Mine Experts To Explore Hidden Mysteries Of Underground Newcastle
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 May 1953 · page 4
A Government mining surveyor hopes to gain from a comprehensive survey a clear picture of the exact subsidence area in Newcastle district. He is Mr. Robert Powys, Coal Mining Surveyor of the…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 May 1953 · page 1
Three trucks of a train carrying coal from Muswellbrook to Port Warattah were derailed at Hexham at 11.45 last night…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 May 1953 · page 3
Joint Coal Board Welfare Officer (Mr. Wallwork) told Belmont High School Parents and Citizens Association that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queen May Wear Pure Gold
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 May 1953 · page 5
I HAVE heard a whisper that the Queen's Coronation Day dress will be a sheath of pure…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Tribunal Adheres to Statement on Agitators
The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 May 1953 · page 3
SYDNEY: The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) today refused to retract his statement of last Monday on the influence of "political agitators" on the…
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The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 May 1953 · page 1
Dismissal notices are being posted today to approximately 500 Miners' Federation members from John Darling Colliery and about 100 members of craft unions will be handed their notices personally at the pit tomorrow…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 2
John Darling colliery employees will get dismissal notices to-day. Notices were sent out…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 May 1953 · page 6
Delegates to a Sydney conference were appointed at the monthly meeting of the Northern Board of Retired…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 May 1953 · page 2
The Japanese ship Tosho Maru is due in Newcastle early next month to load coal for Singapore. It will be the first coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Statement By Miners; Pit Issue
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 May 1953 · page 2
The following statement was issued yesterday by the Northern Miners' Board of Management—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →5 Mines Idle On John Darling Issue
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 May 1953 · page 2
Five mines were idle in the North yesterday on the John Darling strike issue. The coal production loss' was about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man's Death After Mine Accident
The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 June 1953 · page 2
A man died in the Mater Hospital on Saturday night from injuries and tetanus as a result of a fall of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Output High
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1953 · page 2
Production was high on the Northern coalfields yesterday. Only John Darling and Millfield collieries were idle…
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The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 12
SYDNEY: At the John Darling inquiry today, a mine deputy said he had frequently heard; men called "crawlers" while he was working in the mine…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →What's In A Name? Coop. Colliery
The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 3
The first general coal strike of miners in Newcastle happened in 1861. The owners had given notice of a 20 per cent, reduction in the hewing rate and this was discussed at…
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The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 5
The Lake Shire engineer (Mr. J. W. Webb) reported to the council last night, that the reconstruction and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Bd. Grants aRe accepted
The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 5
The Joint Coal Board advised the Lake Macquarie Shire Council last night that it had approved a grant of £2000 or 75 per cent, of the cost of materials towards the cost of a new…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 3
Employees of 13 mines were idle in the North yesterday in sympathy with the strikers at the John Darling colliery. The…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 June 1953 · page 3
On the Northern coalfields yesterday 22 mines were idle on the John Darling strike issue. , The coal production…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steers "Told He Was In Mine On Sufferance"
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 June 1953 · page 4
SYDNEY, Friday.—The acting president of a mine lodge said to-day a deputy told him he was in the mine "under sufferance." The lodge official, Neville Vincent Steers, said…
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