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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1953

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Retired Miners' Hospital Benefits. (To the Editor.)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 3

Sir,—Sometime ago a statement appeared in the columns of the "Eagle" announcing that the Cessnock District Hospital…

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Only Two Mines Working

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 May 1953 · page 1

CESSNOCK: Hobburn No 2 and Polton co[?] are the only miner working on the South Maitland [?]…

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Gas Coal Stocks Getting Low

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 May 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY: Joint Coal Board chairman (Mr, a. Coohran) said to-day that Sydney had 10 days stock of gas [?]…

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Conference on Monday over mine stoppage

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 1

The Local Coal Authority (Mr. Lydon) has called a compulsory conference on Monday morning on the…

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Northern Field Coal Losses Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 2

Mine workers at Ayrfield colliery to-day went out in a sympathy strike with John Darling mine workers. Rain and…

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Miner Injured by Fall of Coal

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 4

A miner who was badly injured in an accident at Liddell Colliery this morning had to be carried from…

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Cessnock Council's Action Commonwealth Homes "Hard To Understand," Says Miners' Leader

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 5

The attitude of the Cessnock Municipal Council in refusing to participate in a conference sponsored by Kearsley Shire Council to meet [?]tal [?]ds on the question of Commonwealth houses, was hard…

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Gold problem

Singleton Argus · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 4

One problem the Snowy Mountains Authority has not been able to solve is what will happen if a gold…

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Miner’s Leg Amputated

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 2

SINGLETON, A 21-years-old miner who had his leg broken in a fall of coal on Friday, had it [?] on…

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Another Big Loss of Coal

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY: Seventeen mines are idle on the northern field to-day in sympathy with the John Darling mineworkers…

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Miner’s Ankle Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 1

George Coulton. 38, of Parallel-street, Maitland, a miner employed at Bloomfield No. 2 colliery, injured his right ankle…

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Five Maitland Mines idle

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 5

CESSNOCK: There is again another heavy loss in production on the South Maitland field today…

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Gas Coal Stocks Are Very Low

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 May 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY: Stocks of gas coal at Mortlake are dawn to 15,000 tons to-day, a spokesman for thecompany said…

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Work at the Mines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 1

Only one colliery worked ten days on the South Maitland field during the last pay period, Details:—…

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Private Conference On Mine Dispute

Maitland Mercury · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY: Miners’ Federation officials and representatives of the B.H.P. to-day went into private conference in an attempt to settle the John darling dispute…

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Private Rights To Mine Uranium

Maitland Mercury · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 4

DARWIN: A hill will be introduced into the next [?] of the Northern territory Legislative Council to give…

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Only One Mine Idle To-day

Maitland Mercury · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 5

CESSNOCK: The only Idle mine on the South Maitland coalfield to-day is Mulfield which has been idle for some…

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Energy and Vitality at No. 1 Colliery Town's Nerve Centre Being Enlarged Improvements Important To District

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 1

During the week a "Chronicle" representative was amazed at what he saw when he took a look around the surface workings of the nerve centre of Muswellbrook—the No. 1 Colliery. He came away…

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Only Five Mines At Work

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 May 1953 · page 1

CESSNOCK:: Most of the mines On...the South Maitland field are Idle today In sympathy With the men on strike…

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Heavy Coal Loss To-day

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 May 1953 · page 1

NEWCASTLE: Twenty-nine mines, with a total production less of 18,680 tone, are Idle on the northern fields to-day…

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