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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1950

1,748 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 54 of 88

Bitter Debate Expected Mine Council To Discuss Korea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 August 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Bitter debate is likely over the Korean issue at a meeting of the miners' Central Council, which begins in Sydney on Monday…

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Child Killed In Fall Off Coal Truck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 August 1950 · page 2

Kevin Bambach, aged 2, of Addison-road, Beresfield, was fatally injured at Beresfield about 4.40 p.m. yesterday when thrown from…

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10,000-Ton Coal Loss In North

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 August 1950 · page 4

The coal production loss in the North yesterday was about 10,000 tons. More than half of this was the result of strikes…

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Steel Output in Danger by Coal Loss

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 August 1950 · page 1

Production at the B.H.P. Steel Works will be curtailed drastically if idle B.H.P. mines do not resume on Monday. A company spokesman said this…

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Gold Valley In N.J.C. Flying

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 August 1950 · page 12

Gold Valley returned to the winning list in the N.J.C. Handicap at Newcastle this afternoon…

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Minister To Answer Mine Fund Critics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 August 1950 · page 2

The public will be invited to hear the Minister for Mines (Mr. Arthur) reply next Sunday to the case by members of West Ward Joint…

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Resumption At B.H.P. Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 August 1950 · page 2

A resumption of work at Burwood and Lambton B collieries to-day is expected to avert a threatened reduction in steel production at the B.H.P. Steel Works…

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Mines Subsidence Insurance: Reply By Minister

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 August 1950 · page 9

The public will be invited to hear the Minister for Mines (Mr. J. Arthur) reply to the case to be put by members of…

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Coal Point Road Unfit For Buses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 August 1950 · page 2

Coal Point would soon be with out a bus service, because of the poor state of the road, the Toronto Manager of Fogg's Motor Services…

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Coal Output Best For Weeks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 August 1950 · page 3

The output from the Northern coalfields yesterday was the best for many weeks. Production was down about 3000…

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Coal Lorry And Engine Collide

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 August 1950 · page 3

The driver of a coal-lift lorry had a lucky escape at Aberdare last night when his truck was struck by a railway…

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Miners' Body In Talks On Claim Log

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 August 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—The miners' Central Council, at its opening sitting to-day, discussed the union's log of claims, before the Coal…

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4100 Tons Coal Lost In North Today

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 August 1950 · page 2

A dispute at the B.H.P. John Darling Colliery today increased the total output loss for the northern field to 4100 tons…

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Burwood Miners Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 August 1950 · page 3

Three miners at Burwood Colliery were injured—two seriously—and a number of others suffered shock in…

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Big BHP Colliery Idle Again Today

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 August 1950 · page 14

The B.H.P Steel Works in Newcastle lost 2000 tons more of its normal coal intake today when the big John Darling Colliery was idle. This was the second success…

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1506 Miners Join Cooperatives

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 August 1950 · page 4

Membership of the Miners' Co-operative Building Societies had risen to 1506, the Secretary (Mr. I F Lean) said yesterday…

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Mine Action Threat On Pensions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 August 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The central council of the Miners' Federation this week may decide on industrial action to force increases to miners'…

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Oil From Coal Plant Urged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 August 1950 · page 7

Cessnock Municipal Council decided, last night to send a deputation to the Minister of Supply and Development (Mr. Casey) to urge the establishment of an oil from coal plant…

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Mr. Jack of Coal Board, Dies

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 August 1950 · page 3

Mr. Robert Parker Jack, 52, a member of the Joint Coal Board, collapsed at his home at Gordon yesterday and died…

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Three Injured At Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 August 1950 · page 3

Kenneth Crossley, 33, of Sawyer-street, Paxton, machine man at Stanford Main No 2 colliery, had his left arm extensively lacerated…

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