE

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 3

In a report of the decisions of pit-top meetings yesterday it was incorrectly stated that at Cessnock No. 1 mine a section…

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Miners' Council Support For Southern Lodge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Central Council of the Miners' Federation decided to-day to support fully any action taken by…

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Objection To Gold Price Rise

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 4

WASHINGTON, May 4, A.A.P.—The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund yesterday recommended the rejection of…

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One Protest Coal Stoppage In North

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 1

While there were no protest stoppages by northern miners today against the…

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Tribunal Grants Height Money To Contract Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 3

Increased payments for certain contract miners, bratticemen and members of mechanical units in the Northern N.S.W. district were announced by the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) in Newcastle today…

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Mine Pensioners Seek Amendments

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 6 May 1950 · page 4

Northern district mining pensioners would ask the Miners' Central Council to make another attempt to have the…

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Miners Decide Congress Policy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Central Council of the Miners' Federation to-day directed its delegates to the special congress of the Australian Council of Trade-unions in Melbourne on…

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