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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1954

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Gold Shares UP

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 2

LONDON: Johannesburg gold shares on the Stock Exchange added £5,000,000 sterling to their value on Saturday…

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A-Power Instead Of Coal

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 6

LONDON: Atomic energy development within 20 years will produce sufficient electricity for Britain’s needs,…

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Accidents in Collieries

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 1

CESSNOCK: Frank Peters, 30, of Cornish-street, Cessnock, a wheeler at Bellbird Colliery had a finger on his…

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Motor Tanker Struck Mine

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 5

LONDON: Denmark’s largest and newest merchant ship, the motor tanker Brigit Maersk (19,000 tons), struck…

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Hearing Of Miners' Log Postponed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 3

The resumed hearing of the miners' log of claims which was to have been held today has been postponed to a date…

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Miners Better Off in Australia Mr. Cockerill's Views

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 3

Mr. Harry Cockerill, who returned to his home after an overseas' trip last night, said that working conditions…

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Gold Mining Leases Sold

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 1

LONDON: Mt. Charlotte (Kalgoorlie) Goldmines Ltd, and Champagne Syndicate (N.L.), has announced that…

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Coal Board’s Visit

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 2

The chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. S. T. Cochrane) and a member of the board Mr A, K. Warburton,…

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High Rating Polo Team For Gold Cup

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 5

New Zealand is making a de[?]ermined bid to take back the Australasian Gold Cup which the dominion last held in 1939. Secretary of the New South Wales Polo…

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Injured at Colliery

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 2

A shiftman at Kent Colliery, Noel Hillier, 19, of Grenville street, Beresfield, was caught between a skip and a prop…

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Mine Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 1

Five mineworkers were injured in pit accidents on Tuesday. Four of the accidents were at Bellbird colliery and the other at Aberdare colliery and…

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Offer to English Miners

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 6

The National Coal Board yesterday offered English miners [?] wage increase worth nearly, £9,000,000 sterling a year…

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New coal field at Muswellbrook

Singleton Argus · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 3

CANBERRA Friday.—The N.S.W. Government's acting geologist. Mr. F. W. Booker has announced that a new…

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Coal Hit Fireman On Head

Maitland Mercury · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 3

A railway fireman employed at Broadmeadow was treated at Maitland Hospital outpatients’ department to-day…

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New Coal Field Discovered Near Muswellbrook

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 6

The New South Wales Government's acting geologist (Mr. F. W. Booker) announced this week that a new coalfield had been discovered near Muswellbrook, in N.S. Wales…

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Coal Board Cup Game To Hunter

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 5

Hunter River was successful in the first match of the current Joint Coal Board Cup cricket competition beating…

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Work Resumed At Three Collieries

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 5

Members of the Federated Engine drivers and Firemen’s Association went back to work at Hebburn No. 1, Hebburn…

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Mine Man Speaks of Degrees

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY: Mining deputies would soon have to have the leaving certificate, be fully qualified mathematicians, and…

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Accidents at Collieries

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 3

CESSNOCK: James Hill, 29, of Gordon-avenue, Cessnock, a skip repaper employed at Aberdare Central colliery…

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All Mines Work

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 1

CESSNOCK All mines on [?] South Maitland field are [?] production to-day…

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