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Mining & the mines, 1953

2,937 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 147

Strike Threat By Miners' Council On Mechanisation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 May 1953 · page 4

The Central Council of the Miners' Federation decided in Sydney yesterday to order miners' lodges to strike if any attempt is made to extract pillar coal…

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33 Coal Strikes Lose 21,000 Tons

The Sun · Monday 18 May 1953 · page 3

Dispute over the dismissal of a man at John Darling flared into stoppages at 33 mines on the northern and southern coalfields today, losing…

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Nine mines closed today

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 May 1953 · page 11

NEWCASTLE, Tues. -- Nine mines are idle today on the northern coalfields for a loss of…

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Nine mines closed today

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 May 1953 · page 11

NEWCASTLE, Tues. -- Nine mines are idle today on the northern coalfields for a loss of…

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Nine mines closed today

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 May 1953 · page 11

NEWCASTLE, Tues.-- Nine mines are idle today on the northern coalfields for a loss of…

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Nine mines closed today

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 May 1953 · page 11

NEWCASTLE, Tues.-- Nine mines are idle today on the northern coalfields for a loss of…

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Nine mines closed today

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 May 1953 · page 11

NEWCASTLE, Tues. -- Nine mines are idle today on the northern coalfields for a loss of…

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Gas coal loss 3460 tons

The Sun · Tuesday 19 May 1953 · page 14

Gas coal output loss today was 3460 tons at five idle mines, following yesterday's heavy loss of…

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Gold Co's Assets Sale Delay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 May 1953 · page 6

Since Central Nell Gwynne Gold Mining Co., N.L., made a second liquidation distribution of 1/ a share the market for selling remaining…

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Free Gold Market Demand Strong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 May 1953 · page 6

Demand for gold in the free world market remains strong and will absorb all that is likely to be offered…

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Czech Coal Cuts Threat To Steel

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 May 1953 · page 24

VIENNA, Tues. (A.P.).-- A critical coal shortage is threatening to shut down the huge blast furnaces and steel mills of Czechoslovakia. The Communist Party…

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Czech Coal Cuts Threat To Steel

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 May 1953 · page 24

VIENNA, Tues. (A.P.).-- A critical coal shortage is threatening to shut down the huge blast furnaces and steel mills of Czechoslovakia. The Communist Party…

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Czech Coal Cuts Threat To Steel

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 May 1953 · page 24

VIENNA, Tues. (A.P.).-- A critical coal shortage is threatening shut down the huge blast furnaces and steel mills of Czechoslovakia. The Communist Party…

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His Pearly Gates are now studded with inlaid gold

The Sun · Tuesday 19 May 1953 · page 17

"I'm not retiring; it's better to wear out than get choked up with rust." This was Charles Henry Chapman's answer recently when I asked him if a report he had sold The Granites meant he was putting aside his pickle bottle of nuggets and his divining rod…

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Reduced Coal Shipments

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 1

Coal shipments from Newcastle dropped by more than half the normal export for the week ending May 8…

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Coal bosses plan trouble

Tribune · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 1

“IT seems that the coalowners, headed by the BHP, are determined upheaval in the coalfields, aided by the Industrial Tribunal and the…

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Threat to Gas Coal Transport

The Sun · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 13

CESSNOCK, Wednesday. -- Dismissal by South Maitland Railways Ltd. of a stationmaster at East Greta Junction may lead to a hold-up in gas…

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Threats in letter to mine witness

The Sun · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 1

A mine deputy has received an anonymous, threatening letter telling him that "picked men from the north" had been chosen to be his "executioners". The letter has been sent…

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12 N.S.W. Mines Idle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 4

Twelve mines were idle on the N.S.W. coalfields yesterday for a total coal loss of 6,670 tons…

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24-Hour Rail Stop to Block Gas Coal

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 9

A threatened stoppage tonight on the privatelyowned South Maitland Railway could block the movement of nearly all gas coal from the South Maitland field. The South Maitland…

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