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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1952

1,300 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 65

France's Gold Dwindling

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 April 1952 · page 3

PARIS, April 1. A.A.P.— Gold reserves of the Bank of France would be exhausted by the end of the summer if the…

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"Too Much" Coal For Transport

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 April 1952 · page 7

BRISBANE. Tuesday.—The General President of the Minsters Federation (Mr. Williams) said to-day that coal…

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State Move on Coal Act

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 April 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Minister for Mines (Mr.J. Arthur) said tonight the State Government would take immediate steps to remedy any loophole in the…

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Five Mines Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 April 1952 · page 2

Five mines were idle in the North yesterday, but the coal production loss was only about 2000 tons…

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Coal Shortage Feared

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 April 1952 · page 18

SYDNEY: The Australian Gas Light Co. had only seven or eight days reserve of coal, a…

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Miners' Threat In Queensland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 April 1952 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Any interference by mineowners with coal-miners' customs, conditions or practices will be resisted with the whole strength…

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Mines Protest By Cessnock

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 April 1952 · page 8

Cessnock Municipal Council will protest to the N.S.W. Government on abandoned open-cut mines. The council decided this…

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Good Day At Northern Mines

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 April 1952 · page 20

The northern coalfields' had a good production day today with a loss of output due to stoppages of…

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Open-Cut Mines To Be Filled In

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 April 1952 · page 6

Worked-out open-cut mines in the Cessnock district would be filled in, a Joint Coal Board official said at Cessnock today. Commenting on Cess…

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Threat By Colliery Enginemen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 2

Members of sub-branches of the Federated Engine-drivers and Firemen's Association associated with the coal industry…

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£3600 Grant For Colliery Access

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 4

Lake Macquarie Shire Council accepted a grant of £3600 from the Coal Board to tarseal the access road to West…

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Plan To Speed Coal Loading

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 3

A four-point plan to speed the loading of colliers is proposed by Newcastle Coaltrimmers' branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation…

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Abolition Of Coal Body Urged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sunday.—The abolition of the State Coal Board will be urged by a deputation from the Queensland…

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Five Northern Mines Idle

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 13

Five nunes on the northern coalfields were idle to-day for a loss of coal production of 2690 tons…

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5800-Ton Loss In Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 2

The coal production loss in the North yesterday was about 5800 tons. There were losses at…

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Waterside Stoppage Causes Coal Output to Be Dumped

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 3

Thousands of tons of coal had to be dumped at pitheads and railway sidings on the northern N.S.W. coalfields today because of a transport bottle-neck caused by the…

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Burwood Only Mine Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 2

Burwood was the only mine idle in the North yesterday. The miners' lodge was holding a meeting long after the…

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Leconfield Mine Inquiry Soon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 3

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Arthur) had promised an inquiry into Leconfield colliery soon after Easter, the…

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Hit By Coal Skips

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 4

George Richard Sullivan (22), of Whitburn St., Greta, fractured the ribs on his left side when…

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Miners' A.L.P. Delegates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 4

Result of the ballot for the election of delegates from the Northern District of the Miners' Federation to the June…

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