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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1953

1,237 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 37 of 62

Coal Trucks To Carry Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 August 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday—The New South Wales railways were converting 350 42-ton coal trucks into wheat trucks,…

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LETTERS To the Editor Miners' Ballots

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 August 1953 · page 8

I AM surprised that Tom Brown ("N.M.H.," 5/8/'53) should rush in on the question of miners' ballots where Mr…

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Mining Film At W.E.A.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 August 1953 · page 6

The W.E.A. Film Club will screen the Czechoslovakian film, "The Strike," on Sunday night at 7.30…

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Miners' Bid On Critics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 August 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.— All critics of miners' ballots should be asked to explain, miners' delegates said to-day. Right-wing delegates to…

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State Mine Manager Dismissed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 August 1953 · page 1

LITHGOW, Friday.— The State Mine Control Board has dismissed the Manager of Lithgow State Mine (Mr. R…

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Atomic Power And Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 August 1953 · page 2

Professor Messel's survey of the prospective development of atomic power in Australia must evoke…

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Coal Shipments Near Record

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 August 1953 · page 15

Coal shipments from Newcastle this week were among the highest on record. A total of 102.100 tons of…

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Korea Coal Order Partly Filled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 August 1953 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday.— The Chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. Cochran) said to-day that to August 4 the…

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Atomic Power May Oust Coal In 25 Years

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

Australia should be interested in atomic energy, for two reasons. The first is that she has immense potential wealth;…

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Miners' Move For Nationalisation

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 10 August 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY: The central executive of the Miners' Federation would draw up proposals for the nationalisation of the coal industry, the Miners' Federation general secretary (Mr. G…

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£6000 To Mine Pensioner

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 10 August 1953 · page 1

Neighbors searched high and low for Mr. George Senior, a 64-year-old mine pensioner, of Wallace St…

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Miners To Seek Nationalisation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 August 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday. — The Central Council of the Members Federation yesterday decided to campaign for…

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Evidence on Miners' New Award

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 10 August 1953 · page 9

The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) will resume hearing evidence in the Miners' Federation…

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"Money Trend" By Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 August 1953 · page 6

A colliery official said yesterday that in a few years it could be there would not be miners "as we now know them." He is Thomas Barrett,…

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Miners' Hearing To-morrow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 August 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday. — The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) will resume hearing of the miners' log of claims…

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Two Northern Mines Idle

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 August 1953 · page 2

Two mines were idle on the northern N.S.W. field today for a loss of output of 1220 tons…

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Two Mines In North Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 August 1953 · page 4

Coal production on the Northern coalfields yesterday was high, with only Pelaw Main and Pacific collieries…

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Letters To the Editor Miners' Ballots

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 August 1953 · page 2

MR. J. Comerford has, as I expected, dodged the questions I asked him in my letter ("N.M.H.," 5/8/'53)…

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Miners Seek Pay In Lieu Of Leave

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 August 1953 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday. — The Miners' Federation applied to the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) to-day for…

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Record Value Of Output From Mines, Quarries

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 August 1953 · page 7

The value of output of the mining and quarrying industries of N.S.W. in 1952 set a new record. This was revealed in details released by the Act…

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