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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1953

1,237 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 36 of 62

All Northern Mines Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 August 1953 · page 2

All mines worked in the North yesterday. On the South Coast, Coal Cliff and Corrimal were idle…

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Opposition To New Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 August 1953 · page 8

South Cardiff Progress Association decided "to resist with all means at its disposal" any application to the Mining…

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Miners Seek Talk On Compensation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 August 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Central Council of the Miners' Federation carried a resolution to-day, asking…

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Gold Cap Smart In Trial

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 August 1953 · page 16

Gold Cap showed his customary speed to record 38¾ for three furlongs on the No. 2 grass track, 21…

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Letters To the Editor. Coal And Steel Prices

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 August 1953 · page 2

HAVING read the judgment of the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) on the John Darling case, I am…

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Miners Killed

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 August 1953 · page 15

GUNNEDAH: Two men were fatally injured and another man narrowly escaped death at Preston…

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Miners Put Case For Stowge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 August 1953 · page 8

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Miners' Federation representatives conferred to-day with the Acting Minister for Mines (Mr…

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2 Mines Idle In North

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 August 1953 · page 2

Two mines were idle in the North yesterday for a coal production loss of 1600 tons. The idle mines were…

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Lost Ship May Have Hit Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 August 1953 · page 3

NOUMEA (New Caledonia) August 4. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The missing French motor vessel Monique, with 120 passengers,…

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Letters To the Editor. Miners' Ballots

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 August 1953 · page 2

I READ with surprise the attack made on Mr. F. Rooney and the A.L.P. Industrial Groups by your…

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Miners' Decision On Pillar Coal; Stowage Demand

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY: The Miners' Central Council has agreed to the mechanical extraction of coal pillars, subject to a firm arrangement on the stowage of rubble as roof support…

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Two Northern Mines Idle

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 4

With two mines idle, loss of coal output on the northern N.S.W. field due to stoppages today was 1150…

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Victorian Brown Coal Reserves

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. Unmined brown coal reserves in Victoria exceeded 24,000 million tons, the Secretary for…

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All Mines Work In North

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 2

For the second time this week all mines were working in the North yesterday. On the South Coast, Coal…

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Letters To the Editor. Miners' Ballots

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 2

MR. ROONEY'S statements at the A.L.P. Industrial Group's conference show how little he knows about Miners'…

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Strike Over Food At Rich Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 9

DARWIN, Wednesday.—Noble's Nob, at Tennant Creek, one of the richest gold mines in the Commonwealth,…

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Mining As Threat To Homes

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: They was a distinct possibility that homes in the Crofton colliery area would be…

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Blue And Gold Motif In Ball Decorations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 5

Blue and gold—the colours of the A.N.Z. Bank—were prominent in decorations at Newcastle City Hall last night for the bank's social club ball. Proceeds will go to Legacy…

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Stop Press Warning to Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 August 1953 · page 12

SYDNEY.—The Miners' Central Council today warned members of the Miners' Federation that signatures to any petition for a…

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One Mine Idle in North

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 August 1953 · page 4

Only one mine was idle in the North yesterday. It was Hebburn No. 1, where a dispute involving…

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