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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1951

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Miner Bound Over on Gold Selling Charge

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 4

GLEN INNES, Tuesday. — William Charles Collins, a gold miner of Drake, near Tenterfield, was bound over to be of good behaviour for five years when he pleaded guilty to a charge of selling…

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No Result of Rail Test of Bonalbo Coal

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 4

CASINO, Tuesday.—No official announcement has yet been made by the Railways Department on the suitability of…

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Miners Claim Disputed Allowance

Northern Star · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday. — As southern and western miners protested against the attendance allowance order today. 60…

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Future Coal Needs Depend on Open-Cuts

Northern Star · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday. — The Minister for National Development (Senator Spooner) said today that future coal…

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More Mine Stoppages Forecast

Northern Star · Tuesday 29 May 1951 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday.—A belief that there would be strikes in the future and a lot of industrial trouble, whether it…

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Casino No Result of Coal Test

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 29 May 1951 · page 6

No official announcement has yet been made by the Railways Department of the suitability of coal from the Bonalbo Mines for use in the…

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79 Trapped, In Mine Explosion

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday (AAP).—A coal face explosion trapped 79 miners behind a huge wall of thousands of tons of rubble at Easington Collery, Durham, at dawn today…

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Heavy Frost With Gold Snap

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 4

A heavy frost accompanied the cold snap which gripped the Richmond district yesterday morning, but little damage was reported. Frost in the Mid-Richmond…

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Mine Deathroll 18 Little Hope for Missing

Northern Star · Thursday 31 May 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday (AAP).—Only a miracle can prevent, the deathroll rising to 80 in yesterday's dawn explosion at Easington Colliery, Durham…

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95 P.C. of Miners Qualify for Extra Shift's Pay

Northern Star · Thursday 31 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — About 85 per cent, of N.S.W. miners worked 10 shifts during the fortnight ending May 18,…

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No Hope of Rescue of 58 Miners

Northern Star · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday (AAP). —Hope was officially abandoned last night for the 58 miners entombed by an explosion in…

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Three Killed in Mine Mishap

Northern Star · Saturday 2 June 1951 · page 1

PERTH, Friday.—Three m[?] were killed and one seriously [?] jured when a trolley tell 650 feet down an inclined shaft at…

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Protest Meetings On Prosecutions Action by Miners

Northern Star · Saturday 2 June 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—The central executive of the Miners' Federation today urged miners throughout Australia to hold pit top meetings on Tuesday to protest against the prosecution of trade union officials…

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Miners Recommend Gaol Term

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 June 1951 · page 1

LITHGOW, Tuesday.— The 20 miners at Clandulla colliery today rejected a motion of protest…

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Mine Search for Skeleton

Northern Star · Monday 11 June 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Detective Sgt. H. Cloke, of Wagga, may lead a search into an abandoned West Wyalong gold…

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Mines Officer May Be Stationed on Richmond or Tweed

Northern Star · Thursday 14 June 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Beach sand mining on the Far North Coast was a progressive industry and a good dollar…

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N T. Gold Thefts and Smuggling

Northern Star · Tuesday 19 June 1951 · page 5

DARWIN, Monday. — The smuggling of gold from Tennant Creek to Singapore and other ports in the East, via…

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Mines Inspector Sought for N.c

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 June 1951 · page 4

MURWILLUMBAH, Tuesday-The Murwillumbah Chamber of Commerce will ask the Mines Department to appoint a mines…

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Mine Stoppage, Protest Against Butter Shortage

Northern Star · Thursday 21 June 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Miners at six collieries on the Southern N.S.W. field stopped work today as a protest against…

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Miners' Federation To Organise Deputation On Food Shortages

Northern Star · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Central Executive of the Miners' Federation today congratulated Southern District miners for "holding pit-top meetings to discuss the alarming shortage of…

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