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Mining & the mines, 1954

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Accidents in Mines

Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 December 1954 · page 2

CESSNOCK— Alexander Cook, 45. of Bellbird, a shift-man at Pelton colliery, suffered an injury to the back and…

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Mine Deputies’ Examination

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 December 1954 · page 2

At the examination for certificate of competency as mine deputy under the Coal Mines Regulation Act 1912-1953, held…

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All Mines at Work

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 December 1954 · page 3

CESSNOCK: All mines on the South Maitland coalfield are at work to-day…

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Estimated Coal Production

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 December 1954 · page 4

To December 4 of this year it is estimated by the Joint Coal Board that 14,118,879 tons of coal have been…

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Mine Deputy Exam. Results

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 December 1954 · page 4

At the exaamination for certificate of competency as mine deputy under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, at the…

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Miners' Donation to Old Men's Club

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 December 1954 · page 1

BellBird Miners' Lodge has donated £4/4/ to the Shapespeare Park Amusement Club for a trophy in a…

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No Objection To Xmas Coal Lift

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 December 1954 · page 1

No objection is to be raised by the Northern Miners' Executive to proposals by the Joint Coal Board to lift…

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State Coal Record

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 22 December 1954 · page 2

Production and consumption of New Sooth Wales coal in 1954 established records, the chairman of the Joint Coal…

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Fall of Coal

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 22 December 1954 · page 3

NEWCASTLE: A miner employed at Waratah Colliery was injured by a fall of stone while working to-day…

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Mining Leases for Beaches

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 22 December 1954 · page 2

STROUD: The Mines Department advised Stroud Shire Council that it was competent for the council to lodge…

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No Coal Shortage In Miners’ Holidays

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 December 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY: Miners throughout New South Wales will go on holidays for three weeks from Friday but supplies of…

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"Second Flowering" Seen For Coal Industry

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 23 December 1954 · page 1

Optimism for the future of coal, through the use of "dramatically new" mining machines and processes, Is…

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Record Production Of Coal In New South Wales

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 23 December 1954 · page 1

Coal miners in New South Wales this year have created a record for production…

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Vacuum for Coal Dust

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 29 December 1954 · page 1

LONDON: Britain’s National Coal Board will stage trials with a mobile vacua cleared to collect broken…

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Coal Miner Shot Dead

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 29 December 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY : A Bulli coalminer was cound shat dead in a gar age last night. The coal miner, Joseph Oriel…

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U.s. Air Force Plane Tor Open Flying Into Storm: Mine Airmen Die in Crash

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 30 December 1954 · page 1

NEW YORK: An Air Force courier plane was torn open by a “terrific disturbance” while flying through bad weather yesterday, and crashed into a mountain top near New Hope, Alabama, with a loss of nine lives…

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More Coal Produced in State

Maitland Mercury · Friday 31 December 1954 · page 2

Coal production in the first 10 months of 1954 was 693,000 tons more than in the corresponding period last year…

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Britain Misses on Coal Budget

Maitland Mercury · Friday 31 December 1954 · page 1

LONDON: Britain fined to balance its coal budget in 1954, and the picture gives no promise of change for years,…

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