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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1953

632 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 20 of 32

Struck By Fall Of Coal

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 1

Lyal O'Connell, 23. a wheeler, of Maitland Lane, South Cessnock, suffered lacerations to his back and arms when he was struck by a fall of coal at…

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Grant-in-aid by Coal Board ends

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY.— The Joint Coal Board had informed coalfields municipalities and shires that grant-in-aid…

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No truth in rumour of Fed. Govt. mining uranium locally

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 1

A rumour that the Commonwealth Government intends to open a uranium mine at Abbey Green, near Mount Thorley, is quite unfounded…

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Upper Hunter County Council Obtains £120,000 Loan Will Buy Coal Company's Electricity Undertaking

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 1

It is announced to-day that the Upper Hunter County Council has been granted approval to borrow £120,000 from the State Superannuation Board…

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Miners, log hearing postponed

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 July 1953 · page 4

Illness of the General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Williams) has cuased a postponement…

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Delay In Stowage At Mine

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 July 1953 · page 3

CESSNOCK: Aberdare Extended miners came home today as a protest against the delay in taking steps to…

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Mine Surveyors’ Certificates

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 July 1953 · page 2

At the examination for certificate of competency as mine surveyor, under the Coal Mines Regulation Act,…

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Miners’ Books Re-opened

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 July 1953 · page 2

NEWCASTLE: The Northern Miners’ Federation has decided to allow more miners to enter the coal industry…

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Miners' Books Re-opened

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 July 1953 · page 3

The Northern Miners' Management Board yesterday decided to open its books to new members and…

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Another Good Day at Mines

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 July 1953 · page 3

CESSNOCK: For the sixth consecutive day all the mines on the South Maitland field have been in…

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Coal Conservation Vital-need for Public Interest. Statement By Executive Of Area Committee

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 July 1953 · page 1

"To the Coalfields, coal conservation was of primary importance as upon it, to a marked degree depended the future of mines, homes, jobs. Not only was it vital to those connected directly with the industry…

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Upper Hunter County Council Obtains £120,000 Loan Will Buy Coal Company's Electricity Undertaking

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 July 1953 · page 1

It was announced on Friday that the Upper Hunter County Council had been granted approval to borrow…

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No Idle Mines

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 22 July 1953 · page 1

CESSNOCK: All the mines on the South Maitland field are in production today…

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High Coal Output

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 22 July 1953 · page 4

Yesterday’s coal output of 68.000 tons in N.S.W. mines was the highest daily figure this year, said a spokesman…

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Overtime Ban Lifted By Miners

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 22 July 1953 · page 5

NEWCASTLE: The Northern branch of the Miners Federation has its ban on overtime…

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N. Miners, Union to Re-open Books

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 July 1953 · page 2

NEWCASTLE.—The Northern Miners' Federation has decided to allow more miners to enter the coal…

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Gold Recovered

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 July 1953 · page 2

AUCKLAND (N.Z.): The British salvage ship Foremost 17, has now recovered 30 of the 35 gold have from the…

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Storm Over House Allocations Priority For Miners

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 July 1953 · page 2

SINGLETON: Two out of every three houses completed by the N.S.W. Housing Commission in Singleton in future will be allocated to the coal industry, it was revealed to-day…

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Miners [?] a Blood Donors

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 July 1953 · page 5

Thirty-three mineworkers from Pelton Colliery were tested for blood grouping at the Colliery on Tuesday…

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Fur Coats From Mining Village

Singleton Argus · Friday 24 July 1953 · page 6

From a colliery village in the north of England the latest styles in fur fashions are being exported to…

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