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Mining & the mines, 1952

3,110 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 156

Books Slash Price of Fox Gold-- Track Dead

The Sun · Tuesday 29 April 1952 · page 28

Fox Gold has firmed to half his original price for tomorrow's Denman Stakes at Randwick. Last Friday, before the meeting was postponed, he was a comparative outsider…

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Output improves at collieries

The Sun · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 27

Rate of production at the Aberdare Extended Colliery is showing gratifying increase, said the chairman of…

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Newcastle Coal Shipments

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 1

A total of 71,900 tons of coal was shipped from Newcastle to interstate ports and Sydney during the week ended April 19…

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Coal Board Post

The Sun · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 13

Chief Inspector of Coalmines D. T. Brewster will be appointed to the vacancy on the Joint Coal…

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Coal Co's Higher Div

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 16

Jessnock Collieries Ltd. has raised the interim dividend for the half-year to 4 per cent…

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Coal Co's Higher Div

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 16

Jessnock Collieries Ltd. has raised the interim dividend for the half-year to 4 per cent…

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For Coal Board Job

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 3

The Chief Inspector of New South Wales Coal Mines (Mr. D. T. Brewster) will be appointed…

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For Coal Board Job

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 3

The Chief Inspector of New South Wales Coal Mines (Mr. D. T. Brewster) will be appointed…

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Ships for Callide Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 1

The Commonwealth Government has agreed to charter "River" class ships to Thiess Bros. Pty. Ltd., to carry Callide…

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Coal Co's Higher Div

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 16

Jessnock Collieries Ltd. has raised the in interim dividend for the half-year to 4 per cent…

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For Coal Board Job

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 3

The Chief Inspector of New South Wales Coal Mines (Mr. D. T. Brewster) will be appointed…

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Coal Co's Higher Div

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 16

Cessnock Collieries Ltd. has raised the interim dividend for the half-year to 4 per cent…

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Coal Co's Higher Div

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 16

Cessnock Collieries Ltd. has raised the interim dividend for the half-year to 4 per cent…

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Miners Protest on Germ War

Tribune · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 8

SOUTH BULLI miners at a pittop meeting last week over whelmingly carried a resolution—to be sent to President Truman, the…

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Miners strike over "no work" whistle

The Sun · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 9

More than half western coal mines are idle today, in protest against the "no work" whistle…

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Gold Co. Plans New Issue

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 8

North Deborah Mining Co. N.L., Bendigo, proposes a new issue, on a 16-for-100 basis, of 2/6 fully paid shares at a premium of 2/6…

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“Spirit of Progress” Locos. Go Back to Coal

Construction · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 2

The Victorian Railways are converting their locomotives back to coal because of the high cost of oil, the Premier, Mr. McDonald, announced…

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Further loss by gold mine

The Sun · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 43

LONDON, Thursday. -- General expenditure by Gold Fields Australian Development Co. Ltd. for 1951…

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23 Mines Idle Heavy Losses Of Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 3

Coal losses in N.S.W. mines yesterday were the heaviest for any single day this year…

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Coal Costs "Fantastic"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 6

Inescapable advanees in coal prices appeared likely to continue, because of the "fantastic" level of costs of production through incessant awards…

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