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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1951

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Open Cut Mine Record Output

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday-- The Coal Board open cut mine, Kerosene Vale, in the Lithgow district, last Friday produced 3905 tons of coal, which is an all-time record for open cut mining in Australia…

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Coal Production For Week

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 March 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Coal production by New South Wales miners this week reached 225,000 tons, the highest for any…

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Gold And Silver Wedding At South Grafton

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 March 1951 · page 4

A pretty wedding was celebrated at St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, South Grafton, when Vera May, daughter of…

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Coal Production

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.-- Coal production in New South Wales to-day totalled about 55,000 tons. No stoppages were reported…

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Miners Decide On Weekly Stoppages

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.-- Members of the F.E.D.F.A. employed in mines on the Southern field decided at a meeting at…

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Men Rescued From Gas- Filled Mine

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 3

BATHURST, Thursday-- Two miners were rescued by colleagues after lying unconscious for nearly two hours in a gas -filled gold mine, 100 feet below the earth's surface, to-day…

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Summons Against Miners' Union

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.-- The New South Wales Industrial Commission to-day stood over until May 2 a summons calling upon…

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Investigation Of Open Cut Mining Areas

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--The Minister for Mines (Mr. Arthur) said to-day he had appointed 11 geologists to investigate…

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Rifle Shooting Gold Cup Team Chosen

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 13 April 1951 · page 1

The first stages of the monthly spoon competition were fired from the 300 yards mound last Saturday in bright light, although the mirage…

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Coal Output Lower Than Last Year

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 April 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.--N.S.W coal production up to March 24 was 398,088 tons below the production for the first…

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Much Of Industrial Difficulty Could Be Traced To Coal, Transport

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 April 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday--Much of the present industrial difficulty could be traced to the inadequate performances in the key industries of coal and transport, stated the monthly summary of…

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Exploitation Of Open Cut Mining

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 April 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.-- Plans for the exploitation of open-cut coalmining in N S.W., to relieve the present coal shortage, were…

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Miners Assist Labour, Reds

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 April 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday. The Miners' Federation has decided to donate £300 to the A.L.P. and £200 to the…

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Mine Stoppages Recommended

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 1

LITHGOW, Monday--The Western Miners' Federation executive has recommended to the Central Executive of the Miners' Federation that stop-work meetings be held throughout New South…

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Communists, Coal, Costs

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 6

The fight for votes on April 28, when the people elect the Federal Government, is hinging on two clear cases. The Government parties have declared that the paramount issue is Communism and that its control is…

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Gold Smuggling Attempt Fails

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 4

HONG KONG, Wed. (AAP- Reuter).--A Magistrate to-day ordered the confiscation of gold valued at about £100,000 found…

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Record Weekly Coal Output

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.-- N.S.W. miners last week produced 287,000 tons of coal-- the best weekly output this year…

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Industrial Action In Coal Industry

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.--Conditions which had made it possible to effect major improvements in the coal mining industry [?]ad…

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Attendance Allowances for Miners

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.-- Attendance allowances to miners for continuity of work are to continue. THAT ruling was given by…

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Miners' Leader Gives Warning

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.--The president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. I. Williams) warned to-night that industrial action would follow the refusal of the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) to alter the principle of his…

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