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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1952

729 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 37

Loss on State Coal Mine

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 4

MELBOURNE: The State coalmins at Wonthaggi lost £125,669 for the 12 months to June 30 last year…

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Govt. Grants £5,000 For Coal Research

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 3

The Commonwealth Government has made available, through the Joint Coal Board, an additional £5000 to the…

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Protect Strikes At Mine

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 5

CESSNOCK The production on the Maitland field today is down by 3100 toop Stanford Main No. 8 is idls…

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Coal Production Costs “Fantastic'”

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 7

Acting chairman of Caledonian Collieries Ltd, (Colonel. Alfred Spain) said at the annual meeting that…

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Miners Stage Stay in Strike

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 4

BRISBANE About 150 miners at Corrinsville State, Coalmine are staging a staying strike at the mine…

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All Mines Work

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 5

CESSNOCK All mines are at work on the South Maitland and Coalfields to-day…

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Struck by Coal

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 5

Caught in a fall of coal at Cessnock No: 1 Colliery on Wednesday, Ray Bower 37, of Kemp-street, Cessnock,…

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Miners, Chief Told To Rest

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 8

SYDNEY. — The General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. I. Williams) has been told by his doctors…

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Brewster Tipped for Coal Board

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY.—Mr. D. T. Brewster, Chief Inspector of Coal Mines in New South Wales, is expected to be…

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Blue and Gold Ball To-night

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 2

Debutantes will be presented at the Muswellbrook C.W.A. blue and gold ball, to be held at the Municipal…

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All Mines Work

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 6 May 1952 · page 1

CESSNOCK: All mines on the South Maitland field are at work today…

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Queensland May Have General Coal Strike

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 6 May 1952 · page 2

BRISBANE: A statewide stoppage of coal mines is expected to follow the refusal to-day to work by 130…

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State-wide Stoppage in Queensland. Miners' Threat. Brisbane

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 May 1952 · page 2

A Statewide stoppage of coal mines is expected to follow the refusal to-day to work by 130 Scottsville miners. Scottsville…

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Miners Warned by Federation Representative. Writing On Wall For Worsened Conditions

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 May 1952 · page 1

The writing was on the wall that before long mineworkers might find that they were living on fictitious incomes and that their conditions would worsen, the representative of the Miners' Federation…

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To-day’s leader Production Problems Britain Must Earn More Gold, Dollars Chancellor Says Drain On Is Checked

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 6 May 1952 · page 1

LONDON: Britain has “checked the drain” in the battle for solvency. Chancellor of the Ecchequer (Mr. Richard Butter) made this claim in a speech last night to the…

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Coal Traffic on Railway

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 May 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY: The commissioner for NSW Railway (Mr.K. A. A. Fraser) said considerable extensions; to the railways,…

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Muswellbrook Coal Co. Claims Critics Incorrect

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 May 1952 · page 2

Muswellbrook Cool Company Ltd. claimed yesterday that certain statements made by two members of the Hunter Valley .Conservation Trust concerning the company were not correct…

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State–Wide Coal Strike Expected

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 May 1952 · page 1

BRISBANE: The Queensland executive of the Miners Federation, at a meeting in Ipswich to–morrow, is expected…

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Waggon Chocker Fatally Injured Accident at Pelaw Main Colliery

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 May 1952 · page 5

A waggon chocker was fatally injured at Pelaw Main Colliery yesterday morning when he was…

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Muswellbrook Coal Company Claims Critics Incorrect

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 May 1952 · page 3

Muswellbrook Coal Company Ltd. claimed yesterday that certain statements made by two members of the Hunter Valley Conservation Trust concerning the company were not correct…

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