£49,100 In Gold Theft In Canada
MONTREAL, Thurs. (A.A.P.).—Using a blowtorch to open a vault, thieves today stole four…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1952
1,300 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 24 of 65
Miners Call Talks on Coal Act Change
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Central executive of the Miners' Federation to-day moved to oppose amendments to the Coal Industry Act. It called a conference of all coalmining unions for…
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Coal shipments from Newcastle this week were the heaviest for several months. A total of 89,920 tons of…
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MONTREAL, May 23. A.A.P.—Using a blow-torch to open a vault, thieves stole four gold bricks valued at 110,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Loss In North Under 2000 Tons
Coal production loss in the North yesterday was less than 2000 tons, with only two mines idle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Huge Coal Dumps on 2 FIELDS Reserves "Most Since War"
SYDNEY, Friday.—Coal reserves in New South Wales are at their highest point since the war. More than 800,000 tons are lying in dumps on the…
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Mr. Sam Wilkinson, Assistant Superintendent of J. and A. Brown and Abermain-Seaham Collieries Ltd., collapsed…
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Representatives of Birmingham Gardens, Whitegates and Cardiff Heights Progress Associations attended a meeting…
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Mr. Sam Wilkinson, aged 49, assistant superintendent of J. and A. Brown Abermain-Seaham…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →1000 Miners for New Colony at Lake
SYDNEY: A thousand miners and their families would form the basis of a power station colony between Toronto and Awaba, the Director of State Coal Mines (Mr. Baddeley) said today. He was outlining plans…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Output Threat In Inter-Union Dispute
Widespread stoppages at northern mines are likely if an inter-union dispute at Wallarah Colliery is not settled in Sydney today by the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher). The Northern District…
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JOHANNESBURG, May 25. A.A.P.-Reuter,—Dumps of residue rand left behind by pioneer miners in South Africa are providing thousands of pounds worth of newly-extracted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Impressive Fox Gold
SYDNEY. — Fox Gold sprinted an impressive half-mile in 506 on the middle grass at Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Bolts Fail To Hold; Mine Idle
Elrington colliery was idle yesterday because bolting had failed to hold the roof in a section of the mine…
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SYDNEY.—The last of a shipment of giant earth-moving tracks purchased by the Joint Coal Board…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unions Opposed to New Coal Bill
SYDNEY, Monday.—A conference of representatives of unions with members employed in the coalmining industry to-day opposed the Federal Government's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Loss 2240 Tons In North
The coal production loss in the North yesterday was about 2240 tons. Main production loss was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Changes In Arbitration Opposed: 4 Mines Idle
Miners at four collieries on the northern N.S.W. field today went on strike in protest against the Federal Government's proposed amendments of the arbitration machinery. Mines affected were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Greta Gold Best Bet at Gosford
Greta Gold, who has shown good form at Maitland, may win at his first start on the track in the Wamberal Stake…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cheap Coal For Aged Sought
The Combined Pensioners' Association decided to ask the Joint Coal Board to make available coal at concession…
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