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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1951

1,574 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 79

Suburban and District Complaint On Buses To Coal Point

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 4

Bus services between Coal Point and Kilaben Bay were unsatisfactory, the President of Coal Point Progress Association (Mr. Farrell)…

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Talks on Coal Crisis Mine Leaders "Cooperative"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Leaders of the Miners' Federation were prepared to cooperate with the A.C.T.U. in achieving a settlement of the coal crisis…

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Transport Workers and Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 12

Despite the rejection of a motion by a mass meeting of members of the union yesterday, the policy of the Newcastle…

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Miners' Chiefs on Contempt Charges

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY; The recent conduct of the three miners' leaders charged with contempt of court was flagrant and deliberate and part of a scheme to hold the community to ransom, Mr. G. E. Barwick, K.C. (for the Crown) told the Full…

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Miners' Board Attitude On Compensation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 3

The miners' Northern Board of Management, at its continued session yesterday, expressed disappointment that the State Government…

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State Coal Loss Today 5870 Tons

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 12

The loss of coal output In N.S.W. today because of mine stoppages was 5870 tons. Five mines were idle on the…

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ACTU Ready To Take Over Coal, Wharf Strikes

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 1

CANBERRA: The A.C.T.U. is prepared to take over both the coal and the waterfront disputes it was learned today…

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Miners Caught In Fall Of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 2

Two miners were injured by a fall of coal in Swansea Heads mine yesterday afternoon. They were.— Ephraim Hopwood, 50, of…

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Board Adjourns Colliery Staff Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 3

A sitting of the Central Reference Board in Sydney yesterday on the Colliery Staff Association's award was adjourned for a…

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Repairing Roads After Coal Haul

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 3

The Department of Main Roads is making funds available to councils—two-thirds of the amount involved—to…

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Miners Struck; Thought Official Was Summonsed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Wonthaggi miners struck to-day because they thought their Secretary (Mr. J. Birt) had been summonsed…

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ACTU Asks Miners For Dispute Control

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: The Executive of the Australian Council of Trade Unions today asked the Central Executive of the Miners' Federation to vest control of the coal dispute in the A.C.T.U…

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Letters To The Editor Miners Defended

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 2

YOUR comment in the leading article on February 7 shows no departure from the policy of the "Newcastle Morning Herald and…

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Coal Price Up 3d A Bag

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 2

The Joint Coal Board had authorised an increase of 3d a bag in the price of coal, the President of Newcastle Fuel Merchants'…

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No Undertaking By Mine Leaders, Says Evatt

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: The three miners' leaders had given the court no more than an acknowledgement of the supremacy of the law, Dr. H. V. Evatt, K.C, said in the…

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Move to End Dispute A.C.T.U. And Miners Meet

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A.C.T.U. officials will confer with miners' leaders tomorrow in another attempt to settle the coal dispute…

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Coal Shipments Small

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 2

Coal shipments from Newcastle this week were much smaller than usual. It is expected that by to-day only…

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Miners' Review on Meetings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 2

A sub-committee to revise meeting places for aggregate meetings and for areas for district elections was appointed yesterday by the Miners' Northern Management Board…

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Coal Dispute Talks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Representatives of the A.C.T.U., Miners' Federation and colliery proprietors will meet in Sydney on Monday on the coal crisis…

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5000-ton Coal Loss In North

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 2

Stoppages at six Northern collieries yesterday caused the loss of more than 5000 tons of coal. Another 250 tons was lost because…

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