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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1951

1,574 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 70 of 79

Lake Shire Priority To Joint Coal Board Work

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 November 1951 · page 13

Unless work on Wangi Point Park was kept going until it was completed, Lake Macquarie Shire Council was in danger of losing valuable financial assistance from the Joint Coal Board, Cr. Owen declared at the shire meeting last night…

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Miners' Ballot Closes To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 November 1951 · page 2

The Northern District miners' ballot to elect the Board of Management and Central Council delegates will close to-day…

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Monday Vote On Pillar Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 November 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Jubilee national convention of the Miners' Federation has deferred till Monday a decision on mechanical extraction of pillar coal…

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Newcastle Talks On Coal Loading

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 November 1951 · page 2

The proposed new coal-loading facilities for the port of Newcastle will be discussed in Newcastle on Monday…

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Coal Cargoes Total 71,200 Tons

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 November 1951 · page 2

Coal shipments from Newcastle to Sydney and interstate ports during the week totalled 71,200 tons. Sydney received 32,000 tons,…

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Miners To Resume

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 November 1951 · page 1

Miners at Stockrington Nos. 1 and 2 collieries will resume to-day, pending a dispute being reheard. Both mines have been…

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Train Cut Protest By Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 November 1951 · page 2

Northern State Parliamentarians will seek a review of curtailed services between Newcastle and Cessnock…

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8 Mines Idle In North

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 November 1951 · page 13

Eight mines were idle and one was partly manned for a production loss of…

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Coal Loader In Use Next Year

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 November 1951 · page 3

A temporary overhead loader capable of discharging 350 tons of coal an hour into ships should be in operation at Carrington by May or June next year, the Director of…

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Miners Seek Re-hearing on Pit Dismissal

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 November 1951 · page 3

The Local Coal Authority (Mr. M. Lydon) today reserved his decision in the Stockrington No. 2 Colliery dispute after dealing with an application by the Miners' Federation for…

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"Permission" For Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 November 1951 · page 4

LONDON. — Many miners who proposed to leave the pits might change their minds if someone took the…

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Mine Pensions For Discussion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 November 1951 · page 6

The question of an increases in the retired mine-workers' pension would come before the Jubilee Convention,…

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Coal Punctures Man's Leg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 November 1951 · page 2

Harry Alterator, 43, of Denman-street, Maitland, had the calf of his left leg punctured when struck by coal at…

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35-Hour Claim By Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 November 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Jubilee national convention of the Miners' Federation to-day directed the Central Executive to seek a 35-hour week when opportune…

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"Gold" Easier on Pockets

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 November 1951 · page 12

LONDON: Men with girl-friends who like expensive gold brooches, bangles and bracelets will…

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Pillar Extraction Miners May Modify Ban

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 November 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: The miners' national conference today expressed its Willingness confer on proposals for the extraction pillar coal, provided that safeguards and…

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3500 Tons Coal Loss In North

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 November 1951 · page 3

The coal loss was about 3500 tons on the Northern field yesterday. Eight mines were idle and one was partly…

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Miners Hit at Tribunal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 November 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The national convention of the Miners' Federation declared today that relations with the coal Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) should be re-examined completely…

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Protest Over Coal Tunnel

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 November 1951 · page 7

Protests have been made to the Joint Coal Board and the Northumberland County Council by the…

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Board To Discuss Mine Stop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 November 1951 · page 2

The miners' Northern Board of Management will hold a special meeting on Saturday to discuss the Stockrington No. 2…

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