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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1952

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Smuggling Stolen Gold From Mines

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK: As farwell diamond dister, alleged to be as member of an international gold smu[?]ling [?] was held…

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Idle Mines

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 3

CESSNOCK: Production loss on the South Malt and coalfields to-day amounts to 1400 tons…

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Two Mines Partly Idle

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 3

Two mines on the South Maitland field were partly idle for a low of 1400 tons to-day. Aberdare Extended was…

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Aberdeen News Dairy Farmers' Meeting. Discuss Electricity Blackouts with Coal Co

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 4

Over 40 dairy farmers and memhers of the Aberdeen branch of the P.P.U. met in the Memorial Hall, on llth…

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Big Coal Target Set This Year

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 4

If New South Wales coal-miners set themselves the objective, they could improve considerably on last year's record…

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New Guinea Goldfields

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 4

Net profit of New Guinea Goldfields Ltd. for the year ended September 30 was newly nine times greater than for…

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Mine Workers Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 5

KURRI: Hyman Street, 42, Maitland-street, Kurri, a miner at Felaw Main col[?] received contestants…

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Miners Fear Sex Appeal Of Italians

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 1

LONDON: A Conservative Member of Parliament claimed yesterday to know-the real reason British miners object to Italian workers: “It was the Italians’ sex appeal, not unemployment that they…

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Collieries Good Week at

Maitland Mercury · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 1

CESSNOCK: The output from the collarless [?] the South Maitland fields the week was maintained at a very high…

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Died After Collapse In Mine

Maitland Mercury · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 1

Harold [?], Fourth street Weston, [?] of Hebburn No. 2 bottley collapsed at work this [?]…

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Mines Busy

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 3

CESSNOCK: All collieries on the South Maitland field to-day are at work: Serving on the round Africa…

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Miners And The Davy Safety Lamp

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 3

LONDON: The life of a coalminer is always hazardous, even to-day when scientific development and…

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Higher Coal Rating Sought

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 2

CESSNOCK: Kearsley Shire Council decided last night to submit to the Shires’ Association annual conference a…

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Big Coal Deposits Under Pelaw Main

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 2

CESSNOCK: President of Kearsley Shire Council (Cr. Soxton) told last night’s meeting of the council that it had been estimated 1,160,000 tons of coal were deposited under the township of Pelaw Main…

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Coal Board Competition May Be Abandoned

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 5

The secretary of the Maitland Rugby League Club (Mr. G. Swan) reported to a meeting of the committee feat…

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New Open Cut Coal Machine Tested

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 2

A new machine to speer up coal production being tested at Muswellbrook Open Cut Coal Mine during a demonstration for the Joint Coal Board. The machine, called a "Tournarocker," travels at 35 miles per hour, more than double the speed of similar…

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Coal Committee Reconstituted

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 4

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Arthur) has reconstituted Maitland Coalfields Conservation Committee, which last…

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Power Breakdown Closed Mines

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 3

CESSNOCK: There is a heavy loss in production in the South Maitland coalfields today, amounting to 4750 tons…

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Fishermen Get Mine In Net

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 3

AN[?]NA (Italy): Six Italian fishermen had their 20-ton boat [?] from under these when a mi[?] f the…

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Collieries Idle On Maitland Field

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 February 1952 · page 3

CESSNOCK: The Idle collectives on the South Maitland held to–day are Polaw Nain Abermain No. [?] and Abermain…

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