Shortage of Gas Coal May Be Ended Foybrook Deposits Will Be Developed
Maitland Mercury · Monday 13 October 1952 · page 2
CANBERRA: Big gee coal deposits hove been found at Foybrook open-cut mine, between Singleton and Muswellbrook. The Minister for National Development (Senator…
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Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 October 1952 · page 3
CESSNOCK: Heburn No. 2 colliery is idle to-day following the suspension of one of the winding engine drivers for…
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Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 October 1952 · page 2
Muswellbrook Coal Co. Ltd. has increased the dividend for the year to June 30 from 8 to 10 per cent…
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The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 October 1952 · page 4
Results of the annual ballot of the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation are expected to be announced before the…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 October 1952 · page 1
The Minister for National Development, Senator W. H. Spooner, said on Sunday that the end of the 10-year shortage of gas coal was in sight. Tests in recent weeks of coal produced at Foybrook…
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Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 October 1952 · page 1
CESSNOCK: Hebburn No, 1 and 2 and Elrington collieries which were idle yesterday, remain idle today…
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Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 October 1952 · page 5
NEW YORK: Delegates to the 41st Convention of the United [?] Workers Union at Ci[?]…
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Maitland Mercury · Thursday 16 October 1952 · page 5
CESSNOCK: There is again another heavy coal loss on the South Maitland field. Aberdare Extended is Idle…
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The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 October 1952 · page 6
The Kurri Kurri branch of the Retired Mineworkers' Association held an enjoyable picnic at Speers Point last…
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Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 October 1952 · page 5
CESSNOCK: Production on the South Maitland coalfield to-day was down about 4,000 tons…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 October 1952 · page 7
Results of the annual ballot of the northern branch of the Miners' Federation are expected to be announced before the…
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The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 October 1952 · page 5
Muswellbrook Coal Co. Ltd. has increased the dividend for the year to June 30 from 8 to 10 per cent. Net profit jumped by £43,460 to…
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Singleton Argus · Friday 17 October 1952 · page 5
SYDNEY, Friday (AUP) —A substantial reduction in miners' wages would enable mine owners to…
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Singleton Argus · Friday 17 October 1952 · page 3
Three applications for authority to' enter certain areas within the Singleton Mining Division to prospect…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 October 1952 · page 7
Muswellbrook Coal Co. earned a profit of £34,363/19/7 for the last financial year, after making provision for the following…
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Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 October 1952 · page 5
SYDNEY: A substantial reduction in miners’ wages would enable mine owners to compete with overseas markets, Mr. R. W. Davie, said to-day. Mr. Davie, secretary of the Northern Colliery…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 October 1952 · page 11
SYDNEY: A reduction of £1 a week in the coal industry's basic wage would save N.S.W. economy £1,730,000 a year, Mr. R. W…
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The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 October 1952 · page 1
It was reported to a meeting of the Cessnock High School Parents and Citizens' Association on…
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Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 October 1952 · page 1
CHICAGO: The United Mine Workers’ Union issued no strike call, but leaders throughout the soft coal fields fully…
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Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 October 1952 · page 3
CESSNOCK: All mines on the South Maitland field are in [?] production to-day, but t[?] of them, Stanford Main…
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