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Mining & the mines, 1952

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Bloomfield Miners Fined

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 August 1952 · page 2

William H. Lewis manager of Bloomfield Collieries, charted William Henry Bristow, of Adam.st., Haddon Grain and…

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Schuman Coal and Steel Pool Plan Single Market For European Production

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 August 1952 · page 2

PARIS: Representatives of six Western European nations yesterday began their task of establishing a single market for Europe’s coal-and steel under the Schuman coal and steel pool plan…

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Struck by Coal

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 August 1952 · page 3

Struck by a fall of coal while at work at Bellbird colliery yesterday, Mervyn Williams, 48, miner, of Lavender-street,…

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Miners Ordered To Stop Work

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 August 1952 · page 5

NEWCASTLE: The Miners’ Federation has ordered employees of Elrington and Hebborn No 1 and No 2 mines to…

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Miners' Leaders Criticised (To the Editor.)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 August 1952 · page 6

Sir,—The record of our Central Executive and Central Council is one blunder after another, and each of these has…

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Idle Collieries

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 August 1952 · page 3

CESSNOCK: The rain is responsible for a large proportion of the loss in coal production on the South…

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No Likelihood Of Mine

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 August 1952 · page 1

There was no suggestion that, coal mines in the Singleton district would close down, the manager of the N.S.W. Mining. Co. Mr. Anderson, said yesterday…

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Grant From Coal Board

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 August 1952 · page 4

CESSNOCK: Kearsley Shire, Council was advised last night that £11,459 would be available from the joint…

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Correspondence Coal Haulage To the Editor

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 August 1952 · page 4

Dear Sir There appears to be a haphazard opening and closing of mines in the…

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Rain Stopped Work At Mines

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 August 1952 · page 3

CESSNOCK. Owing to the rain, Aberdare Extended is Idle, also Great Greta and the open cuts at Neath and…

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Coal Statistics

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 August 1952 · page 5

The Joint Coal Board's report operations for period Decem2-29. 1951, provides inter[?]ing reading for the public and…

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Work at the Mines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 August 1952 · page 7

Ayrfield No. 3, Balmoral, Bonalbo, Gunnedah, Liddell, Muswellbrook No. 1, Muswellbrook No. 2, Nymbolda, Pelaw…

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No Fear on Coal Grass

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 August 1952 · page 5

An assurance that coalminers need have no fear for there continully of employment because of the mounting stocks…

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Open-Cut Mine Idle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 August 1952 · page 3

CESSNOCK: Cessnock No. 2 and Liddell open cuts are both idle to-day because of a shortage of waggons, due to…

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Open Cut Mines Idle

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 19 August 1952 · page 3

Only three mines were idle on the South Maitland field to-day. They were Liddell, Cessnock…

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Open-Cut Mines Idle

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 August 1952 · page 3

CESSNOCK: The only Idle mines on the South Maitland field to-day are the open cat mines at L[?]dell, Ces[?]nock…

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Callide Coal For Pakistan

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 August 1952 · page 2

CANBERRA Pakistan will receive 30,000 tons of callide coal said the minister for Trade and customs…

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Miners For A.C.T.U. Congress

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 19 August 1952 · page 3

The Miners' Federation had been granted permission to attend the A.C.T.U. Congress in September, the Miners'…

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Gold Production in Philippine Islands

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 20 August 1952 · page 2

The total value of the production of gold and base metals in the Philippine Islands during 1951 approached the…

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Back Injured in Colliery

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 21 August 1952 · page 2

When he was stuck by a tall of stone while working at the Bloomfield colliery yesterday, shiftman Samuel) P[?]…

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