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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1952

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Dispute to be Reheard if Miners Resume

Northern Star · Thursday 27 March 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Representatives of the northern executive of the Miners' Federation agreed at…

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Victoria Has 120,000 Ton Coal Stockpile

Northern Star · Thursday 27 March 1952 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Victoria has built up its biggest coal stockpile since February, 1951…

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The Feature Station Good Coal Stocks For Winter

Northern Star · Saturday 29 March 1952 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday.—New South Wales public utilities will have good supplies of coal in hand to meet the…

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Conference Soon On Mine Pensions

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Representatives of the Miners' Federation will meet the Federal Minister for Social Services,…

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Vic. Granted Licence to Import Coal

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday. — The Minister for Transport, Mr. Hyland, has obtained import licences for nine shipments of…

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Miners Urged Abolition of Q'ld Coal Board

Northern Star · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 5

BRISBANE, Sunday.— Abolition of the existing State Coal Board will be urged by a deputation from…

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Special Grant for Coal Ship Crews

Northern Star · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Federal Conciliation Commissioner, Mr. Hamilton Knight, today granted a…

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Miners to Send Delegate To Peking

Northern Star · Tuesday 15 April 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday. — W. Gardner, Miners' Federation central councillor, will be a member of a trade union…

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Coal Ouput Up 1 Million Tons

Northern Star · Saturday 19 April 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.— New South Wales coal production to April 12 this year was almost 1,000,000 tons more than…

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Coal Mines Idle

Northern Star · Tuesday 22 April 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Twelve coal mines were idle in New South Wales today for a total loss of 9730 tons of coal…

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Mine in Path

Northern Star · Tuesday 29 April 1952 · page 1

An exploding mine goes up directly in the path of a French patrol advancing in the Tongking delta, the great flat area stretching from Monday on the Chinese border to about 10 miles west of Hanoi. French troops have recently carried out operations to clear this area of numbers of Viet Minh guerillas…

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Alimony Security Sought From Mines Minister

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The former wife of Mr. Jeshua George Arthur, N.S.W. Minister for Mines, today sought £5000 as security for alimony in the Divorce Registrar's' Court…

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Mr. Brewster May Get Coal Board Job

Northern Star · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Mr. D. T. Brewster, Chief Inspector of coal mines in N.S.W., is expected to be…

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Miners in Stay-Down Strike

Northern Star · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.—Miners in the Collinsville State coal mine are staging Queensland's first "stay down" strike. The miners, who are waiting 700 yards down two…

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Women in Miners' March

Northern Star · Saturday 3 May 1952 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday.—About 200 miners and women marched through the streets of Collinville today in protest against the shutting off of the ventilation and lighting system in the mine where 150 miners are staging a stay-down strike…

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Miners Fourth Night Underground

Northern Star · Monday 5 May 1952 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sunday.— Without ventilation and deprived of electric light, 127 miners at the Collinsville…

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General Coal Strike Threat in Queensland

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 May 1952 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday.—The Miners' Union president, Mr. T. Millar, said today he would call a special meeting of the State executive when he returns from Collinsville to consider a general…

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Gold in Car for Liner Queen Mary

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 May 1952 · page 5

NEW YORK, Monday (AAP).—Customs officers are searching for a man who tried to sneak £63,393…

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Botany Bay to Be Large Coal Loading Port

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 May 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Flans had been completed for converting Botany Bay into the second largest…

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Gas and Coal in News Blame for Blackouts

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 May 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The present coal distribution system was largely responsible for power…

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