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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1954

1,307 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 66

Cockerill On Mine Conditions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 4

Mr. H. Cockerill said yesterday that conditions of mine-workers in Australia were superior to those of miners in…

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Seven Northern Mines Idle

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 25

Seven mines on the northern coalfields were idle today for an output loss of about 4200 tons…

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EDITORIAL Squandering Our Coal Wealth

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 14

FOR ALL the talk about oil resources and atomic energy, coal continues to rank, and no doubt will go on ranking, as the most important raw commodity in…

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LETTERS To The Editor Miners Positions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 2

A LOT has been written and said on the decision of the Northern Board of Man agement on filling the vacancy…

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Profits From Uranium Outstrip Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 6

LONDON, Jan. 20. A.A.P. —Striking evidence came to light last night of the way in which profits from uranium are…

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Australia 'Wastes 95 p.c. Coal'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wednesday.— Australia wasted 95 per cent. of its coal—the most important source of the country's energy,…

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Mine Seal At Lithgow Is Heating Up

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY: Since Monday, the temperature at the face of a seal confining a fire in Lithgow State Mine had…

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LETTERS To The Editor Miners' Post

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 2

MESSRS. Drummond, Burke, Orr, Mitchell and McGregor, of the miners' Management Board, must take…

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Pay Rise Offer To U.K. Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Jan. 21. A.A.P. —The National Goal Board yesterday offered miners a wage increase worth nearly, £9…

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Struck by Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 2

William Stevenson, 21, railway fireman, of Hobart-road, New Lambton, was treated by Maitland Ambulance and at…

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Mining Talks Next Week

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 2

Two important conferences connected with the future of the New South Wales coalmining industry will take place…

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New Coal Loading Plant Urgent Need

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 2

Newcastle Chamber of Commerce will press for early completion of new coal loading plant at Newcastle. The council of the chamber decided yesterday to ask…

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Mine Ventilation

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 12

COPPER CLIFF (Ontario).—An underground airway to funnel fresh air to workings almost a…

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Mine Worker Fatally Hurt

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 3

Edmund Avard, aged 56, of Rockleigh-st., Thornton, was fatally injured while working on the screens at…

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Cahill Backs Mine Sale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Premier (Mr. Cahill) has approved the proposed sale of South Clifton colliery. The Joint Coal Board,…

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Man Killed at Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 1

Edmund Foster Avard, 56, of Rockleigh-street, Thornton, was fatally injured at Kent Colliery yesterday…

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5 Mines Idle, Two Partly

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 6

Five mines were idle and two partly manned on the Northern coalfields today, causing a production loss…

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LETTERS To The Editor Miners' Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 2

IT was with great surprise that on January 21 I read Mr. Cockerill's statement which, in my view, was an…

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New Ideas For Gold Meats On Hot Days Cookery Notes by Elizabeth Sinclair

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 10

On summer's hottest days even a grill is not acceptable to palates which yearn for crisp, cold meals, so here are a few different cold meat recipes that fit in with any of your favorite salads:— Pork Loaf…

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Coal Bd. Member

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY.—The Minister for National Development (Senator Spooner) has announced the…

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