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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1952

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Leg Broken at Colliery

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

Jammed between skips at Abermain No. 2 colliery yesterday, Arthur Murhane, 13, of Barton-street, Kurri Kurri,…

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Protests at Four Mines

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 June 1952 · page 1

CESSNOCK : Four large collieries are idle on the South Maitland coalfields today as amend the Arbitration Act to…

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Lag In, Shipments of Coal

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 June 1952 · page 4

NEWCASTLE: High production on the northern fields and an acute shortage of shipping have caused Newcastle’s…

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Blue and Gold League Ball

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 June 1952 · page 2

The social committee of the Maitland District Rugby League Football club has arrangements well in hand…

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Holiday Pay For Miners In Service Call-up

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 June 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY: Miners called up for National Service were entitled to be paid for holidays occurring during the period, the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) ruled yesterday…

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Glen Davis Miners in "Stay Down" Strike. Lithgow

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 June 1952 · page 2

Eighteen miners in the underground section of the Glen Davis shale oil plant are staging a "stay down" strike in protest…

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Coal Board Grant Aids College New Looms Arrive

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

The benefits of the grant made by the Coal Board for the purchase of equipment for the Cessnock…

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No Acid Pollution Of Hunter From Mines

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 June 1952 · page 2

MAITLAND.—The nature of the coal won in the Muswellbrook-Singleton area was unlikely to cause acid pollution of waters in the Hunter reiver, the Department of Conservation…

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Big Coal Loss To-day

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 June 1952 · page 5

CESSNOCK: More than [?] tons of coal have been lost in production on the South Maitland fields to-day…

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Western Miners Need Have No Fears

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY: The Chairman of the Joint Coal Board Mr. S. F. Cochran said lost night there was no need for miners on the western coalfields to fear unemployment because of the coal production position…

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Engineer's Reply to Coal Board. Question of Supply to Pre-Fabs

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 8

The Munncipal Council's electrical engineer, Mr. C. G. Edwards, replied, in a report to council on Wednesday…

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Merriwa District News BLUE & Gold Ball. Successful C.W.A. Annual Fixture

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 8

The blue and gold ball, held under the auspices of the Merriwa branch of the Country Women's Association in the School of…

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Electricity Authority's Report Recommends Enlarged County Council Also Purchase of Coal Co.'s Electrical Assets

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 3

The Councillors of the Upper Hunter County Council met on Tuesday night last in Scone, when Cr. F A. King occupied the Chair. Also present were Crs. W. Dalton, J. G. Sheedy, G. H. Davies, and W. T. R. Cooper…

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Church Service in Mine

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 June 1952 · page 2

A Glen Davis Methodist minister on Sunday held a special servicc 1000ft. underground for the 52 "stay-in" miners, then…

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Western Mines Idle To-morrow

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 10 June 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: All mines on the western fields and nearly all industry will stop to-morrow…

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Coal Board Competition Final

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 June 1952 · page 2

In this game Singleton (J. Appleton, A. Tisdell, L. Bailey, G. Kelly) 45 defeated Aberdeen [?] The game was…

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More Protest Strikes At Mines

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 12 June 1952 · page 5

CESSNOCK: The closing of Glen Davis by the Government is responsible for a heavy loss on the South…

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Extraction Of Pillar Coal

Maitland Mercury · Friday 13 June 1952 · page 1

LONDON: New South Wales Minister of Mines and immigration (Mr, J. C. Arthur) said in Wales that he thought…

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U.K. Coal Output Improves

Maitland Mercury · Friday 13 June 1952 · page 7

LONDON: The manpower position in U.K. coal mines continues its steady improvement. A further week’s…

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Nuclear Energy As Alternative For Coal

Maitland Mercury · Friday 13 June 1952 · page 5

LONDON: Britain may have an atom power station using nuclear reactors instead of coal to produce…

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