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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1953

632 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 29 of 32

Coal Miner Knocked Unconscious

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 October 1953 · page 2

A miner, who was standing 200 feel away from a coal face when a shot was fired this morning was mocked…

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Miners Stay Home As Protest

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 October 1953 · page 6

CESSNOCK: Bellbird miner, are home to-day as a protest against, the alleged failure of the management to…

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Mechanical Production Of Coal

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 October 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY: The amount of coal mechanically cut and loaded In New South Wales in 1962 had substantially…

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Miners Lose Their C.O.L. PROVISIONS Action By Tribunal

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 October 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY: The Cool Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) to-day deleted all cost-of-living adjustment Provisions from awards in the cool mining industry. He was giving his decision in an application by…

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Miners Not Affected By Heart Disease More Than Other Workers

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 October 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: Coal miners were not affected by treat heart disease more than any ether section of the community Dr. Frank Augustus Lowes told the Cool Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) to-day…

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United Nations' Team Visits Muswellbrook Asian Lignite Experts Inspect District Coal Mines

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 30 October 1953 · page 2

A team of United Nation experts from ten countries, yesterday and to-day inspected coal mine workings in the Upper Hunter area. Countries represented are Burma, China, India, Indonesia, Japan,…

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Four Mines Idle

Maitland Mercury · Friday 30 October 1953 · page 8

CESSNOCK: There [?] loss in production on the South Maitland field to-day of approximately 3000 tons…

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Apology To Mine Worker

Maitland Mercury · Friday 30 October 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: An apology to an employee of Richmond Main Colliery, Joseph Metcalfe, was tendered before…

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Work at the Mines

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 October 1953 · page 1

Aberdare North Tunnel Aberdare, Aberdare Central, Abermain. No. 2, Ayrfield No. 3, Bellbird, Bonalbo, Cessnock…

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Retired Miners' Day Out Picnic at Nelson's Bay

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 October 1953 · page 1

Members of the Kurri Kurri branch of the Retired Mineworkers' Association and their wives and families…

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New type safety boot for miners

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 November 1953 · page 1

A new type of protective boot which has been designed for miners and for workers in heavy industries was shown at the Shoe and Leather Fair which was held in London from…

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Best Needed In Challenge To Coal

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 November 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY: The chairman of the N.S.W. Colliery proprietors’ Association (Mr. E. E. Warren) said last…

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Outlook On Coal Sales To Victoria “Bleak”

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 November 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: Outlook for the sale of N.S.W. coal in Victoria was “very, very black,” said the secretary of the Jaint Coal Board, Neville Frank Stuart, to-day. Stuart was giving evidence before the Coal…

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Asian mining men see local cuts

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 November 1953 · page 1

United Nations experts from 10 countries inspected coal mines in the Singleton and Muswellbrook districts on Thursday and Friday. They came from Burma, China, India,…

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Miners’ Claims Would Mean Dearer Coal

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 November 1953 · page 4

SYDNEY: Giving evidence before the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. Gallagher) on claims by the Miners’…

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Mine Electricians’ Certificate

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 November 1953 · page 2

At the examination for certificates of competency as mine electrician under the Coal Mines Regulation Act,…

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Australian Coal Export Trade

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 November 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY : Resumption of the coal export trade had given some relief from production overtaking demand, the…

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Used Bad Language In Mine

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 November 1953 · page 5

Raymond Wilton, 21, of Abermain-street, Pelaw Main, pleaded guilty at Kurri court to two charges of using…

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Miners' Federation Soccer Trophy

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 10 November 1953 · page 3

The Miners Federation soccer trophy, valued at £125, will again be contested on Saturday at Speers Point…

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Survey By Mining Engineers

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 10 November 1953 · page 2

SINGLETON: Mining engineers have been making a survey and they give rise to the belief that valuable minerals…

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