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Mining & the mines, 1953

632 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 32

[?]rt Ruling On German Gold

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 March 1953 · page 2

[?]NDON: German fina[?] W[?]ter Wipper[?] tried every [?] to keep [?] from the N[?]…

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Mine Employees Dismissed

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 3

LITHGOW: Eighty-eight employees at [?]own Exceeded mine and [?]2 at Wai[?]e Moral were dismissed…

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Kurri Mine Pensioners' Picnic

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 7

Members of the Kurri branch of the Retired Mineworkers' Association held a picnic to Speers Point on Tuesday…

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Miners won't reopen books

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 1

The Northern Miners' Management Board decided yesterday against opening its books for the admission…

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Four Mines Idle To-day

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 1

CESSNOCK: Elrington, Abermain Nos. 1 and [?] Collieries and Stanford Main No 2 are idle on the Sca[?] Mall…

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Coal Head for Lithgow Conference

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY: Chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. Cochran) will visit Lithgow tomorrow to confer with officials…

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Struck by Fall of Coal

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 5

When he was struck by a fall of coal at Bellbird Colliery yesterday, Cecil Smith, 21, miner, of Harie Street,…

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Miner Injured by Fal Lo[?] Coal

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 4

Cecil Smith 21 of Harte-street, Abermain, miner at Bellbird colliery, was struck by a fall of coal and suffered…

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Faulty Mine Head Lamps

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 March 1953 · page 3

CESSNOCK: Abermain No. 2 colliery is idle to-day over a protest against the alleged faulty condition of…

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Mine Idle Over Dismissal

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 10 March 1953 · page 3

CESSNOCK: All mines with the exception of Elrtngton are at work to-day. The mine idle as a…

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Concession To Mine Workers

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 10 March 1953 · page 2

NEWCASTLE: Newcastle Rugby League last night decided that retired mine workers would receive the…

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Big Coal Loss in West To-day

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 10 March 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY: Miners at 38 Western N.S.W. mines are on strike today for the loss of 14,500 tons of coal…

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Hearing of Miners' Log Increase of £2 Weekly Claimed

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

The hearing of the Miners' Federation log of claims began before the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) at the Bulli Courthouse yesterday. The log included a claim for an increase of £2 a…

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Shortage of Mine Jobs "Exaggerated" 97 Vacancies on Cessnock Field

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

The Chairman of the N.S.W. Combined Colliery Proprietors' Association (Mr. E. E. Warren) said last night…

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Job Shortage in Mines "Exaggerated"

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 3

Reports of unemployment on the N.S.W. Coalfields were "grossly exaggerated," the Chairman of the N.S.W…

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Chairman Of Coal Board Charged

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY: In Paddington court Samuel Fogo Coc[?] of Drma[?] road Bellevue Hill chairman of the…

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Three Mines Idle

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 5

CESSNOCK Richmond Main, which has an output of 1000 tons, is idle to-day because of a dispute-concer[?]…

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Struck By Coal

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 1

When he was struck by a piece of coal at Abermain No. 1 Colliery on Wednesday, Charles Gutbrie. 32, miner, of…

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Coal Production (To tho Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 10

Sir,—Your miners cannot strike now because we have more coal than we can consume…

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Open-Cut Coal Not Suitable For Gas

Maitland Mercury · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 3

SINGLETON: Unofficial sources said that Wednesday’s tests on coal from Pike’s Gully open cut had shown it…

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