N.M.H. INDEX 1. 1951 ABATTOIRS ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES (C'td) Newcastle meat for Sydney 13.1:4 Man who lost leg was to have retired 17.10:2 Show holiday not for abattoir men 7.2:4 Baby chokes to death 25.10:2 Parties confer on award for abattoir 15.2:2 Man injured as dray drops 30 feet over hill Land at abattoir not for school 7.3:2 27.10:2 Report on meat meal for Council 7.3:3 Man dies from bullet wound 17.11:2 No hearing on abattoir leave 14.3:2 Man's body found in bush 17.11:3 Talks on abattoir award claim 16.3:4 Body identified (James Wright) 20.11:4 Bone meal stock "unsalable" 17.3:3 Horse bolts : two shops damaged 22.11:2 Canning factory at abattoir 4.4:2 Child hurt by explosion 26.11:2 Abattoir land plan for truck park 11.4:2 Boy killed in fall from horse 3.12:2 Council puts off leave claim 11.4:4 Accidents in Maitland 3.12:2 Abattoir charges to increase 2.5:2 Boy injures spine in dive 5.12:1 Abattoir leave claim deferred 23.5:5 Woman falls 35ft to death 5.12:1 Extra week's leave at abattoir 30.5:2 Man shot in thigh 10.12:3 Extra leave not conditional on overtime 27.6:3 Head injured by shallow dive 10.12:3 Mr E. Bell Manager of abattoir 18.7:2 Man's body on rocks near cliff 11.12:1 Maitland abattoir killings record 19.7:2 Woman found hanged (Hetherington) 15.12:2 New award for men at abattoir 27.7:3 Foot cut off in train fall (Joyce) 26.12:1 Bullocks equal Waratah record 10.8:2 Man wounded at Cardiff (Gartlan) 26.12:2 Vealer brings record £ 40/7/- 7.9:3 Second tragedy for family (Joyce) 27.12:1 Report to Council on abattoir 12.9:3 Man dies after baths dive (Anlezark) 27.12:2 Abattoir scheme "leak" claimed 26.9:2 Abattoir report "leak" debated 10.10:2 AGRICULTURE Compensation for temporary slaughtermen 17.10:2 Control put on abattoir 6.12:1 Northern maize crops damaged by cutworms 3.1:3 Abattoir "not to blame" 7.12:2 4000 mile droving trip to Singleton 13.1:2 Secret debate on abattoir 12.12:2 Virulent disease among calves 16.1:4 Abattoir breaches frequent 13.12:1 "Farmers lose £^m in floods" 22.1:3 Inquiry on abattoir allegations 14.12:2 Hopes go : 13th flood in year 24.1:2 Flood aid sought : money 'Needed for farmers' ABORIGINES, Australian 26.1:4 Buyer says stock being destroyed 31.1:4 Aboriginal art find near Gosford 11.8:1 Floods make lucerne "too costly" 2.2:6 These scouts found these : native artists Graziers find prosperity a mixed blessing knew subjects 11.8:5 5.2:2 Conference on treatment of aborigines 25.8:2 Factory earnings to save farms 6.3:1 Natives to be citizens 4.9:1 Blackleg hits cattle in Cessnock area 7.3:4 Benefits for natives in citizenship 6.9:2 Caterpillars eat Hunter crops 8.3:4 Citizen rights urged for aborigines 28.11:4 Land value assessments 'go haywire' 12.3:3 Farmers talk of selling out 16.4:3 ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES Wheat, sheep areas need rain badly 8.5:3 Farmlands produce again (photos) 15.5:1 Man found dead in creek (Cooke) 2.1:1 Vaccine for blackleg losing power 15.5:2 Descendant of Bounty family in bus fatality Maitland seeking blackleg serum 18.5:2 3.1:2 Growth still slow in Hunter crops 2.6:4 Youth badly hurt in fall from bridge 8.1:2 Fertilizers "cheaper than floods" 6.6:4 Man falls to death under train 8.1:2 Hunter calves still hit by blackleg 13.6:3 Mayfield boy electrocuted by wire trellis 9.1:2 Hunter tour (photo) 6.7:4 Police Sergeant saves boy from flooded drain Hunter insemination centre proposed 13.7:3 20.1:2 A.P.P.U. letter brings protests 30.7:3 Woman falls 20ft down face of cliff 23.1:1 Potato sowings in Maitland 'half normal' 2.8:2 Man found shot dead 29.1:1 Farmers vote on revaluation 4.8:3 Man falls from launch, swims ashore 29.1:1 Mature cattle claimed by blackleg 14.8:5 Boy shot in knee at Tomago 30.1:2 Hunter young farmer project prizewinners Doctor pins wound in ambulance 12.2:1 17.8:3 Men rescured when boat capsizes 8.3:2 Rate relief urged for farmers 22.8:5 Flagman killed on line at Maitland 