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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1952

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Britain's First Gold Medal Of The 1952 Olympics Jeanette Altwegg Wirs Figure Skating Title

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 9 May 1952 · page 8

Miss Jeanette Altwegg, 21-year-old World, European and British champion, gained Britain's first &old Medal in the sixth Winter Olympic Games at Oslo by winning the women's figure skating title. She won…

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Mining Expert Returns After 40 Years

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 May 1952 · page 2

A recent visitor to Grafton was Mr. R. G. (Gwydir Whalan, the Chief Inspector of Mines for New South…

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Miners' President Ill

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 May 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues--The General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. I Williams) was told to-day…

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Power House Strike-- Mines Idle

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 May 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.--A strike at Lithgow power house today threw 33 western mines idle, and caused a coal loss…

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Season's Wool Worth Century Of Gold Output

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 May 1952 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wed.--The stremendous influence the increased for wool had on the Australian…

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Conference On Mine Stoppages

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 May 1952 · page 1

LITHGOW. Fri. -- The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) to-day vailed a compulsory…

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Gold Coast Champions

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 May 1952 · page 5

Roy Ankrah, of the Gold Coast, the British Empire featherweight boxing champion, likes to give training hints to young boxing enthusiasts in his home town of Accra anxious to follow in his footsteps…

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Coal Reserves At High Point

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 May 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.--Coal reserves in New South Wales are at their highest point since the war…

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To Oppose Coal Act Amendment

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 May 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.--The Central Executive. of the Miners Federation to-day took steps to oppose…

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Mine Foreman Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 May 1952 · page 3

Abrasions to the scalp, probable slight concussion, and injury to the right shoulder blade, was…

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Shale Miners Begin Stay-In Strike

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 June 1952 · page 1

GLEN DAVIS, Tuesday-- Fifty Glen Davis shale miners have begun a stay-in strike in an effort to prevent the shale oil plant from being dismantled…

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Shale Miners Stay Down

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 June 1952 · page 3

GLEN DAVIS, Wednesday-- The 52 "stay-down" shale miners are in good spirits and determined to win their fight against the Federal Government, the Secretary of the Glen…

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Retain Gold Pass

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thurs.--The Minister for the Interior (Mr. Kent Hughes) said today that members of…

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High Award for Boy Scout The Bronze Cross, the highest Scout award, was recently awarded to Constable John Kwasi Oppong, of the Gold Coast Police Force and a members of the Senchi Methodist Scout Troop

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 8

He rescued three boys from the crocodile infested Volt a River. This was the first occasion on which such a presentation was made on the Gold Coast. Constable Oppong was also awarded the Bronze Meda lot the Royal Humane Society. He is shown…

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Glen Davis Men Still Down Mine

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 June 1952 · page 4

GLEN DAVIS, Friday.-- Glen Davis miners to-day completed the fourth day of their stay-down strike in…

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Chinese Vessel Strikes Mine

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 June 1952 · page 1

HONG KONG, Mon.--The Chinese vessel, New China. I struck a mine in the4 Pearl River estuary and sank on…

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Coal Production Above Average

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 June 1952 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tues.--With two months' figures still outstanding, latest returns of coal production for…

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Migrants For Mines

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 June 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--More than 400 British migrants will come to Australia before the end of this year to take…

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Protest Meetings Mean Coal Loss

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--New South Wales coal miners will hold aggregate meetings on all fields tomorrow and on Thursday, to…

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Ship Leaves Macleay Coal Cargo Not Unloaded

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.--The North Coast Steam Navigation Company's vessel, the Arakoon, today left the Macleay River for Sydney carrying 100 tons of coal which watersiders refuse…

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