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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1952

1,300 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 65

More Ships For Imported Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Minister for Shipping (Senator McLeay) said to-day that arrangements had been…

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Gold-plated Car Intrigues New Yorkers Don Iddon's New York Diary

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 4

NEW YORK, Thurs. — Arrival of Lady Docker, wife of Sir Bernard (Daimler) Docker, in New York with a gold-plated Daimler limousine should help to boost the…

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All Northern Mines Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1952 · page 2

Yesterday was a full coal production day on the northern coalfields. All mines were working on…

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74,600 Tons Of Coal Shipped

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1952 · page 4

Shipments of coal from Newcastle to Sydney and inter-state ports this week totalled 74,600 tons…

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'No Praise' For Miners' Big Output

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 3

CANBERRA, Sunday. — The miners had received no word of appreciation for their record production, the Leader…

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Less Coal For Victoria

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 2

One of the features of coal economics in Australia over the past 10 years has been the drive of southern States…

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Earth Tremors At Gold Towns

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 3

PERTH, Monday. — Severe earth tremors to-day shook the gold towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder…

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Crofton Miners Found Smoke But No Fire

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 3

A colliery on the Newcastle field today disproved the old saying that "where there's smoke, there's fire." Miners at Crofton colliery went to the pit-top…

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Crofton Miners Found Smoke But No Fire

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 10

A colliery on the Newcastle field today disproved the old saying that "where there's smoke, there's fire." Miners at Crofton colliery went to the pit-top…

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Coal Authorities to Confer on Future of Greta Seam

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 10

SYDNEY: Long-range plans to conserve the Greta coal measures and stave off the threat of unemployment on the Cessnock field will be discussed at a conference of…

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Coal Authorities to Confer on Future of Greta Seam

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: Long-range plans to conserve the Greta coal measures and stave off the threat of unemployment on the Cessnock field will be discussed at a conference of…

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Dynamite In Coal

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 4

LONDON. — A Grimsby woman putting coal on the fire at her home found that a package among the lumps…

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Increase In Mine Valuations Sought

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 4

Kearsley Shire Council will seek an increase in the valuation of collieries. The council decided last night on the…

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Fatal Explosion In Two Mines

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 4

OSLO.—Fifteen Norwegian miners were killed by explosions which occurred at two separate mines in…

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4830 Tons Coal Lost Today

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 2

There was a slump of 4830 tons in northern N.S.W. coal production today because of stoppages at four mines. On only one other day…

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Letters To the Editor. Mine Pensioners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 2

MOST mine pensioners agree they are getting a raw deal. These men, after long and bitter years of…

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Talks On Future Of Coal Called

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Vital talks on the future of coal production in New South Wales will be held in Sydney…

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Protest Moves On Margin Award A.E.U. To Stop Collieries; E.T.U. Opposed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 1

Most Northern mines will be idle on Tuesday, for a loss of 40,000 tons, as a protest against the Galvin award on margins. But 12,000 members of one key metal union—…

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Bushfires May End Mine Jobs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 1

LITHGOW, Wednesday.—Western mining officials fear that 100 employees may be lost to the mining industry as a…

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Mine Decisions Likely To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 2

The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) is expected to give his decision to-day on several outstanding claims. The Northern Miners'…

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