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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1951

1,574 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 79

Queensland Coal Hopes "Small"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Queensland could offer little hope of immediate relief of the Victorian coal crisis, the Victorian Premier (Mr…

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Coal Board Reports on Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Conditions which had made it possible to effect major improvements in the coalmining industry had also provided an opportunity, although not a reason, for…

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Big Mine Hold-up By A.E.U.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1951 · page 1

Newcastle District Committee of the Amalgamated Engineering Union decided last night to…

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Coal Strike To Continue; A.E.U. Decision

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 May 1951 · page 1

Engineers employed in mines on the northern coalfields will remain on strike until a dispute over demarcation of work is satisfactorily settled…

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Mine Fatalities Compensation

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

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The widows of two men killed in mine accidents, were each awarded £1000 in the Workers' Compensation Court…

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Indian Coal Sought

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 5

MADRAS, Thurs. (A.A.P.).— The Victorian Minister for Transport (Mr. J. Hyland) arrived at Madras yesterday to…

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Tons of Coal Bury Miner

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 1

Workmates had to dig several tons of coal to rescue a miner who was injured at Kirkdale Colliery yesterday…

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Big Coal Losses As Strike Continues

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

Coal losses in the North as a result of the Amalgamated Engineering Union strike are expected to rise to-day. The production loss yesterday was…

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Big Coal Losses In A.E.U. Dispute

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 3

With no settlement of the dispute yet in sight, the Amalgamated Engineering Union's strike on the northern coalfields today caused the idleness of more than 20 mines for an output loss of more than…

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Gold Valley Smartest In Trials For N.J.C. Races

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 12

Gold Valley led Paragon by a length in the smartest Broadmeadow trial this morning. They ran four furlongs and 50 yards in 54½ sec. on the outside of the course proper…

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New Hope For Dusted Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 4

LONDON: Campaign against silicosis and other miners' chest diseases has taken a favorable turn as the result of experiments at mines in the Ruhr…

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Mine Incentive Pay to Stand

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher), in a reserved judgment, to-day rejected the claim of the Miners' Federation to eliminate the "incentive" clause of their last award…

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Coal Board To Make Up Loss

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Losses of £350,441 by the Operations Division of the Joint Coal Board in 1949-50 would be recouped from…

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Big Coal Losses Again In North

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 5

The strike by members of the Amalgamated Engineering Union on the northern coalfields again caused a serious loss of coal output today. Nearly all of the field's…

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Rich Coal Seam Found At Lithgow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 1

LITHGOW, Thursday.—Miners sinking Dobb's Drift tunnel at the State Coal mine have discovered a new seam estimated to be 30 feet…

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Miners, Drover Fill Crew

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 May 1951 · page 1

Two miners and a driver were among five men put on board the British freighter Bellerby off Nobbys last night to allow the ship to proceed to Adelaide with coal…

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Victorian Coal Stocks Critical

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 May 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE.—Victorian coal stocks are down to danger level because of the N.S.W. engineers' strike…

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Queensland Coal Seen As 'Solution'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 May 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday—Queensland coalfields, if properly developed, could solve Australia's growing fuel problems, the…

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A Gaol For The Coal Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 May 1951 · page 2

Anyone familiar with the history of the coal industry in New South Wales will agree with the almost platitudinous comment of…

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78,200 Tons of Coal Shipped

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 May 1951 · page 4

A total of 78,200 tons of coal was shipped from Newcastle this week. South Australia received the…

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