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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1953

1,237 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 62

One Mine Idle In North

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 2

Only one mine was idle in the North yesterday. Stockrington No. 1 did not work for the fourth…

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Coal Board Asked To Find Jobs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 2

The Northern Miners' Management Board decided yesterday to demand that the Joint Coal Board assist…

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Delays In Reports On Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.— The Minister for Mines (Mr. Arthur) to-day gave reasons of the lag in printing of Mines…

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Coal Output Again High

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 2

Coal production was high in the North again yesterday. Only two mines were idle. The production loss was about 1450…

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Mines Royalty To Help Natives

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wednesday.— Methods of stricter control of mining in aboriginal reserves were announced to-night by…

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Mines Still On Jap Coast

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 9

TOKIO (AAP-Reuter) : A minesweeping unit of 38 sweepers has; been formed by the Japanese National Safety Board to clear infested areas around Japan's coast. They are nearly all…

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Fast Coal Loading For Japan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 1

The speed of loading the first coal shipment for Japan had been excellent, Mr. N. M. Blyton said yesterday…

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Coal Traps Man In Truck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 1

GOSFORD, Thursday.— The driver of a coal truck was trapped in the cabin for half an hour to-day when the truck…

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11 Killed In East German Mine Blast

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 7

BERLIN, Jan. 22. A.A.P.-Reuter.— Eleven people were killed and 23 injured when a wartime German Army mine…

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18 Die in Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 3

TEHERAN, Jan. 23. A.A.P. —Eighteen Persian workers were killed and 80 seriously injured yesterday when a…

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Crisis in U.k. Coal Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 3

LONDON, Jan. 23, A.A.P.—The British coal industry's biggest postwar crisis developed last night. The miners' leaders broke…

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87,800 Tons Of Coal Shipped

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 4

A total of 87,800 tons of coal was shipped from Newcastle to interstate ports, Sydney and Japan this week…

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Open-cut Mine To Close

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 2

SINGLETON, Sunday.— The New South Wales Mining Co. advised Patrick Plains Shire Council that operations…

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Buchanan No. 2 Colliery To Resume Production

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 3

Mining interests controlling Buchanan Borehole No. 2 Colliery which closed in November last year are preparing to resume production at the pit. Announcing this today,…

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Closed Mine To Reopen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 4

Buchanan Borehole colliery, closed last November, is preparing to reopen and jobs will be offered to all men cavilled…

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To Replace Miners On Leave

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 4

To maintain present output at its mines, J. and A. Brown and Abermain-Seaham Collieries Ltd., biggest…

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2500-Ton Coal Loss Today

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 4

Disputes caused a production loss of 2500 tons of coal on the northern N.S.W. field today…

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"I'm Going Places With This Voice Of Mine"

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 1

"You laughed when I sat down to play. Right! Now listen to me singing—and like it! Believe me, I'm going places with this voice of mine!" Which was very true, for two-year-old Michael Curtis, of London, had hardly started when his father decided it was bedtime and quietly escorted him upstairs…

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Gold Standard

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. A.A.P.—The Chairman of the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee…

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Police Keep Watch On March By Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 1

Police were on duty at the Newcastle Customs House this morning when 250 mineworkers marched from Federation House to the…

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