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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1954

137 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 7

Miners' claims rejected

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 September 1954 · page 7

The Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr F. H. Gallagher,…

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Pillar Coal

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.—Miners at Queensland pits to-day carried by an overwhelmng majority a resolution…

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Floating Mine Oft Queensland Coast

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 September 1954 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tuesday. --The floating mine reported off the coast of Queensland to-day would probably ground amongst the many coral reefs in…

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Gold Medal For Len Hutton

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 September 1954 · page 7

"This is something I shall treasure for the rest of my days," said Len Hutton, when presented with a gold medal, a gift, from 20 London students from Trinidad (plus one young man from Jamaica) in recognition of Hutton's leadership of the M.C.C. against West Indies teams on last winter's tour…

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Successful Blue and Gold Ball for Coramba C.w.a

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 September 1954 · page 15

Coramba branch of the C.W.A.'s second annual blue and gold ball in the School of Arts Co[?] was an…

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Coal Order by Tribunal

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 September 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Fri.--The Coal Industry Tribunal, Mr. Gallagher, to-day issued orders making effective the…

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Extraction Of Pillar Coal

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 September 1954 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Monday. -- Mechanical extraction of pillar coal started at only one mine in the Northern field to-day. Miners at three mines…

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Daring Theft Of Gold Bullion

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 September 1954 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday-- Two cases containing gold bullion worth £46,000 sterling, were stolen in a daring daylight robbery in Central London late yesterday…

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Naturalists View Famous Old Mine

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 September 1954 · page 9

The mineral bearing country of the Upper Clarence was once more an attraction to the Clarence Valley Field Naturalists' Club when members visited…

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More Hotels For Gold Coast

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 3

BRISBANE, Mon.--The Queensland Licensing Commission has invited tenders for three large modern…

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Copper Mine Deposits To Be Surveyed

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 September 1954 · page 4

COFFS HARBOUR, Tuesday. -- A geophysical party from the Commonwealth Bureau of Mineral Resources and a survey party from the Department of the Interior will visit Coffs Harbour on October 15 to carry out survey work at Mt. Brown…

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Tourist Resorts To Better Gold Coast

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 3

WOOLGOOLGA, Thursday.--The provision of further facilities at tourist resorts between Caffs Harbour and Red Rock would enable them to compare more than favourably with the famous Queensland Gold Coast…

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Accident at Coal Mine

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 October 1954 · page 2

An employee at the Nym-boida coal mine, Joseph Albert Liddell, of Cambridge street, South Grafton,…

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Coal Research

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.—Leader of the State Opposition, Mr. Murray Robson, said to-night the Liberal member…

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Ballot For Mine Union Positions

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 1

SIDNEY, Mon.—Annual ballots for District and Central Council positions in the Miners' Federation will…

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Seven Men Die In Mine

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 October 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wed.--Seven miners were killed and two overcame after they were engulfed by an inrush of poison gas at the Collinsville State mine to-night…

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Buried by Coal

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 October 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Hundreds of tons of coal almost buried a surveyor alive to- day when a goods train was…

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Mass Funeral for Miners

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 October 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thursday. -- A mass funeral was conducted to-day for the seven men who died in the Collinsville mine disaster yesterday…

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Union Officer To See Mine

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 October 1954 · page 3

BRISBANE, Friday.--The Government will allow miners' union top safety officer, Jack Barrett, to inspect the Collinsville State coal mine. This reversal…

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Miners Want Pit Declared Safe

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 October 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sunday. -- Work has been suspended indefinitely at the Collinsville State coal mine, where seven miners met their death on Wednesday…

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