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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1951

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Dig Winter Coal

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 22 August 1951 · page 4

Mr A. Brewer, of Booral, in a lengthy letter to "Dungog Chronicle," makes a few remarks of interest to all dairymen, as follows:—…

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British Coal Output Exceeds Estimate

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 4 September 1951 · page 1

British coal output last month averaged 3,942,000 tons a week compared with 3,922,000 in July, 1950. Total production for the first…

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Pre-fab Homes for Coal-mining Areas

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 5 September 1951 · page 2

Mr. C. Kelly, State Minister for Housing, said on Friday that 1,000 pre-fabricated homes from Austria would be…

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Beach Mining Application for Diamond Head

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 11 September 1951 · page 7

Extensive beach mining may soon be undertaken at Diamond Head. At yesterday's meeting of Manning Shire Council, the Department of…

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Mining Lease At Diamond Hd

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 12 September 1951 · page 1

Seeking to protect the rights of the people to the use of beach and reserve, Manning Shire…

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New Patent Fuel From Coal

The Northern Champion · Friday 28 September 1951 · page 11

A patent fuel plant which has just been opened in the Aberdare Valley, Wales, may help to revolutionise the use of fuel and will contribute greatly…

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Mining Shire Council. Council Decides On Survey Programme

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 4

Responding to a request from its Engineer, Mr. H. A. Webb, Manning Shire Council on Monday, for survey…

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Canada Gold For Free Market - -

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 30 October 1951 · page 3

Canada has given its gold producers the right to sell gold on the world's free markets. Mr. Douglas Abbott, Minister of…

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Only One B.h.p. Mine Working

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 30 October 1951 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday—Only one of the B.H.P. mines is working today because of the ban on Mirandoo coal…

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Coal Stocks: Powerhouses--railway

Macleay Argus · Friday 2 November 1951 · page 6

A Sydney message last week was that electricity services have enough coal to last much longer than other…

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Gold Coast Leader in London

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 16 November 1951 · page 6

Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Leader of Government Business ana Minister of Communications and Works in the Gold coast, has recently been in Britain seeking the services of professional and technical men who are urgently needed in the…

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Gold Thieves Baffle N.t. Police

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1951 · page 4

Despite constant police efforts, gold is still being stolen on a large scale on Tennant Creek goldfields. Police for a year have tried to track…

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Coal Cargo in Flames at Newcastle

The Northern Champion · Friday 14 December 1951 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Friday.—A cargo of Queensland coal for Melbourne burst into flames in the freighter Macedon at…

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