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,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Gold" Find by Police
Northern Star · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 5
MELBOURNE, Monday.-- Eight hundred counterfeit "gold" sovereigns and a quantity of coining…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Notices to Miners Withdrawn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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aust. Coal Wasted
Northern Star · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 1
CANBERRA, Wednesday.-- Australia wasted 95 per cent, of its coal-- the most important…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Colliery Sale Supported
Northern Star · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 5
SYDNEY, Monday.--The Premier, Mr. Cahill, has written to the Miners' Federation expressing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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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