Council Will Ask Coal Board for Grant
CESSNOCK, Wed.—Kearsley Shire Council decided to send a deputation to the Joint Coal Board with the object of securing a grant to…
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Mining & the mines, 1950
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Cessnock Oil From Coal
In the fashion of the Hunter Valley, Cessnock is forming a deputation. This one is to Minister for Supply and…
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When the Joint Coal Board Headquarters in Sydney paid an electricity account to the Singleton Municipal Council within a fortnight or so of receiving the bill they considered they had done a good…
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CESSNOCK, Sat.—The production loss on the South Maitland coalfield yesterday was slightly more than 200 tons. The…
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CESSNOCK, Sat.— Wallace Dawson, 40, of Congewal, Aberdare, a miner employed at Aberdare Extended colliery, was…
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CESSNOCK, Monday. — Maitland Main colliery was idle today as the result of an inter-union dispute between the Miners’…
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CESSNOCK, Monday.—Charles Grieves, 67, of Hall-street, Cessnock, a miner, employed at Aberdare colliery, fractured his left…
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The Commissioner for Railways (Mr. F. C. Garside) and the chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. S. F. Cochren) have had talks…
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CESSNOCK, Tuesday. — The loss of production on the South Maitland field to-day amounted to about 2600 tons…
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CESSNOCK, Tues. —George Clarke, 22, of Main-street Cessnock, a wheeler employed at Aberdare colliery, received…
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Overseas reserves of gold and international currencies held by the Commonwealth Bank rose by £3,840,000 to £537,400,000 for the…
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NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—The vice-president of the Northern District Miners’ Federation (Mr. H. Cockerill) said that men were…
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An authority was granted to the Coal Board by the Mining Warden at East Maitland to enter 640 acres in the parish of…
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Big supplies of coal and aluminium from Africa are expected as a result of recent British development projects…
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Authority to enter 181¾ acres of land in the parish of Branxton, for the purpose of prospecting for coal, was to-day granted at East…
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The proprietor and deputy of Rosewood Borehole and Blackhill Borehole Collieries, respectively, to-day made application to the…
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In addition to the areas at Branxton and Buttai, in which authority to enter was granted, the Joint Coal Board was…
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CANBERRA, Wed.—A return issued by the Commonwealth Statistician (Dr. Roland Wilson) showed that production of beer…
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SYDNEY Wed. — Mr. W. H. Cameron, director of plant for the Joint Coal Board, died in his car at Springwood to-day on his way…
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CESSNOCK, Thursday.—South Maitland Deputies’ Association met at Cessnock last night and decided to ask the Minister for…
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