To discuss Hunter coal prospects
The Minister for National Development (Mr. Spooner) will visit the Upper Hunter coalfields area on…
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Mining & the mines, 1954
557 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 28
Struck By Coal Fall
When he was struck by a fall of coal at Abermin No 2 colliery this nrrrningr, Norman Moodle, 32, of Elisabeth street,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Support Anti-t.b: Appeal
Collections at three collieries last Friday In support of the Anti-T.B. Appeal yielded a total of £82., Of this amount £31 was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Blue and Gold Ball Successful Function
There was a crowd of fairly large proportions at the Municipal Hall on Friday night last, when the Muswellbrook branch…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Problems
Following" pressing representations from the Singleton and District Chamber of Commerce and the Mayor…
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CESSNOCK: Mervyn Brown, 87, or Kearsley, a top hand employed at Elrington colliery, suffered an injury to the grain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining For Silicia
An application by Mr. G. W. Budd for lease of Crown lands at Anna Bay to mine for silica was approved by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No indication of local coal cuts says Spooner
The Minister for National Development, Senator W. H. Spooner, said in Singleton yesterday that there was no indication at present of any likely reduction in the level of coal mining activities in the Singleton-Musvellbrook area…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining Will Not Be Made Push Button
A northern vice-president of the Miners’ Federation (Mr. W. Mahon) said last night that the tone of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stoppages at Collieries
The northern branch of the Miners’ Federation is to draft a new code rules on the handling of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Accidents in Collieries
CESSNOCK: Alan Klem, 40, of Atwater-avenue Cessnock, a miner at Aberdare colliery. was struck by a fall of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Electricians’ Certificates
At the examination for certificates of competency as mine electrician under the Coal Mines Regulation Act,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One Mine Idle
CESSNOCK: Bellbird was the only pit idle on the Maitland field to-day. The pit was idle yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Industry at Singleton
Mr. Kevin Barlow, Labour candidate for Paterson, addressing a public meeting in Singleton, said that huge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bright C.W.A. Blue and Gold Ball
Muswellbrook Country Women's Association branch's Blue and Gold Ball, held on Friday last, and briefly referred to in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Muswellbrook Chronicle FRIDAY, 14th MAY, 1954 "No Indication of Local Coal Cuts," Says Mr. Spooner Muswellbrook Open Cut Should Be Permanent
The Minister for National Development, Senator W. H. Spooner, said on Wednesday that there was no indication at present of any likely reduction in the level of coal mining in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →All Mines Work
CESSNOCK: All of the unines on the South Maitland field are at work to-day. Increased margins ranging…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big coal surplus causes concern
NEWCASTLE.— Industrial authorities believe the coal industry is nearing its most serious over production…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold medal for leading world soil expert
The Council of the Royal Agricultural Society recently conferred the Society's gold medal on Sir…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bombs, Mines. Washed Ashore
WASHINGTON: Heavy seas had washed World War II. bombs and mines on to Wake Island beaches in the past…
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