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Mining & the mines, 1953

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N.V. mining extended

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 26

DARWIN, Wed.--The Northern Territory Legislative Council yesterday passed a bill which will…

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Minister Held Shares Coal Board Man's Story

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 4

Samuel Fogo Cochran, chairman of the Joint Coal Board, told the Doyle Royal Commission today he did not know, while the hoard was negotiating…

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Coal Board head questioned on Arthur's shares

The Sun · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 2

Joint Coal Board chairman Samuel Fogo Cochran told the Doyle Royal Commission today he did not know former Mines Minister Arthur held 22,000 shares in Constructors (Engineering & Industrial) Ltd., when the board…

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Coal Officer in Box Denial Over 'Statement'

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 4

Chairman of the Joint Cool Board (Mr, S. F. Cochran) told the Doyle Royal Commission today he had used the expression "If we…

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Minister Held Shares Coal Board Man's Story

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 4

Samuel Fogo Cochran, chairman oft be Joint Coal Board fold the Doyle Royal Com mission today he did not know, while the board was ncgotiating…

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Minister Held Shares Coal Board Man's Story

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 4

Samuel Fogo Cochran, chairman of the Joint Coal Board, told the Doyle Royal Commission today he did not know, while the board was negotiating…

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Big Coal Sale To U.S. Army

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 3

The Minister for National Development, Senator W. H. Spooner, announced last night that the Joint Coal…

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'Pressure' on Coal Chief Denied Q.C.'s Statement At Doyle Commission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 4

Mr. Gordon Wallace, Q.C., counsel for the Joint Coal Board, told the Doyle Royal Commission yesterday that the chairman of the Joint Coal Board, Mr. S. F. Cochran, would deny that he had asked N. A. Wilson, former general manager of N.S.W. Mining…

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Dispute over one mine is causing huge coal loss

The Sun · Thursday 11 June 1953 · page 27

A dispute over one man employed at one mine in the northern district is causing the greatest coal losses since the 1951 nation-wide strikes, and is threatening us once again with the mid-winter bogy of gas rationing. To date more than 300,000…

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Three Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 June 1953 · page 36

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--Only three mines were idle on the northern coalfields today, for a total…

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Three Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 June 1953 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. --Only three mines were idle on the northern coalfields today, for a total…

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Three Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 June 1953 · page 3

NEWCASTLE. Thursday. -- Only three mines were Idle on the northern coalfields -today, for a total…

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Three Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 June 1953 · page 3

NEWCASTLE. Thursday. -- Only three mines were idle on the northern coalfields today, for a total…

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Strikes Cut Coal Output

The Sun · Thursday 11 June 1953 · page 23

More than 22,000 tons of gas coal output has been lost this week, mainly by "rolling strikes"…

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Coal Loss Details for Tribunal

The Sun · Thursday 11 June 1953 · page 13

Coal Industry Tribunal Gallagher said today he proposed asking the Joint Coal…

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Doyle Inquiry Queries over coal contract

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 June 1953 · page 2

The chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. S. F. Cochran) told the Doyle Royal Commission today that Constructors Ltd. had no experience in open cut mining when it was…

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Doyle Inquiry Queries over coal contract

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 June 1953 · page 2

The chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. S. F. Cochran) told the Doyle Royal Commission today that Constructors Ltd. had no experience in open cut mining when it was…

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Doyle Inquiry Queries over coal contract

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 June 1953 · page 2

The chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. S. F. Cochran) told the Doyle Royal Commission today that Constructors Ltd. had no experience in Open cut mining when it was…

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Doyle Inquiry Queries over coal contract

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 June 1953 · page 2

The chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. S. F. Cochran) told the Doyle Royal Commission today that Constructors Ltd. had no experience in open cut mining when it was…

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Gas Coal Loading to Be Speeded Up

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 June 1953 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Thurs.-- Shipments of gas coal to Sydney will be expedited when coastal colliers resume loading at Hexham. At Hexham gas coal…

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