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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1954

1,307 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 39 of 66

Coal Company Dividend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 11

A final ordinary dividend at the unchanged rate of 10 per cent per annum for the half-year to June 30, 1954, will be…

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Mines Idle In North

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 3

Mines reported idle over the margins issue were Aberdare, Aberdare Central, Aberdare North,…

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No State Mine At Cessnock

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—State Cabinet decided to-day not to acquire certain holdings at Cessnock for a State coalmine…

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Miners, Margins And A.C.T.U.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 2

The lengthy resolution submitted for the consideration of miners at this morning's pit-top meetings…

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Police Seize Gold At Pistol Point

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Police seized £1600 worth of allegedly stolen gold at pistol point in a roadblock on Omeo…

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43 Mines Idle On Margins

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 August 1954 · page 1

Forty-three mines were idle in New South Wales yesterday on the margins issue. Production loss was…

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Men Remanded On Gold Count

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 August 1954 · page 13

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—In Omne Court to-day two men were remanded on a charge of having had…

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Four More Gold Medals At Games

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 August 1954 · page 3

VANCOUVER, Wed. (O.S.R. and A.A.P:) Australia's bag at the Empire Games today, with events still in progress, was four gold medals, two silver medals, and one bronze. Most spectacular win was…

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Inspection's By Mines Minister

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 6

SYDNEY. — When the Minister for Mines (Mr. Gollan) visits the State coal mines at Awaba and…

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Mines Idle Over Margins

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 2

Abermain and Cessnock No. 1 mines were idle yesterday on the margins issue. The coal production loss was 2500 tons…

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Glitter Of Gold Faded

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 6

SAN FRANCISCO, Thurs. (O.S.R.) — Glenn Aiken, operating a bulldozer in a residential…

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Big Coal Loss From Creep

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 3

About 2 million tons of coal had been lost because a creep blocked all access roads to a pit fire, Mr. J. Barrett said last night. Mr. Barrett miners'…

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No Coal Ship For Tasmania

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday.—Gas coal was available at Newcastle, but there was no shipping to transport it to…

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Gold And Dollar Reserve Fall

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 4

LONDON, August 5. A.A.P.—The Treasury announced yesterday that Britain's gold and dollar reserves fell by 4…

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Week's Coal Loss 50,000 Tons

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 2

Strikes on the northern coalfields this week cost well over 50,000 tons of coal output, making it one of the worst working weeks of the year…

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Miners Hurt In Falls At Two Pits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 2

Two men at Stockton Bore, hole mine and one in Pacific colliery, were injured by falls of coal yesterday…

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Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1954 · page 8

The public issue by Clarence River Basin Oil Exploration N.L. closed on Tuesday heavily over-subscribed…

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Minister For Mines Gives Reply

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1954 · page 17

LITHGOW, Friday.—The Minister for Mines (Mr. Gollan) said to-day that he could not treat seriously criticism by…

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U.s. Coal for Foreign Aid

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1954 · page 3

WASHINGTON, August 6. A.A.P.—Mr. Harold Stassen, the Foreign Operations Administrator, announced that the United States intended to distribute 10 million tons…

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4 Mines Idle In North From Disputes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1954 · page 7

Four mines were idle in the North yesterday for a coal production loss of 5700 tons. Idle mines were Abermain,…

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