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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1950

1,748 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 75 of 88

Good Working Day At Mines: Small Coal Loss

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 November 1950 · page 5

Yesterday was a good working day on the Northern coalfields. Four mines were idle because of disputes for a coal production loss…

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Good Production Day At Mines

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 November 1950 · page 5

Coal production on the northern field was again high today. Only four mines were out…

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Pit Sealing Saves Coal Area

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 November 1950 · page 4

The fight to save No. 1 west barrier section in Aberdare Central colliery, which developed a heating a week ago, has been lost…

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Miners' Threat On Anti-Red Act

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 November 1950 · page 7

SYDNEY. — The Central Council of the Miners' Federation yesterday reaffirmed an earlier decision to call…

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£1000 Grant For Coal Lift Damage

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 November 1950 · page 4

The Joint Coal Board will make a grant of £1000 to Cessnock Council for maintenance and restoration of damage to…

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Grant For Coal Lift Road Repair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 November 1950 · page 5

The Joint Coal Board has granted Lake Macquarie Shire Council £4400 to repair roads damaged by coal lift traffic this…

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Oversea Coal Costs £6/5/- Ton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 November 1950 · page 7

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The approximate cost on the wharf of oversea coal ordered by the Commonwealth was £6/5/ a ton, Mr…

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Letters To The Editor Miners and Steelmen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 November 1950 · page 2

MINERS and Ironworkers will soon elect officials. It will be interesting to see whether they will return Communists while members…

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Miners Reaffirm Stand On Anti-Red Bill

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 November 1950 · page 8

SYDNEY. — The Central Council of the Miners' Federation yesterday reaffirmed an earlier decision to call…

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Miners' Stoppage Threats

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 November 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY: The Miners' Federation Central Council today made further threats of stop-work mass meetings…

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Two Mines On Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 November 1950 · page 4

Only two mines were on strike on the northern coalfields yesterday, the coal production loss being about 1450 tons. Caledon open cut…

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Miners Want Wage Rise Immediately

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 November 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Miners Central Council to-day authorized the calling of aggregate meetings on the coalfields unless…

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All Northern Mines Worked Today

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 November 1950 · page 19

All mines on the northern coalfields were at work when today's shift began. It was the first day for months that a "clean sheet" was reported for the field…

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Investigation On Oil From Coal Processes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 November 1950 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Minister for National Development (Mr. Casey) said in the House of Representatives to-day that his…

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Coal Output May Reach 15.8M. Tons

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 November 1950 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Coal production for 1950 should approach 15,800,000 tons if production continued at the same rate as…

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Close Check On Joint Coal Board Spending

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 November 1950 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—A close check was being kept on money spent by the Joint Coal Board and steps were being taken…

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Report To Minister On B.H.P. Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 November 1950 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Minister for Labour (Mr. Holt) has received a confidential report of an investigation into stoppages…

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Graphic Figures On How Coal Loss Hits Home-Building

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 November 1950 · page 5

CANBERRA: Every time there was a stoppage on the coalfields which lost 20,000 tons of coal Australia lost 1000 homes, the Minister for Housing (Mr. Casey) told Federal Parliament last night…

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Coal Record Near

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY: Although N.S.W. coal output for 1950 today passed the total output for the whole…

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Miner Collapses at Coal Face

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 2

Thomas Williams, 53, single, of Earl-street, Holmesville, collapsed and died while working at the coal face in Stockrington No. 2 colliery…

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