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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1954

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Over £2M. From F.n.c. Beach Mining in Three Years

Northern Star · Friday 1 January 1954 · page 4

The value of the mineral sands industry on the Far North Coast of N.S.W. for the three years from 1950 to 1952 was £2,131,308. This was revealed by the Minister for Mines,…

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Gold Smuggling

Northern Star · Saturday 2 January 1954 · page 4

COLOMBO, AAP, (Reuter).--International gold, and currency smugglers are now operating on a big scale…

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Move Reported To Sell Coal Mine

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.--Negotiations for the sale of South Clifton colliery, formerly known as Scarborough mine, are reported in coal…

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Britain Gets Russian Gold

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday (AAP). -- Recent big receipts of Russian gold helped make December the brightest month…

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"Gold" Find by Police

Northern Star · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.-- Eight hundred counterfeit "gold" sovereigns and a quantity of coining…

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Miners Protest on Sale of Colliery

Northern Star · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Officials of the Miners' Federation will meet the chairman of the Joint Coal Board, Mr. S. F. Cochran, tomorrow to discuss the proposed sale of South Clifton…

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Cloudburst Floods State Coal Mine

Northern Star · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thursday. -- A cloudburst at Collinsviile to-day put the State owned mine out of production…

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Notices to Miners Withdrawn

Northern Star · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday. -- Dismissal notices given to miners at Hermitage Colliery on the Western field have been…

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70M.-ton Coal Output Forecast

Northern Star · Saturday 16 January 1954 · page 5

CANBERRA, Friday.--Australia must mine at least 70 million tons of coal a year --four times her present…

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Rich Gold Strike in Africa

Northern Star · Saturday 16 January 1954 · page 5

LONDON, Friday (AAP).--A gold strike described as "very rich" has been made in the Orange Free State, South Africa, Reuter's financial editor reported today. He said that the strike had…

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Mine Fire Burning for Five Months

Northern Star · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday. -- Another seal is being built in an attempt to halt a fire in the State coal mine at Lithgow. The Minister for Mines, Mr…

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Prosecutions May Follow Mine Report

Northern Star · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday. --The Attorney-General, Mr. Sheahan, will authorise the prosecution of two men following…

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Aust. Coal Wasted

Northern Star · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday.-- Australia wasted 95 per cent, of its coal-- the most important…

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Colliery Sale Supported

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.--The Premier, Mr. Cahill, has written to the Miners' Federation expressing…

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Effort To Expand Coal Exports

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday (AAF).-- The British Minister of Fuel, Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd, said yesterday that everything was…

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Mine Adrift in Shipping Lane

Northern Star · Thursday 11 March 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday (AAP).--The giant trans -Atlantic liners, Queen Elizabeth and the United States, were yesterday…

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State Coal Authority Retained

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.-- State Cabinet decided today to retain the States Mines Control Authority…

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Coal Payments on Weight

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 7

All coal purchased by the more City Council in future will be weighed on the public weighbridge at the…

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Grandmother's Gold Watch

Northern Star · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 2

A gold watch which belonged to her late grandmother, was Worn by Beryl Elsie Hines when she married Donald…

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U.K. Return To Gold Standard Welcomed

Northern Star · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Britain's return to the gold standard puts Australia in a very promising position, president…

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