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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1951

1,574 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 45 of 79

Mine Mechanisation Shiftmen's Job "Not Harder"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mechanisation did not make the first-class shiftman's job more difficult, the Secretary of the Northern Colliery Proprietors Association (Mr. R. W. Davie) said to-day…

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Idle Mines Expected To Work To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 2

Six of the eight mines which were idle in the North yesterday to cause the highest production loss for several weeks—about 8500 tons—are…

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Gold Reported On Crashed Plane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 4

LAE, July 19. A.A.P.-Reuter.— Gold valued at between £30,000 and £40,000, belonging to the Bulolo Gold Dredging Ltd., is believed…

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Coal Shipments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 July 1951 · page 3

A total of 76,800 tons of coal was exported from Newcastle to interstate ports and Sydney during the week…

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Miners Seek Removal Of Anomalies

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 July 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday—The Central Executive of the Miners' Federation will file a claim as soon as possible with the Coal Industry…

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Mine Talks Called On Referendum

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 July 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Central Executive of the Miners' Federation to-day directed that pit-top meetings should discuss…

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Garside Complains of Coal Quality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 July 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—The average ton of coal being received by the Railways Department was only about 80 per cent. as effective for…

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2000-Ton Coal Loss In North

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 July 1951 · page 4

A safety issue, mechanical breakdown and two disputes caused a coal production loss of 3000 tons of coal on the Northern field…

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Ban On Mine Call-up Jobs Likely

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 July 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—Members of the Miners' Federation are likely to refuse to fill vacancies caused by the call-up of miners for…

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Rich Rosehill Sprint To Fox "Gold

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 July 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: Outsider Fox Gold (14/1) gave bookmakers a good result when he won the Winter Handicap at Rosehill today. Field Boy (5/1) was a length and a quarter away second, beating Le…

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Fox Gold's Penalty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 8

Fox Gold has been penalised 8lb for the S.T.C. Cup next Saturday, following his Winter Handicap success at Rosehill. His weight in…

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Increase Sought For Coal Filling

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 2

If miners filling machine-cut coal at Burwood Colliery could get employment on solids at other mines there would be no machine-cut coal filled at Burwood, the secretary of Burwood Miners' Lodge…

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Miners' Claims For Tribunal To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 2

The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) will begin hearing in Newcastle at noon to-day two district claims submitted by the…

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Idle Mines Lost 3000 Tons Today

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 3

Stoppages of work on the northern coalfields today cost nearly 3000 tons of coal output. Most of the stoppages were…

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New U.k. Coal Board Chief

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 4

Sir Hubert Houldsworth, K.C., who has been appointed Chairman of the British National Coal Board to succeed Lord Hyndley…

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Coal Ramps Talks Proposed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 5

Newcastle City Council proposed to call a conference of the Health Committee, the Joint Coal Board, the coal shipping agent (Mr. A. H…

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Miners' Views On "Filling" Work

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 3

About 32 miners had left Stockrington No. 1 Colliery in the last 12 months; the vice-president of Stockrington No. 1 Miners' Lodge (D. McColl) told the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H…

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Customs Officers Seize Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 5

SINGAPORE, July 23. A.A.P.-Reuter.— Customs officials seized gold worth £3500 yesterday on board the Blue Funnel vessel,…

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Coal Dump To End Glebe Line Transport

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 2

A coal dump area being built in Newcastle is expected to end coal transport over the Glebe pit railway line…

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£2800 Grant for Colliery Road

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 4

The Joint Coal Board had granted £2800 for construction of the access road to Boston colliery, Wallsend, the City Engineer (Mr…

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