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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1953

1,237 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 62

No Need For Conflict On Pillar Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 March 1953 · page 2

The Miners' General President (Mr. Williams) and his supporters in the Miners' Federation who…

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Dispute Before Court Inter-Union Coal Talks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 March 1953 · page 3

The demarcation dispute holding up Stockton Borehole and Lambton B mines is to be discussed by union executives. Unions involved are the…

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Gold Cups Revalued

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1953 · page 12

THE gold cup trophy for the White Horse Corinthian Cup, to be run at Newcastle on May 4,…

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Miners Not Yet Told Of Aid Plan

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 March 1953 · page 2

The Miners' Federation had not yet received official notification of…

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Fund to Help Miners Get Jobs Owners' Offer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The New South Wales Combined Colliery Proprietors' Association is to establish a fund designed to help unemployed…

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Two B.H.P. Mines Remain Idle Over F.E.D.F.A. Issue

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 March 1953 · page 4

Stockton Borehole and Lambton collieries remained idle today following the decision of members of the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association against returning to work at these pits. The mines, which are…

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Gold In Footpath

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1953 · page 1

PERTH, Wednesday.—A slug of almost pure gold was dug out of the footpath in…

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Transition In Coal Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1953 · page 2

The offer by the Colliery Proprietors' Association to establish a fund to pay for the transfer of miners…

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Legs Burnt by Mine Light

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1953 · page 4

John Bilborough, 18, of Main-road, Fennell's Bay, apprentice electrician at Newstan Colliery, was burnt on the…

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Queensland Coal Deal With Japan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1953 · page 1

The Queensland Government is expected to sign a coal contract with Japanese interests within a week…

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Mine Strike Plan At Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1953 · page 3

BROKEN HILL, Wednesday. —Miners will stop work on April 8 unless mining companies submit a better offer on…

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No Warning Of fatal Coal Fall

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 19 March 1953 · page 4

A fall of coal which fatally injured a mineworker in West Wallsend Extended colliery on Feb. 28, happened without any warning, according to evidence in the…

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Cardiff Coal For AIS

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 2

A market for coal produced from small mines at Cardiff has been found with the…

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Scheme To Aid Miners Slated

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: A plan by coalowners to provide cash aid for miners willing to move to areas where work is available was described by the miners' general president (Mr. I. Williams)…

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LETTERS To The Editor Coal Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 4

THERE are contradictions apparent in the coalmining industry to-day. We have, on the one hand,…

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Coal Order From Cardiff Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1953 · page 4

The Australian Iron and Steel Company, Port Kembla, has contracted to take coal from the stockpile of mines in…

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Coal Company Dividend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1953 · page 7

Muswellbrook Coal Co. Ltd. will pay an interim ordinary dividend at the unchanged rate of 8 per cent. per annum for…

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Coal Conservation Board Sought

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.— Officials of the Miners' Federation to-day asked the Acting Minister for Mines (Mr. Heffron)…

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Deputy Overcome By Gas In Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1953 · page 4

Abraham Botham, 50, of Albert-street, Speers Point, a deputy at Stockton Borehole colliery, was overcome by gas…

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Miners' Transfers Moving Men 'No Solution'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday. — Transferring mineworkers from one district to another would not solve the problem of dismissals, Mr. Williams said to-day…

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