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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1953

120 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 6

Not Candidate For Miners Secretary

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 October 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.--The president of the Miners' Federation Mr. I. Williams, to-night denied reports that…

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Ballot for Miners' Secretary

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 October 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--The ballot to elect the new secretary of the Miners' Federation will probably be…

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View Of Coal Owners On Rates Of Pay

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 October 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.--Coal owners do not consider they are liable to pay employees in the mining industry the 3 cost of living rise, the Secretary of the New South Wales Combined Colliery Proprietors Association, Robert W. Davie, said…

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Miners' Union Opens Books

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 October 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.--Representatives of colliery owners and the Miners' Federation to-day reached a satisfactory…

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Trapped In Mine

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 October 1953 · page 1

LIEGE, Sun.—Rescue work continued all night at a coalmine near Liege where 11 men are still…

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Meet Challenge To Coal Industry

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 November 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.--Only the use of the best and latest techniques to coal mining will enable the industry to…

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Miners' Pension Tribunal

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 November 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.--The president of the Southern districts of the Miners' Federation, Mr. W…

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Coal Shipments Earn Dollars

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 November 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.-- About 171,000 tons of coal were exported from New South Wales in the last financial year, the chairman of the Joint Coal Board, Mr. S. Cochran, said…

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Miners Elect Acting General Secretary

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 November 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.-- The Miners' Federation Central Council to-day elected Mr. E. Mara as acting general…

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C.O.L Adjustments Miners May Lodge Appeal

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 November 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--The Miners' Federation may appeal to the High Court against the suspension of quarterly cost of living adjustments to miners' wages…

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Beach Damage by Mining Not Permanent

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 November 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- Mining for zircon and rutile did not permanently alter the conformation of beaches,…

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Miners' Council

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 November 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.—Mr. J. Martin, Left Wing delegate, was re-elected to the Central Council of the Miners'…

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Price Of Gold

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 November 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Fri.—Price of gold on the European free market has fallen to the lowest level for 14 years…

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"All This Is Mine"

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 November 1953 · page 7

I shut my gate on my orchard, My pony feeds lusciously by; I watch the bees in the blossoms…

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Loss From Coal Stock-Pile

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 December 1953 · page 6

A loss of almost 3000 tons of coal from the initial "stock-pile of coal at Koolkhan power station, termed…

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Verdict Against Mining Co

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 December 1953 · page 5

A verdict for £9601711 claimed by the Wunderlich Machinery Co. against N.S.W. Rutile Mining Co. against…

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Miners' Secretary

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 December 1953 · page 7

SYDNEY, Sun.—A.L.P. sources to-night predicted that Mr. G. Neilly would win the ballot for the…

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Jurymen In Room With £2017 Gold

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 December 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Four jurymen were locked in a room at the Supreme Court to-day with gold worth…

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Objection To Mining Application

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 December 1953 · page 2

Grafton Pastures Protection Board will object to the Department of Mines against tail application on behalf of…

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The Daily Examiner Lawrence Hargrave Found Gold In The Air

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 December 1953 · page 2

WHEN Air Commodore A. E. Cobby opened an exhibition in Sydney on Thursday last to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first aeroplane…

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