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Mining & the mines, 1953

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Coal Board Chief's Honor 'Attacked' Commission Critical Of Written Statement

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 June 1953 · page 4

A direct attack was made on the honor of the chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. S. F. Cochran), in a written statement prepared by Norman Alwyn Wilson, Royal Commissioner (Judge…

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Nine Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday-- Nine mines were idle [?] the northern coalfields today for a Production [?]…

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Nine Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. --Nine mines were idle on the northern coalfields today for a production loss…

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Nine Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. --Nine mines were idle on the northern coalfields today for a production loss…

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Nine Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. --Nine mines were idle on the northern coalfields today for a production loss…

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Miners to Meet Soon

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Mon. -- Northern miners will hold area meetings this week to hear reports on the John…

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Coal Loading For Singapore

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 12

NEWCASTLE, Tues.-- The Japanese vessel, Tosho Maru, reached Newcastle early today to…

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Coal Loading For Singapore

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 24

NEWCASTLE, Tues.-- The Japanese vessel, Tosho Maru, reached Newcastle early today to…

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Coal Loading For Singapore

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 12

NEWCASTLE, Tues.-- The Japanese vessel. Tosho Maru, readied Newcastle early today to…

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Gold in Them Ditches!

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 4

NEW YORK, Tues. (A.P.).-- A "gold rush" began at Accomae (Virginia) yesterday when…

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Gold in Them Ditches!

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 4

NEW YORK, Tues. (A.P.).-- A "gold rush" began at Accomac (Virginia) yesterday when…

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Gold in Them Ditches!

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tues.(A.P.) . -- A ''gold rush '' began at Accomac (Virginia) yesterday when…

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Decline in Hungary's coal output

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 13

VIENNA (I.N.S.). Szabad Nep, central organ of the Cimmunist Party in Red Hungary,…

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Decline in Hungary's coal output

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 13

VIENNA (I.N.S.). Szabad Nep, central organ of the Communlst Party in Red Hungary,…

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Miners to discuss long pit strike

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Tues.-- The 11-weeks-old strike by workers at the John Darling Colliery will be discussed by northern coalfield miners, at a series of area meetings. the first of…

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Stop Press Coal Board Chairman Gives Evidence

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 28

The chairman of the Joint Coal Road (Mr. S. F. Cochran) told the Doyle Royal Commission today that the board's chief engineer had…

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Strikes Cause Coal Loss Of 25,950 Tons

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 9

"Rolling" strikes on the New South Wales coalfields yesterday caused a coal loss of 25,950 tons…

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Newcastle Obtains 100,000-T0n Coal Order From Korea

The Sun · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 9

While NSW has lost 300,000 tons of coal output in 10 weeks through rolling strikes, news came today of two new export markets for coal in Korea and Singapore. 100,000 tons of coal is…

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Story of Canberra "Pressure" Commission told of mining firm's contract

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 9

A witness told the Doyle Royal Commission yesterday thai the chair of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. Cochran) had asked him to withdraw objections to a coal contract because of "heavy pressure from Canberra."…

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Eight Died in 60-Years Search for Lost Gold of Murdered Man Daily Mirror Special Feature

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 15

ONE sweltering afternoon late in 1929 a small party of white men, led by an aboriginal guide, pushed slowly through tangled vegetation in the foothills of the wild IIwraith Range in Australia's Cape…

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