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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1953

1,237 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 62

Coal Board Grant For Street

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 4

The Joint Coal Board has advised Lake Macquarie Shire Council that it has made £3209 available for the…

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Settlement Moves In Mine Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 February 1953 · page 3

Proposals for a settlement of the demarcation dispute holding up production at Lambton B and Stockton…

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Mine Fall Traps 2; One Killed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 2

An overman was fatally injured and a shiftman injured by a fall of stone and coal in West Wallsend Extended…

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Inter-Union Dispute Miners' Bd. Silent On Decision

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 2

The Northern Miners' Board of Management today discussed the Federation's…

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General Stop Threatened At Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 1

Stoppages at three collieries threaten to throw the Northern coalfields idle. They are by members of the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association…

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Reds' Coal Offer

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 6

TOKIO, Tues. (A.A.P.). —Russia has offered to sell Japan 250,000 tons of coal from Soviet-held…

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Mine Claim Ruling Reserved

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) to-day reserved his decision on an application by…

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£50 Theft From Western Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 3

LITHGOW, Monday.—Detectives are investigating the theft of £50 from the office of the Western Miners'…

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Miner Hurt in Coal Fall

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 2

Leslie Sneddon, 32, of Holmesville, a miner at Rosewood mine, suffered a wound on the right leg and shock…

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China To Get Kerosene From Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 3

HONGKONG, March 2. A.A.P.-Reuter.—China has decided to distil kerosene from coal, the New China news…

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Mine Strikes Cause Worst Production Day in Year

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 3

An outbreak of strikes on the northern N.S.W. coalfields today gave the district its worst production day of the year. Thirteen mines were idle…

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9 Collieries Idle In The North

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 5

The northern coalfields again today had a heavy loss of output because of strikes…

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Miners Support Canberra Protest

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 13

The Northern Board of Management of the Miners' Federation today decided to support the…

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Full Time At 57 Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 4

Fifty-seven mines on the Northern field worked full time of 10 days in the past fortnight. Twenty-five of 32…

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Talk To-day On Mines Threat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 1

A compulsory conference will be held in Sydney to-day on1 the deputies' threat to withdraw from all mines from Hexham to Gunnedah…

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Ten Mines Idle Today

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 March 1953 · page 4

Loss of coal output on the northern N.S.W. field remained high today, with 10 mines out of operation…

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Mine Lodges' Move To Reopen Books

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 March 1953 · page 3

The Miners' Federation is considering a move for a limited reopening of its membership books…

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Miners' Books Stay Closed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 1

The Northern Miners' Management Board decided yesterday against opening its books for the admission of new members. The Northern District…

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Deadlock On Southern Miners' Leave

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) suggested to-day that individual mineworkers…

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Miners At Two Pits Get Notice

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 3

LITHGOW, Thursday.— Dismissal notices were issued to-day to men at two Western district coalmines, Renown…

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