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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1951

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Coal Production Record Set

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 December 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—N.S.W. miners today set a new coal production record. They passed their previous…

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Reds May Lose Control of Miners' Council

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 December 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Communist control of the Miners' Federation central council may end on December 31 following announcement today of the result of the Northern Miners' annual ballot…

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Amended Coal Act Proclaimed

Northern Star · Thursday 13 December 1951 · page 10

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The bill amending the Coal Industry Act, which yesterday passed through all stages of State…

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Mines Minister Divorced

Northern Star · Friday 14 December 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The State Minister for Mines and Immigration, Mr. Joshua George Arthur, 45, was today…

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Superannuation in Advance for Miners

Northern Star · Friday 14 December 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Miners' superannuation cheques would be paid in advance for the Christmas period, the Minister…

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Authority of Coal Board Challenged

Northern Star · Friday 14 December 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Authority of the Central Goal Reference Board was challenged by colliery proprietors before…

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No Coal Board Report Release Till House Meets

Northern Star · Friday 14 December 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The annual report of the Joint Coal Board would not be released for publication until it…

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Reserved Judgment In Coal Industry Tribunal Case

Northern Star · Saturday 15 December 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Full High Court today reserved judgment on a challenge to the authority of the Central Coal…

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Coal Record Below Demand

Northern Star · Monday 17 December 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday—In spite of record coal production by N.S.W. miners this year, only 80.5 per cent, of the year's demand could be supplied, states Research Service in a report issued today. The report—"Coal Balance…

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Less Hours Lost If Miners Wore Nylon Trousers

Northern Star · Tuesday 18 December 1951 · page 3

LONDON, Monday (AAP).—A mining official wants Britain's miners to wear nylon trousers, and have mines provided…

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New Locos for Coal Lift

Northern Star · Friday 21 December 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Two new diesel electric locomotives which arrived in Sydney today aboard the liner Dorset, could…

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Rescuers' Grim Search for Mine Victims

Northern Star · Monday 24 December 1951 · page 1

WEST FRANKFURT (Illinois), Sunday, (AAP).—Grimy rescue teams searched deep underground today for victims of the New Orient mine explosion…

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Mine Disaster Inquiry Today

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 December 1951 · page 1

WEST FRANKFORT (Illinois), Tuesday (AAP).—Rescue workers, near exhaustion, brought out the last of the 119…

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