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Mining & the mines, 1952

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Blue and Gold Ball Muswellbrook C.W.A. Stage Bright Party

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 May 1952 · page 4

Muswellbrook branch of the C.W.A. staged its annual Blue and Gold Ball on Friday last, the party being one of the brightest yet organised by the branch. The attendance was…

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Miners’ Protest On New Australian

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 May 1952 · page 1

CESSNOCK: Hebburn No. I colliery is the only idle mine on the South Maitland field to-day…

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U.S. Increases Sulphur Production Coal

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 May 1952 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Monday.— United States producers of sulphur are making plans to increase their output in line…

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Mine Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 3

John Scott, 56, a shiftman, of Brunker Street, Kurri, injured his left ankle when he fell in a travelling road at…

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All Mines Work

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 3

CESSNOCK: All mines on the South Maitland field are at work to-day…

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Miners’ Protest On Drill Hall

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 2

KURRI KURRI: Richmond Main miners’ lodge decided last night to protest against an eviction…

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One Idle Mine

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 May 1952 · page 3

CESSNOCK: The only loss on the South Maitland field to-day is Aberdare Central colliery which is partly idle…

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Compensation For Mine Worker

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 May 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: Judge [?] in the workers’ compensation commission to-day awarded £7/15/ a week payment to…

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Serious Shortage of Gas Coal Mr. Cochran's Appeal to Miners

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 May 1952 · page 5

Principally because 1951 was a record, coal year, they approached the coming winter with a great…

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All Mines Work

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 May 1952 · page 1

CESSNOCK: For the second day in [?] all the mines on the south Maitland field are in production…

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Gold Search

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 May 1952 · page 5

Thieves early yesterday ransacked the Bondi flat of a goldminer, Leslie Thomas Binns, who was charged in…

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Russian Miners Work 48 Hour Week

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 May 1952 · page 1

Due to a typographical error in the report of the public meeting at which delegates to the Berlin Youth…

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Increased Manpower In U.K. Mines

Singleton Argus · Monday 19 May 1952 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.—The raising stocks of coal in Britain as well as the increase in manpower is an encouraging…

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Miners Demanded Engineer

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 May 1952 · page 3

CESSNOCK: Members of Cessnock No. 1 Miners’ Lodge assembled in front of the office of the Joint Coal…

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Miners Ask For Working Of Glen Davis

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 May 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: The Miners’ Federation today asked the Coal industry Tribunal (Mr. Gal[?]) for an order that normal…

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Coal Loss 2300 Tons

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 May 1952 · page 1

CESSNOCK There is a tall in production on the South Maitland field to-day of 2800 tons, due to the Idlenece of…

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Rum Juhgle Miners Threaten To Strike

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 22 May 1952 · page 3

DARWIN: The miners at the Rum Jungle uranium field decided at a meeting to go on strike unless their…

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Colliery Idle Again

Maitland Mercury · Friday 23 May 1952 · page 5

CESSNOCK: Aberdare colliery is idle for the second day over a dispute concerning the ventilation of one of…

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Only One Mine Idle

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 May 1952 · page 5

Aberdare was the only mine idle on the South Maitland Coalfields today. The dispute was a…

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