Zone Power Exemptions Expected for Steel Plants, Mines
The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 April 1951 · page 3
Full implications of the power zoning plan, to be introduced by the State Government on April 30, are not yet known but it is expected that steel manufacturing plant and collieries will be exempt…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disputes At Five Mines Today
The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 April 1951 · page 5
Five stoppages of work at northern coal mines today caused a loss of output of about 2860 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Life Of 80 Years For New Mine
The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 April 1951 · page 6
SYDNEY: Oakdale State Mine, which is expected to produce 4000 tons of coal daily when production begins, will have a life of 80 to 90 years. Mining experts who made this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Court Sets Date For Case Against Southern Miners
The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 April 1951 · page 2
SYDNEY: A summons calling on members of the Southern district of the Miners' Federation to show cause why they should not be dealt with under Section 100 of the State Industrial Arbitration Act…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mines and Industries Still in Doubt Over Zoning Scheme
The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 April 1951 · page 3
Mining companies and officials of heavy industries in Newcastle still do not know whether the electricity zoning plan will affect their operations. Spokesmen for some com-…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stop Press Southern Mine Threat
The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 12
SYDNEY: A general strike threat has been raised on the southern coalfields following the decision of southern miners' leaders authorising…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Geologists Chosen For Coal Search
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 1
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Minister for Mines (Mr. Arthur) has appointed 11 11 geologists to investigate potential open-cut coalmining areas…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Board Defence Of Bridge
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 3
The coal line over the Howe street bridge was essential for the coal industry, Mr. G. Black, representing the Joint Coal Board, told…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Provide Bus for Concert Party
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 2
The Northern Miners' Board of Management decided yesterday to provide a bus to take members of the Broken Hill Police Boys' Club…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Board Asks for Road Costs
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 2
The Joint Coal Board had asked Lake Macquarie Shire Council for estimates of the cost of reconstructing and tar-sealing the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Deadly Fire-Damp Piped From Mines And Used As Fuel
The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 6
BRUSSELS (Belgium), Tues. (O.S.R.): Firedamp, the deadly gas dreaded by miners, may soon be put to productive use by Belgian industry. In seven Dits in the highly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Concern At "Pinkeye" In Colliery
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 2
The Northern Miners' Board of Management decided yesterday not to agree to the re-opening of the "pinkeye" section of Hebburn No…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miner Struck by Coal
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 4
Eric Teasey, 35, of Pokolbin-street, Kearsley, a miner at Abermain No. 2 colliery suffered a severe lacerated wound to the head…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Bd. Rejects Lodge Plan
The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 3
A move to have both points of view placed before miners' aggregate meetings in future when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Levy Act To Be Amended
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 3
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Minister for Mines (Mr. Arthur) said to-night that he had promised cancellation of mines subsidence insurance…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Protest By Miners On Hostel Costs
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 3
WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.—The Executive of the Southern District of the Miners Federation to-day asked all lodges to send telegrams…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →2400 Tons Of Coal Lost In North
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 4
Stoppages at three Northern collieries yesterday caused a loss of 2400 tons of coal. Richmond Main was idle over a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Minority View For Miners
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 April 1951 · page 2
The Northern Miners' Management Board yesterday rejected a proposal "for" and "against" arguments to be placed before…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hostel Fee Protest; Mine Stops
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 April 1951 · page 3
WOLLONGONG, Wednesday. — Employees at Excelsior mine, on the South Coast, stopped to-day as a protest against the fees charged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Britain Warned Of Mine Peril
The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 April 1951 · page 2
LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.). —The First Lord of the Admiralty. Viscount Hall, described in the House of Lords…
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