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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1953

1,237 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 62

From Paddock To Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 1

The holiday break for the coalmining industry ended yesterday, and mines on the Northern field will be back at work this morning. Among those to be on the job to-day will be these pit ponies, whose sleek and…

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Year's First Coal To-Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 2

New South Wales coalmines will resume production to-day after the mineworkers' three weeks annual holiday…

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Rulings By Tribunal On Miners' Leave

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Mine workers are not entitled to payment for public holidays during long service leave, the…

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Mutual Trust Is 1953 Need In Coal Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 2

Although 1952 was the best year the New South Wales coal industry has known for total production…

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All Mines At Work For First Shift Of Year

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 3

AH mines on the northern coalfield worked the first production shift of 1953 today. First consignments of coal mined this year…

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Ruling On Miners' Long Leave

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Mine-workers are not entitled to extra leave in lieu of holidays which occurred in their…

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250M. Tons of Coal Proved

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Officers of the New South Wales Mines Department had proved 250 million tons of coal in the past five years, the Minister for Mines (Mr…

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Mine Idle For Funeral Of Doctor

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 10

Mineworkers at Hebburn No. 1 Colliery today stayed away from work and chartered five bases to take…

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Four Hurt On First Mine Working Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 3

Four mineworkers were injured yesterday, the first day back in the mines after three weeks' holiday…

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50 Mine Workers Retrenched: 3 Pits Idle As Protest

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 3

Nearly 50 mineworkers in the Cardiff and Belmont areas have received dismissal notices since they returned to work yesterday. Today three pits were idle because of strikes in…

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Mines Dept. Finds 250m. Tons Coal

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY: Huge fields of about 250-million tons of coal had been located by Mines Department officers in the past five years, the Minister for Mines (Mr. Arthur) said today…

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Mine Sackings "Forced"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 3

A colliery owner said yesterday that it was wrong that mines in the Cardiff area should be forced to reduce output, and in some cases close…

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Broken Hill "Unique" Mine Centre

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 9

BROKEN HILL.—The Mayor (Aid. W. Riddiford) said today the city, because it had remained free…

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More Gold Last Year

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 6

CANBERRA, Tuesday.— Australian gold production showed a big increase in October compared with the…

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Rail Cut On Export Coal Urged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Joint Coal Board has asked the State Government to reduce rail freights on coal…

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Cardiff Mine Owners Want Board to State Policy

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 3

Owners of small mines in the Cardiff area intend to ask the Joint Coal Board to state a definite policy in regard to mining operations at Cardiff…

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13 Killed By Explosion In Belgian Coal Mine

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 1

BRUSSELS, Wed. (A.A.P.).—A man operating a detonator 800 feet from an explosion in a Belgian coal mine was among 13 killed in the blast. Thirteen others were seriously injured and badly…

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Three Injured In Colliery

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 1

Three men were injured when caught under a fall of timber and stone at Pelton Colliery today…

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Claims to Mine Beaches

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.— "Five or six" applications for mining leases on Port Macquire beaches have been…

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Coal Losses 2350 Tons

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 4

Stoppages of work on the northern coalfields to-day caused a loss of coal output of 2350 tons…

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