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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1951

1,574 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 53 of 79

Bellambi Coal Profit £9179

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 August 1951 · page 3

Bellambi Coal Co. Ltd. made a profit of £9179 for the year ended June 30, after providing £7302 for management expenses, taxation and…

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5 Retired Miners Win £1000

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 August 1951 · page 1

A syndicate of five retired Swansea miners, whose combined ages total 358 years, shared…

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Bigger Coal Output In North

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 August 1951 · page 3

Coal output in the North improved yesterday when the loss from stoppages was reduced to about 1500 tons…

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Improved Coal Output In North

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 August 1951 · page 9

Coal production in the north has improved this week, the loss in the past three days—4100 tons—being among the…

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Second Best Coal Week This Year

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 August 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY.—N.S.W. coal production this week was the second best this year. Disputes this week lost only 12,070 tons—the smallest…

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Coal Output In North Still High

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 August 1951 · page 2

Stoppages at six Northern mines yesterday caused a production loss of 2400 tons. The Northern Colliery…

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Miners' Board Seeks Report On Greta Seam Conservation

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 August 1951 · page 3

The Northern Miners' Board of Management today instructed its executive to seek further discussion with the Minister for Mines (Mr. Arthur) and the Premier (Mr. McGirr) to impress on them the necessity of releasing the report of the Conservation Committee on the Greta coal seam…

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Miners Seek Release Of Coal Report

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 August 1951 · page 2

The miners' Northern Board of Management will seek a conference with the Minister for Mines (Mr. Arthur) and, if necessary, with the…

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Miners' Councillor Retires

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 August 1951 · page 3

Mr. F. Cresswell, who retired from the miners' Northern Board of Management yesterday, was farewelled by board members…

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Butter "Inadequate" For Miners' Crib

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 August 1951 · page 3

The miners' Northern Board of Management yesterday carried a motion "viewing with grave concern the acute shortage of butter…

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The Theatres "King Solomon's Mines"

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 25 August 1951 · page 7

Starring Deborah Kerr and Stewart Granger. This is a film to which the term spectacular can justly be…

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Stoppage-free Week For Western Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 August 1951 · page 2

Coalmines in the Western District have had their best working week for several years. The whole week was free of stoppages…

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Five Collieries Idle

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 4

Five mines were idle in the north today for a loss of 4500 tons. Loss of production came from…

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Coal Board Cup To Cessnock

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 3

Cessnock defeated Maitland at Cessnock in the final of the Joint Coal Board knockout competition by 24 to 3…

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Coal Threat To French Arms Drive

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 3

PARIS, Aug. 26. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The French rearmament drive is being threatened by an acute shortage of coal, and especially of coke…

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Heating in Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1951 · page 2

Heating developed in the inby panel of 11 cast at Aberdare Extended colliery yesterday. Eight pairs of miners removed material…

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State Mine "Soon" At Cessnock

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1951 · page 2

Mr. W. Crook, M.L.A., said yesterday that he hoped the Holland coal leases at Cessnock would soon be taken over by the Government,…

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Mines Idle On Butter Shortage

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 August 1951 · page 1

Two mines were idle and another was partly manned on the northern field today as a protest…

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Idle Mines Expected Back To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1951 · page 2

Burwood and Stockrinigton No. 1 nines were idle yesterday as miners protested against the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) not…

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Coal Report Delay Criticised

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 August 1951 · page 4

The Northern Miners' President (Mr. G. H. Neilly) said last night that the Premier should investigate why the Coal Conservation…

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