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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1950

1,748 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 63 of 88

Coal Board Aid On Road Sought

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 September 1950 · page 7

Belmont Urban Area Committee will ask the Joint Coal Board, through the Shire Council, to reconstruct Ross-street from Mill…

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Hair Cream Delicacy On Gold Coast

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 September 1950 · page 3

LONDON, Sept. 12. A.A.P.—A statistical and economic review published to-day by the United Africa…

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Men Hauled To Safety Up Mine Air Shaft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 September 1950 · page 2

Fifteen men in Boston No. 2 pit, Wallsend, were hauled up the shaft by the Manager (Mr. R. Ray) and Mr. A. Neal when a dam…

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Half Today's Coal Loss Due To Storm torm

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 September 1950 · page 2

More than half the production loss on the northern coalfields today was caused by flooding and effects of storm damage Stoppages at 10 mines…

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State Move on Mine Pensions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 September 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. Booth (Lab., Kurri Kurri) told members of the State Parliamentary Labour Caucus to-day that he…

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Heavy Coal Loss From Storm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 September 1950 · page 2

Disputes and damage by Monday's storm caused a loss of more than 10,000 tons of coal in the North yesterday…

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U.K. Coal Industry Cuts Deficit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 September 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Sept. 13. A.A.P.—Britain's coal industry marked up a financial surplus of nearly £2,500,000 during the second…

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Miners Injured At Kent Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 September 1950 · page 8

Reginald Payne, 34, miner, of McArthur-street, Homeville, was caught between a skip and a prop at Kent colliery yesterday. He was…

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Eight Northern Mines Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 September 1950 · page 4

Disputes at eight Northern mines yesterday caused a coal loss of 6400 tons. Rain damage caused a loss of…

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Miners To Appeal On Leave

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 September 1950 · page 2

The Miners' Federation will appeal against the ruling of the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) on long-service leave as it affects…

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Workable Coal In Four Series

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 September 1950 · page 4

Workable coal was found in four series on New Cumnock field, in Ayrshire, Mr. N. J. Clark said yesterday…

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Coal Board Move On Minmi Roads

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 September 1950 · page 2

The Joint Coal Board had taken action to improve the state of roads in the Minmi area, the board Chairman (Mr. Cochran) advised Mr…

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Coal Main Export Cargo Last Month

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 September 1950 · page 4

Newcastle exported 293,253 tons of cargo—245,636 tons of it bunker and cargo coal—in August, said the monthly report of the Maritime…

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Strikes Over Decision By Coal Tribunal

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 September 1950 · page 4

Mineworkers at two of the B.H.P. mines—John Darling and Burwood—and two other collieries went on strike today in protest against the decision of the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) on long…

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Minister To Make Survey Of Coal Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 September 1950 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday.—A survey of the coal position will be made next week by the Minister for Fuel (Senator McLeay) and the…

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Gold Mine Loss Feared Over £A Revaluation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 September 1950 · page 8

BRISBANE, Friday.—Mt. Morgan Ltd. would lose £250,000 a year in gold revenue of the Australian £ were appreciated to…

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Power by Coal, Water Urged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 September 1950 · page 4

Australia's great need was the combination of the electrical power obtained from black coal and the power from the "white coal"—the running water of the many rapid streams, Sir Earle Page said last…

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Leave Issue Causes Coal Losses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 September 1950 · page 4

Protest stoppages against the ruling of the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) on long-service leave caused a coal production loss…

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52,900 Tons of Coal Shipped

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 September 1950 · page 2

A total of 52,900 tons of coal was shipped from Newcastle to Sydney, interstate ports and Fiji this week…

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N.Z. Coal To Revert To Owners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 September 1950 · page 3

WELLINGTON, Sept. 15. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Holland) introduced in the House of Representatives to-day a…

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