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Mining & the mines, 1953

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Huge Coal Stocks Ready

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Principal coal consumers throughout Australia would begin 1953 with the biggest stocks of coal ever. Mr. S. F. Cochran…

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Coal Loss

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1953 · page 2

LONDON, Friday (AAP): A loss of over £5-million sterling on colliery working in the third quarter or 1952 is…

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Two Men Trapped in W.a. Mine

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 2

PERTH, Tuesday: Chances of finding alive two miners who were trapped fay a fan of earth in Baddera lead mine near Northampton, 400 miles Norm of Perth, yesterday afternoon have…

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Untiring search for miners

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 1

PERTH, Thursday: Newly sawn pieces of timber fell this afternoon from the ttope in Bidden lead mane, Northampton, at a ipot "Where Herbert Augustas Coles, 44, and George…

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Two Hundred Chemicals From a Lump of Coal

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 2

Technicians of the Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Co. expect extract more than 200 chemicals from coal, reports a January Reader's…

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Increase in Gold Output

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 2

The Acting Commonwealth Statistician, Mr. S. R. Carver, said that the mine production of gold in October was 101[?] fine ounces.— an incease…

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The Gold War! Pres. Truman's Confident Forecast

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Fri.—President Truman predicted last night that the cold war would end with…

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Increase in Gold Output

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 3

The Acting Commonwealth Statistician. Mr. R. S. Carver, said that the mine production of gold in October was 101,594…

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New coal seam discovered

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 2

PERTH. Friday: A coal seam 37ft thick has been discovered in a new coal basin 7 1/2 miles northeast of Collie…

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Three Miners Overcome by Fumes

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Fri.: Three men were overcome by carbon-monoxide fumes while sealing off a small fire in…

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Vic. Gold Production Increase

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Mon.: Gold production in Victoria last year was the highest since 1947, the Minister for Mines…

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Mario Lanza "Because You're Mine"

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 3 February 1953 · page 2

The U.S. Trade Paper, Harrison's Report, has once again quoted "Excellent" of an M.G.M. film. This time it is for the…

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News From Group Mine. Harden May Field Only Second Team

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 4 February 1953 · page 6

The organisation for the Junee Rugby League will be set in motion to-night when the annual meeting will be…

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Mine Disaster

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 2

MEXICO CITY, Thursday (A.A.P.): Nine men were killed and 11 others injured in an explosion yesterday at a…

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Australian Gold Output

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday—Gold production in Australia last November was 82310 fine ounces, or 18.4 per cent less than the…

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Slight decline in gold output

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thurs.: Gold production in Australia last November was 82,910 fine ounces, or 18.4 per cent less…

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£2600 for 1953 Wagga Gold Cup meeting

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1953 · page 10

Total prize money of £2600 will be offered for this year's Wagga Gold Cup meeting to be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 28…

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Investigation of miners' funds

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: The Miners' Federation Central Council yesterday elected a committee of six to investigate the funds of the union's central office…

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Export Coal Markets Are "Dubious"

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: There was little chance of a large overseas market being opened up overseas for Australian coal this year or next year, a research Service report said tonight…

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Angles on Sport "Best ever" team—Gold Cup date—Cricketer disqualified

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 February 1953 · page 10

Who are the best 12 cricketers Wagga has produced This question was raised recently in Wagga. It led to no little argument…

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