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Mining & the mines, 1952

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Charges Against Mine Manager

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 3

CESSNOCK: Inspector A. Perkins, of the Mines Department, proceeded at the Cessnock court to-day…

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Mine Manager Fined

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 2

CESSNOCK: William J. Colvoin, manager of the Bellbird Colliery was fined a total of £10 in the Cessnock…

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Miners’ Protest On Open-Cut

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 3

CESSNOCK: Aberdare Extended miners ceased work today as a protest against proposal to develop an open cut…

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Coal Board Grant To Council

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 2

The Chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. Cochran) advised Cessnock Municipal Council that the board had…

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Colliery Manager fitted

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 5

Fines of £2 were imposed on each of five charges against William Colvin, Manager of Bellbird Colliery, at the…

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Miners Killed

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 April 1952 · page 1

BERLIN: Thirteen East German miners died and 27 were injured in an accident at a mine at Zwickan…

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Disputes Cause Big Coal Loss

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 April 1952 · page 3

CESSNOCK: Several large mines are Idle on the South Maitland fields to-day resulting in a production less of 6000…

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Marginal Increases for Some Open Cut Miners

Singleton Argus · Monday 21 April 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday—Federal Conciliation Commissioner, Mr. J. R. Donovan today awarded increased…

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To-day’s Leader Dry Rot At Work Pay Rises For Some Mine Workers, But Not In New South Wales

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 April 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY: Conciliation Commissioner, Mr. J, R. Donovan, to-day awarded marginal increases ranging from 5/ to 12/ to some open cut and metalliferous mining workers in Victoria end Tasmania…

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Flood Threat To Leconfield Colliery

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 April 1952 · page 2

An Investigation into the threat of flooding of the Leconfield Colliery near Greta has been ordered by the Minister…

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Britain’s Coal Production

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 April 1952 · page 6

United Kingdom Coal production in the first week of March [?] to close on 4570 tons. This figure was reached…

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Survey Of Mines In Yugoslavia

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 April 1952 · page 3

UNITED' NATIONS, [?] A two-man team of mining experts recently surveyed the mines and mining conditions…

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To-day S Coal Loss

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 April 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY: Thirteen N. S. W. mines are idle today for a loss of 10,800 tons. Most of them are idle over domestic…

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Mine Rood Threat INVESTIGATiON Minister Acts After Inspection

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 April 1952 · page 3

An investigation into a threat of flooding to Leconfield Colliery, near Greta, was ordered by the Minister for…

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Three Maitland Mines Idle

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 April 1952 · page 3

CESSNOCK: The Idleness of Stanford Main No. 2 Abermain. No. 2 and Millfield collieries to-day on the…

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Iroquois Best Bet for Randwick Fox Gold and Tesmic Tote Bets

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 24 April 1952 · page 6

Of the 14 horses left in to contest the six furlong Denman Stakes at Randwick to-morrow nothing…

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Only One Mine Idle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 April 1952 · page 1

CESSNOCK: All mines on the South Maitland field resumes work to-day with the exception of Millfield where…

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Mining for Steam Ingenuity In New Zealand (Reuter Correspondent)

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 April 1952 · page 3

AUCKLAND: Successful almost beyond official hopes, the geothermal power' project at Wolkakei, near Lake Toupo, in the centre of the North Island of New Zealand, promises to become an important…

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Why Pick on Miners' Wives? (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 29 April 1952 · page 6

Sir,—Why should the person calling himself "Fairplay" pick on the miners' wives If he cared to look around he…

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Advantage Taken of Miners' Superannuation Scheme Delegate Board Wants Act Amended

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 29 April 1952 · page 1

It was stated at the last meeting of the Retired Mineworkers' Delegate Board that men in good circumstances were taking advantage of the Miners' Superannuation scheme by taking jobs in the mines…

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