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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1953

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To wed Gold Coast native

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 24 June 1953 · page 2

MISS PEGGY CRIPPS. 32-year-old daughter of the late Sir Stafford Cripps, is to marry 2 Gold…

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Southern Tablelands Dingo Board Loses “Efficient, Conscientious” Secretary Gold Wristlet Watch Presented to Mr. Hickey at Complimentary Dinner

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 6 July 1953 · page 2

“The S.T. Dingo Destruction Board has become a model organisation for other boards in the State, due to the work of our secretary,” said Mr. D. Thompson (Eden) on Friday when presenting a gold wristlet…

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Miners Strike At Captain's Flat

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 8

Miners at Captain's Flat are staging another strike. It is stated that members of six unions are involved in…

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Death Of Former Resident Revives Stories Of Early Gold-Mining Days

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 27 July 1953 · page 2

The fertile brain of the late Mrs. Emily Ann Ohlenschlager that defied the challenge of mounting years held many vivid pictures of the early gold-mining days in the Araluen district, and life associated with those times, when there was very iolated…

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One Mine Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 29 July 1953 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday:—Aberdare colliery was the only idle mine on the northern coalfields to-day for a loss of 1170…

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One Mine Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Thursday: One mine was idle on the northern coalfields to-day—Hebburn No. 1—for a production loss of 700…

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Frogmore Wolfram Mine

Boorowa News · Friday 14 August 1953 · page 1

Tungsten Consolidated Ltd., report on activities at Frogmore Wolfram Mine as follows: Following is the production…

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Mine Out For Week-end

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 14 August 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: A N. S. W. Mines Department spokesman said to-day work would not resume at the Lithgow State Coal mine…

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Clearing Mine Of Gases

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 17 August 1953 · page 3

LITHGOW, Monday: Full ventilation is now being implemented in the State mine in an attempt to clear at workings of…

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Mine Investigation

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 20 August 1953 · page 2

The Acting-Minister for Mines, Mr. Buckley, has ordered an investigation of the methods and equipment used to fight a fire…

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Mine Officer Suspended

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 3 September 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: A Mines Department employee has been suspended from duty following an investigation into the…

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Your Need Is Greater Than Mine

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 3 September 1953 · page 4

On July 24, a Polish couple, Mr. and Mrs. A. Andrezejewski, lost all they had when fire…

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Britain's Gold Dollar Reserves Increase

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 3 September 1953 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P. Reuter): Britain's gold and dollar reserves increased during August by 13,000,000 dollars, the Treasury announced last night. The announcement said this…

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Council Does Not Want Coal Board Machines

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 4 September 1953 · page 1

Mulwaree Shire Council will not purchase construction equipment being offered for sale at cost price by the…

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Coal Losses

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 8 September 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: Seven mines were idle on N.S.W. coalfields to-day for a total output loss of, 430 tons. Production for the…

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Coal Production

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 9 September 1953 · page 8

SYDNEY: N.S.W. coal production to-day should exceed 64,000 with only six mines idle on the northern and southern…

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Stole Gold: Man Gets Six Months

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 15 September 1953 · page 1

In Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, a man was charged with stealing gold to the value of £108/8/6 from a man who had given him a job, food, and the use of a house and truck…

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Mine Fire Was Not Deliberate

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 21 September 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: The fire in the Lithgow State coal mine was mot started deliberately or maliciously the Chief Inspector of…

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Coal Stowage Money Case

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 2 October 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: Mine owners were receiving from 4/- to 6/- a ton increase in the Price of coal to compensate for stowage, yet no stowage had been performed at three pits on the Greta field…

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Coal Authority to Be Abolished

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 9 October 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: It was reported to-day that the State Coal Mines Authority, into which inquiries are being made, will be abolished…

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