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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1926

784 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 9 of 40

Coal Measure Old Prospectors Find

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 April 1926 · page 13

At the same sitting of the court an application was received from Mr. Mestern, for 6000 acres of land, owned by Mr. K. H…

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Mt. Scott Mine Early Start Probable

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 April 1926 · page 19

[?] Morgan the mining engineer [?] is interested in the Mount [?] Mine was in Leadville on [?]day and Saturday and directed…

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Relief Pay. Discontented Miners. Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 April 1926 · page 22

The action of the Miners Federation Council in refusing to grant relief pay to members in need is causing discontent in both the…

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An Ultimatum. Coal Strike Threatened. Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 April 1926 · page 22

At a meeting of the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemens Association, Mr. Gibson Secretary explained that by a ten to one…

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14 Days' Notice By Engine Drivers and Firemen. Serious Mining Trouble Threatened Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 22 April 1926 · page 2

Serious trouble is threatened in the coal mining Industry of New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania, by the decision of the…

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Earlier Cables. British Coal Situation "Delicate." London

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 23 April 1926 · page 4

A Labor amendment to abolish the military death penalty for cowardice or desertion was defeated in the House of Commons. The mover contended that it could…

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Late Cables. Coal Conference Fails. But Government Will Intervene. London, Thursday Night

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 23 April 1926 · page 4

Reuter, London. -- The conference between the coal owners and the miners has failed. The conference only lasted 70 minutes, but there has been no detailed statement to the…

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Breaks Down The Coal Conference a Serious Position London

National Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1926 · page 2

The conference between the coal owners and miners to-day broke down completely. The conference lasted 76 minutes. No date for another…

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Gulgong's Gold Deposits

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 26 April 1926 · page 6

WHEN the Minister for Mines was Inspecting a recent discovery near Gulgong the other day he expressed regret that there were not more men out prospecting in the district. That it fs a matter for regret few will deny. A declining industry is always a mournful…

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Lithgow Miners' Claims. Conference Next Week

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 26 April 1926 · page 2

A conference will be held in Sydney, on May 5 between the miners' representatives and the colliery proprietors, in order to discuss further the claims for increased…

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Government Will Aid Coal Industry. London

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 26 April 1926 · page 2

The Mines Department has prepared a scheme for a Government loan to the industry. This would be conditional upon re-organisation of the trade and the closing…

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Colliery Engine-drivers. Conference Adjourns Until To-day

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 28 April 1926 · page 2

It is not yet clear what will be the outcome of the notice's served last week on, the colliery proprietors by the members of the F.E.D. and, F.A. A conference was…

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The Coal Conference. Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 28 April 1926 · page 2

With the shadow of the big strike hanging over them, the delegates to the compulsory conference [?] into the Federal offices at the…

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Coal Strike Conference Abortive Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Wednesday 28 April 1926 · page 25

The compulsory conference held to consider the engine drivers ultimatum proved abortive and a stoppage at the collieries…

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Coal Trouble Conference Between Parties Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1926 · page 2

In an endeavor to settle a dispute which carries the possibility of tying up the whole of the mining industry Mr. Charles Hibble, chairman…

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Promising Gulgong Gold Mine

Leader · Friday 30 April 1926 · page 6

A show now being worked some six miles west of Gulgong, Camphell’s Reward, promises, on present indies[?]ans, to give a much needed [?] to…

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Earlier Cables. Coal Outlook Brighter. London

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 30 April 1926 · page 4

It is confidently asserted that a national basis for negotiations in the coal trade dispute has practically been agreed to. Mr. Baldwin was actively engaged all day in…

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Late Cables. England's Darkest Hour. Thousand to One on Coal Strike. London, Thursday Night

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 30 April 1926 · page 4

Reuter.--It is a 1000 to 1 on a coal stop page, was the opinion expressed by Mr. J. H. Thomas, M.P., to-night. The trade union conference carried a resolution that…

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Stoppage Feared Victorian Coal Mines Me Ro[?]

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 3 May 1926 · page 8

It is feared that the coal mines at wonthaggi Kor[?]. Ju[?] bunuah, and [?] will be forced to close down if the fourteen days…

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