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Mining & the mines, 1952

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Blue and Gold Ball

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 3

The social aspect of Rugby League will come to its peak in Maitland on July 11, when the social committee…

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Sale of Coal Board Plant

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 5

The minister for National Development (Senator W. H. Spooner) said that the Joint Coal Board had sold £900,000…

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Coal Board Sells Plant

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 2

The Minister for National Development, Senator W. H. Spooner, said that the Joint Coal Board had sold £900,000…

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Constitution For Gold Coast

Maitland Mercury · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 7

During his recent visit to the Gold Coast, the Secretary of State for the Colonies (Mr. Oliver Lyttelton) had…

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Coal Loss of 2700 Tons

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 6

CESSNOCK.— The loss in production on the South Maitland field today amounts to 2700 tons…

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Britain's Gold And Dollar Reserves

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 July 1952 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.—While Britain's gold and dollar reserves fell by 334 million pounds sterling in the last…

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Increase in Gold Production

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 4

The Commonwealth Bureau of Statistics reports that mine production of gold in Australia for the first four…

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Coal Output Increases Sought On Muswellbrook Field

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 1

In a statement at the week-end, the Minister for Development, stated that steps were being taken to…

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All Mines at Work

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 July 1952 · page 1

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

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International Bank’s Loan to Federal Government Financing Imports For Mining And Agricultural Development

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 July 1952 · page 1

WASHINGTON: The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to-day announced a loan of 50,000,000 dollars (about £22,321,428) to the Australia Federal Government. The loan, the second from the World Bank in two years, will be used to…

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Coal Output Increased

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY: N.S.W. coal productions for the first six months of 1952 rose by 22 per cent compared with the…

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All Mines Again At Work

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 5

CESSNOCK: Production on the South Maitland field has been maintained at a very high level this week…

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24 Hours’ Stoppage At State Mines

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY: The central executive of the Miner’s Federation to-day called a meeting of representatives of all…

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Coal Board Paid £147,000 To Shires

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 4

The Joint Coal Board grant -in- aid scheme since 1947 has paid Lake Macquarie, Kearsley and…

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Improved Position in Coal Industry Miners Should Not Fear Unemployment

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 July 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY: Mine workers did not have the “slightest need” to fear unemployment, the Minister for National Development (Senator Spooner) said last night…

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All-mines Work

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 July 1952 · page 1

GESSNOCK: All mines on the South Maitland ield are in production to-day…

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Further Rise In U.K. Coal Exports

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 July 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.— For the third time in four months Britain has raised her coal export target. The new…

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Spooner Says Miners Have No Need To Fear For Jobs

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 July 1952 · page 1

The Minister for National Development. Senator W. H. Spooner, said last night that coalminers need not…

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One Mine Idle

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 July 1952 · page 1

CESSNOCK: All [?] are working on the [?] Malt land [?] to-day, with the exception of He[?] No…

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Coal Was Poor Quality

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 July 1952 · page 5

TOWNSVILLE: The last [?]hipment of 2000 tons of [?] from the south was the worst was making coal received by…

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