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South Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1954

4 stories in South Coast's papers

High Seas Delay Coal Shipment; Bega Gas Fails

The Bega District News · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 2

Last night Bega felt the effects of the recent huge seas which lashed the coast, and the floods which devastated the North Coast and interrupted communications there, when the local…

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Gold Medal For Soil Expert

The Bega District News · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 5

Sir John Russell, O.B.E., F.R.S., has been awarded the gold medal for his work as the world’s leading soil expert. This…

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Princess Sees Mine

The Bega District News · Wednesday 16 June 1954 · page 1

Her Royal Highness Maggaret wearing a white overall and a miner's safety helmet, and carrying a miner’ lamp, is seen here as she left the cage spending nearly an hour below the surface at calverton colliery, near notinaham. with a miner’s pick…

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Gas Works Have Plenty Of Coal

The Bega District News · Tuesday 30 November 1954 · page 1

Having received a shipment of 195 tons of coal for gas making at the local Gas Works, the [?] Municipal Council has [?]…

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