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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1951

1,574 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 79

Soviet Gold In London "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Feb. 26.—Gold worth millions of pounds has been arriving in this country from Poland over the last five weeks. It is…

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Mining Centres Miss on Will Benefits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Mining towns such as Broken Hill, Newcastle, Maitland, Cessnock, Cobar and Bulli, will be excluded…

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Mine Subsidence Expenses "Double Claims"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 4

For every £1 paid for mine subsidence claims, £2 went in salaries and other expenses, Mr. H. J. McGregor said yesterday…

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Priority For 1950 Mines Report

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Minister for Mines (Mr. Arthur) said to-night that the printing of Mines Department reports had been…

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Coal For Vic. May Pared

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: Increased shipments of interstate coal from N.S.W., particularly to Victoria, will be one of…

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Coal Loss Today Only 1540 Tons

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 5

The northern coalfields had a good working day today. Four mines were idle, but the loss of output was only 1540 tons…

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Boy Injured In Fall From Coal Monument

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 2

Victor Carroll, 13, of Brooks-street, Cook's Hill, dislocated his right shoulder yesterday when he fell about 12 feet from the Coal…

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William Angry Over Moves By Coal Owners

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY: The miners' General President (Mr. I. Williams) reacted angrily today to the coal owners' applications to the Coal Industry Tribunal for a suspension of the weekly hiring provisions of the…

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Road Repairs To Bus Route At Coal Point

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 February 1951 · page 4

The Chairman (Mr. R. Hertogs) told Toronto Urban Area Committee that gravel re-sheeting of the Coal Point bus route was almost…

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Coal Output High

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 2

Coal production in the northern district yesterday was high. Only three mines were on strike, for a coal production loss of about…

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Avoid Complicating Mine Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 2

From the beginning of the present coal crisis, the hope of bringing the miners' Central Council back to arbitration has…

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Northern Coal Output High

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 2

Coal output on the northern field remained high today with only four mines out of production…

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River Siltage Restricts Coal Loading

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 11

Members of the Miners Federation at the Hetton-Bellbird coal-loading plant at Hexham were getting only one to two…

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Letters To The Editor Dusted Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 2

ARE there any other dusted retired miners it this district who are receiving the same raw deal as I am under the Dusted Miners'…

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Talks To-Day On Coal, Cuts

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

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The State Cabinet will meet to-morrow morning to consider reports on the coal position and the need for rationing…

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Equal Coal Distribution Plan: Cabinet Decision

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: The creation of an equalisation scheme for distributing coal among users in N.S.W., was a sensational development in the power crisis announced after today's special meeting of Cabinet to consider electricity and gas restrictions…

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Bill on Coal Dispute Port Action Threatened

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

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Commonwealth Government will bring down emergency legislation in the House of Representatives on Wednesday in an effort to…

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Coal Dispute Reports Backing Likely For A.C.T.U.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Trades and Labour Council meetings in New South Wales and Victoria to-morrow night are expected to endorse the actions of the Interstate Executive of the…

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Coal Loss 3600 Tons

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

Coal production loss through strikes in the North yesterday was 3600 tons. A further 370 tons were lost because of flooding of…

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EDITORIAL— Rail Restrictions And Coal Shortage

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 4

RESTRICTIONS imposed by the Railway Department because of the shortage of coal start a chain of reaction that progressively adds to the chaotic state of everyday affairs…

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