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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1950

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

Leader Calls For Unity Among Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 December 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—A call for unity among coalminers in 1951 was made to-night by the General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr…

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Strike-Free Eve Of Mine Holidays

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 December 1950 · page 4

The coalfields were without a strike yesterday—the last working day of the year. Only one mine in the State was…

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100-Mile Coal, Ore Conveyor Belt Scheme "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 December 1950 · page 1

NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—An Ohio manufacturing company is getting ready to stage an all-out legal battle in an effort to build a great, 100-mile…

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Christmas Hampers For Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 December 1950 · page 1

Christmas hampers were distributed to miners and other employees at Newstan colliery, Fassifern, as gifts from the directors and…

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Letters To The Editor Miners' New Award

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 December 1950 · page 2

THE Christmas box given to miners in the form of the new award by Santa Claus (MR. Gallagher) is far from being…

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Writ Issued By Mine Directors

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 December 1950 · page 4

LONDON, Dec. 29. A.A.P.— The chairman and a director of an Australian gold mine have issued a writ for libel against a fellow…

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Notes, Gold in Pensioner's Hut

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 December 1950 · page 2

Three sugarbags full of bank notes and hundreds of sovereigns, of a total value of nearly £3000, were discovered by East Maitland police after a 75-year-old retired gravedigger had been found dead…

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Giant German Dredgers Win Brown Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 December 1950 · page 4

This dredger will dig coal at the rate of about 500 tons an hour by means of six large buckets mounted on a wheel. Coal is fed by conveyor…

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12,780,939 Tons Coal Won In 1950

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 December 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—New South Wales coal production for 1950 was, estimated tat 12,780,939 tons, spokesman for the Joint Coal Board…

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