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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1953

1,237 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 62

Red Control of Pit Strike Alleged by Coal Owners

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 June 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: Fresh evidence revealed that Communists had apparently taken control of the John Darling strike, the Northern Colliery Proprietors' representative (Mr. K. G. Wybrow)…

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Coal Mine Manager

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 9

Applications are invited from persons with First-class Certificate, to fill the position of MINE MANAGER to The…

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Five Northern Mines Idle

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 3

With five mines idle, coal output loss on the northern N.S.W. field today was about 4000 tons…

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Gold Cup To Souepi

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 12

LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.): Souepi (11/2) won the Ascot Gold Cup yesterday by a short head from Aram…

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More Mine Jobs Than Men Now

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 2

The employment crisis which threatened some Northern mineworkers early this year has passed and now there are more jobs than men to fill them. Despite this, there are…

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'Sad Lack' In Modern Coal Gear

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 3

The greatest coal-bearing centre of the Commonwealth was sadly lacking in modern coal-handling facilities, the…

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Lithgow Miners Strike For "Cold Weather Money"

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 4

LITHGOW.—Miners at the State Mine (920 tons) struck today, demanding money for working in cold weather. The mine employs 500 men. The State Mine is near Lithgow, where the…

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Coal Tribunal Warns Strikes Threat To Conditions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday. — The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) said to-day that if strikes continued as in the past few weeks mineworkers would not…

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Complaint to Gallagher on Article in Miners' Paper

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: A statement in the official paper of the Miners' Federation could force him to leave the district in which he lived, the secretary of the Deputies and Shotfirers' Association…

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Coal Mine Manager

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 June 1953 · page 13

Applications are invited from persons with First-class Certificate, to fill the position of MINE MANAGER to The…

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Dock Steelwork For Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 June 1953 · page 13

The first of steelwork being built at the State Dockyard for Liddell colliery, Muswell-brook, was delivered…

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Mines Surveyors' Examination

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 June 1953 · page 3

The practical test for the examinations for the Mine Surveyors' Certificate of Competency was held in King…

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Mine Manager Loses Arm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 June 1953 · page 1

Alexander Sloss, 52, manager of Belmont colliery, had his right arm almost severed at the shoulder yesterday w[?]…

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Ships Load Coal At Hexham

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 June 1953 · page 6

Coal loading will begin at Hexham on Monday for the first time for nearly three years…

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Coal Tribunal Apologies

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 June 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY: The Coal Industry Tribunal Mr. F. H. Gallagher, today apologised to the Commonwealth and State Crown Solicitors over reports that he had criticised them…

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Fumes Affect Mine Worker

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 June 1953 · page 2

Cessnock Ambulance officers today administered oxygen at Aberdare Extended Colliery to a mine…

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Mine Dispute "Aimed At Union Officers"

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 June 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY: The John Darling dispute was aimed not only at the B.H.P. Company, but also at certain Miners' Federation officers who "don't toe the Communist Party line," said the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association industrial officer (Mr. K. G…

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2 Gaoled for Gold Theft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 June 1953 · page 3

PARIS, June 21. A.A.P.—Paris Court last night sentenced to five years' imprisonment two men accused of having…

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Miners Accused of Lying

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 June 1953 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. Maclean (for the B.H.P.) submitted at the John Darling inquiry to-day that in many cases Miners' Federation witnesses had told deliberate lies. The evidence of one man should be discarded, he said…

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Heated Section Of Mine Sealed

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 June 1953 · page 5

Mine safety men have sealed a heated section of Aberdare Extended Colliery on the Cessnock field. Aberdare Extended, a…

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