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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1952

1,300 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 31 of 65

Baddeley To See New Mine

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 9

SYDNEY.—The Director of State Coal Mines (Mr. Baddeley) will inspect two inclined tunnels which are…

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Opposition To Mine Closure

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1952 · page 3

The Vice-president of the Northern Miners' Federation (Mr. Comerford) will call a meeting of Kurri Kurri…

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Hope for Coal Mechanisation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1952 · page 3

CANBERRA, Friday.—Senator Spooner to-day expressed the hope, that coalminers would soon agree to full mechanisation of underground mines…

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5 Mines Idle In North

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1952 · page 2

Idleness of five Northern mines yesterday caused a loss of about 4000 tons of coal. Strikes were continued at…

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Coal Shipments 89,000 Tons

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1952 · page 3

Coal shipments from Newcastle this week were among the highest for several months…

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Bellbird Mine To Resume

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 July 1952 · page 1

Bellbird colliery, idle for several days last week because of fire in one of the large sections of the mine, will…

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Coal Output High Today

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 July 1952 · page 1

Coal production in the north today was the highest for a fortnight. Only two mines were idle, for a…

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Move To Stop Sackings At Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday. — The Chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. S. F. Cochran) said to-night that an effort…

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More Gold Mined

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY.— Mine production of gold in Australia for the first four months of 1952 was 297,184oz. fine,…

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Coal Output Near Peak

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

State coal output was near its peak yesterday, the total loss being less than 2400 tons. In the North the loss was…

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Miners Serve Claims Log

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 July 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Miners' Federation to-day served a log of claims for substantial pay increases and a…

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All Northern Mines Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 July 1952 · page 3

All mines worked in the North yesterday, the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association reported. It was the…

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Fox Gold Returning

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 July 1952 · page 11

BRISBANE.—Fox Gold, who ran a fair race in the Doomben Ten Thousand on Saturday, is on his way…

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Big Coal Imports For South

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 July 1952 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—More than 259,000 tons of Indian and South African coal have been imported by…

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Miner Killed By Coal Fall

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 July 1952 · page 3

A 24-year-old miner was killed and his working mate had a lucky escape when a fall of coal…

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Ivanhoe Miners Get Reprieve

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 1

LITHGOW, Wednesday.—The dismissal notices issued to 40 miners at Ivanhoe colliery, near Portland, which were to…

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Balmain Ships Coal Soon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Facilities for shipping coal from Balmain will he completed and ready for working tests on July 21. The Director of Transport…

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Two Pleas Granted Mine Firm

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

Development going on in the Stockrington area was detailed by Mr. A. Donne, Superintendent of J. and A. Brown…

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All Mines Work in North

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

For the second successive day this week all mines worked in the North yesterday, There was only one idle…

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Miner Killed by Coal Fall

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

James Joseph Beecher, 24, of Bay-road, Bolton Point, was killed by a fall of coal in Stockton Barchola mine…

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