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Mining & the mines, 1953

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Thinks There Is Coal at Oaklands

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 1

Completion of investigations into the potentiality of the Oaklands coal field in southern N.S.W. was urged by the secretary of the Department…

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Miners hurt in blast

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday: One miner is in Wallsend Hospital in a critical condition, and another badly hurt…

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Big Loan Speeds Rum Jungle Uranium Mining

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 6

The Commonwealth Development Agency has advanced more than £1,100,000 to the Commonwealth Government in the last five months for…

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Increase in gold, dollar reserves

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday: The gold and dollar reserves of the sterling area increased by 500 million dollars in the…

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Sterling Area's Gold and Dollar Reserves

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 2

During June the sterling area had a gold and dollar surplus of 46 million dollars. The Gold and Dollar reserves therefore, stood…

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Plaza Theatre "Because You're Mine" Opens This Week

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 20 July 1953 · page 2

Mario Lanza, Doretta Morrow and James Whitmore are the featured artists in "Because You're Mine," the main picture on the Plaza Theatre's…

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Final of Eric Weissel Gold Cup Competition Next

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 23 July 1953 · page 10

On Saturday afternoon next the final of the Group Nine Eric Weissel Junior Competition will be played at Temora…

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Court Case After Bush Fire. Hot Coal Stack to Lunch-time Billy

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 27 July 1953 · page 7

A rabbiter, Stanley Charles Jenkins, seemed to get out of a Court case at Boorowa a few days ago rather easily…

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Cr. D. L. Browne Reports on Electricity Generating Using Oaklands Coal

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1953 · page 2

At last week's Shire Council meeting at Lockhart, a report was presented by Cr. D. L. Browne which read as follows:…

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Court Case After Bush Fire Hot Coal Stuck To Lunch-Time Billy

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 30 July 1953 · page 1

A rabbiter, Stanley Charles Jenkins, seemed to get out of a Court case at Boorowa a few days ago rather easily…

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Report About Gold Cup

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1953 · page 6

Cootamundra Race Club secretary (Mr. N. Pinkstone) said yesterday that he had received reports that the Gold…

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Two Killed in Disaster at Colliery

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 August 1953 · page 1

TAMWORTH, Tuesday: Two men were fatally injured at Preston extended colliery near Gunnedah today…

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Huge Coal Reserves

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Unmined brown coal reserves in Victoria exceeded 24,000-million tons, the Secretary for…

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Miners agree to pillar coal scheme

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: The Central Council of the Miners' Federation today agreed to mechanical extraction of…

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Coota.s Gold Cup Record, Deputation Waits, Good Shoot

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 August 1953 · page 6

The Cooramundra Race Club secretary, (Mr. N. Pinkstone) said yesterday that there was every indication there would be record nominations for the Gold…

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Mine Fire Kills Horses

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 12 August 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday—Between 21 and 25 hones are feared killed in a fire raging in the State coal mine at Lithgow…

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Mine Fire Out of Control

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 13 August 1953 · page 1

LITHGOW, Thursday—The fire in the State coal mine at Lithgow flared up again, today, and is out of control…

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1955 Gold Cup

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 August 1953 · page 8

Mr. J. O. Cox said at the annual meeting of the M.T.C. that Mr. Neville Armytage, had presented the Wagga…

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Free World Winning Gold War, Stevenson Says

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 31 August 1953 · page 2

In New York, Mr. Adial Stevenson said that the Free, World is winning the cold war and the danger of a third world war has…

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Mines Dept. Dismissal

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 3 September 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday—A Mines Department employee has been suspended from duty following an investigation into the…

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