21.3:3 Potato sowings below normal 8.9:6 Rags, tatters, but escaped machinery (photo) Compensation for T.B. cattle killed 26.9:4 16.5:1 'Good progress' by Hunter potato crops 5.10:4 Man's death in swamp 16.5:2 Land "must go to best use" 16.10:4 Man found dead at Mayfield 27.6:2 Potato crop prospects poor on Hunter 30.10:6 Boy shot in Cook's Hill accident 30.6:1 Potato bonus "possible" : early digging Maitland man dies from unknown cause 5.7:1 inducement 7.11:3 Newcastle man killed by train 9.7:1 Fire caused this (photo) 21.11:1 Gelignite explodes in man's face 26.7:3 Farmers to oppose diversions 1.12:2 Boy's body found on rocks (Gipple) 13.8:1 Fall indicated by boy's injuries 14.8:2 AIRPORTS Boy found unconscious near home 23.8:1 Young man shot in abdomen 31.8:1 Request for aerodrome 14.2:4 Children find man's body on railway line 6.9:1 Advise soon on drome for Newcastle 9.3:3 Boy killed by roller 8.9:1 Airport site may be recommended 28.3:2 Seaman dies after fall 14.9:2 Marshland plan for aerodrome 30.3:2 Couple burnt by petrol flash 18.9:2 Many planes for air pageant (Maitland) 30.3:2 Boy attacked by iguana 24.9:1 Talks, visit urged on drome site 7.4:1 Man fatally injured near home 5.10:1 Rutherford suggested as airport 19.4:2 Cardiff boy shot dead in bush 8.10:2 Aerodrome inspection at Rutherford 27.4:7 Neck injured in dive from tower 15.10:2 'Drome site inspection' 17.5:2 I 2. 1951 N.M.H. INDEX AlRl'OKTS (C'td) AMBULANCES (C'td) ili-xham silo I'nvourod ;KS airpmt .2 1.') : 2 Lake ambuhinco lind 644 cnH<-H in Fobru.'iry Ni'wi;i.s t li> dromi' .sius inspi-ctod (plioCo) 23.5:3 Protest on Qrvtix ambulanco 15.3: ^ Aorodromc f;ivourod ,it llt-xhjiiii 29.6:1 Ambulanco HubHcribers to pay ^vd , Willi;imtown dromo to be iuHpoctcd 29.6:4 Wider scl.omo for ambulanco poll propoHod Spt-iHl u|i in .lirport work scniglit 30.6:2 15.3:2 Aiiporl site plan "insvncoro" h .1 :'l Change in ambulance sorvicos ^^'^'^ Aorodronio drainage discussi'd tod^iy 10.7:5 Ambulanco committoo 3 year term ^^'^ Farms 'boing Iloodi'd Irum droiiu"' 11.7:2 Maitland broaks ambulanco pact ^'^;,'^ ^ Ki'ply on airport t;ilks il isploast's 29.8:2 Ambulanco reciprocity "to continue IJ.4.^ Conli-roncc on nirpoil to bo cnllod 3.10:2 Ambulanco to sue debtorw 12.5:2 SiMiiiir officors iit ;iirport talks 10.10:2 Ambulances endorse reciprocity 22.5:2 Willijmtown workri 10.10:4 Ambulance' plan for K. Terrace 14.6:3 Airport t;)lk.<; in fortnight 1.11:.' Now ambulance station for Cessnock urg.d 16.b.^* County dologjto to .lirport talk.s 13.11:4 Cadets' guard at ambulanco ball 16.6:6 Avi.ition Officer for talks 17.11:2 Cossnock raises ambulanco fees 6.7:7 W;iy cloaror for airport 20.11:;' Board's plan to build reaffirmed 12.7:2 Ai riidromi'"nt'i'ded in Ni-wcastle" 23.11:3 Terrace ambulanco sub-.station movo 12.7:2 Dvilch inquiry on nirjiort 28.11:2 Public warned on accident victim.4 19.7:2 Questions on Sunday night danco offer 9.8:2 ALCOHOL Ambulance to sue for fees owing 9.8:2 No ballot for ambulanco 17.8:3 Boor prico rise sought by Tooheys Ltd 6.10:3 Ambulanco Station to bo iMilargod (Lake Macqu.jr i c) KoLord year reportod by brewery 30.11:7 5.9:4 I'loa to movo wine dopot granted 5.12:4 Mint! picnic refused ainl)ulanoo 12.9:4 I'romiso of beer to );rocer 5.12:4 Ambulanco seeks phone extension 13.9:4 Br;inxton gets brewery 19.12:4 No decision on Kurri ambulance 14.9:2 Second time ambulance champion (Creek) 21.9:3 AMALGAMATED ENGINEERING UNION Ambulance class certificates 27.9:6 No decision on Kurri ambulance 27.9:7 Stoppage by A.E.U. on Tuesday 11.1:3 Parlour car sought by ambulance 28.9:2 Froezing of Union funds lifted 13.1:1 New ambulance plan for Kurri 9.10:2 Order on stoppage rofused 16.1:3 Heavy monthly mileage by Lake ambulance 10.10:4 Cossnock A.E.U. calls day stop 22.2:3 Ambulance complaint condemned 11.10:3 "Work" order to engineers 24.2:1 Doctor "not replaced by ambulance" 11.10:4 Engineers to resume 27.2:2 St Joiin units march 15.10:2 lliree pits idlo over A.E.U.