Miners Meet to Consider General Strike Discussion Is Postponed
There was a record attendance at the mass meeting of miners in the Trades Hall this morning, called for the purpose of considering the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1931
801 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 10 of 41
Control of Coal Industry Bill May Be Dropped As Federal Legislation Is Necessary
Cabinet has approved of the proposed Bill to control the coal industry. The introduction of the Bill,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Synthetic Petrol German Brown Coal Hydrogenation
Reports from Germany state that the manufacture of synthetic petrol in that country has long since reached the commercial stage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Mass Meetings Are Held in District
Following the mass meeting of miners in Lithgow yesterday to consider the question of a general strike, a similar meeting took place in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Search for Gold Prospectors Busy. Activities at Tucklan
The prospecting boom has started again, after a lu[?] during harvest time. Over forty men are sinking shafts around Tucklan and Sawpit…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →St. Aignan Mine
The “Australian Mining Standard” has the following to say regarding the St. Aignan mine at Lucknow:— St. Aignan mine for the time being,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining at Ophir
Prospecting on Doctor [?] All the [?] away with plenty of [?] overcome, but [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Still Some Gold Good Crushing in West Orange
After several lean weeks at the New Manna Hill mine, Sturt Town, a crushing of 20 tons yielded 18oz. of retorted gold supplied a net…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Manna Hill Co. 3oz Gold Per Ton. Lucky Tributors
The tributors of the above mine until several weeks ago has exper[?] a very [?] Then the [?] a crushing of 20 tons,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Portland Miners Favor Strike If 10 Per Cent. Reduction Granted Mr. Nelson Says Time Is Opportune
A mass meeting of the Portland members of the W.D. Coal and Shale Employees' Federation on Thursday decided in favor of a general strike…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Strike Mudgee Line Miners Decision at Mass Meeting
Mass meetings of miners were held at Portland, Kandos, Cullen Bullen and Lidsdale on Thursday, when addresses were delivered by…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Willis Is New A.g. Prominent Mining Official
The State Cabinet on Monday decided that Mr. A. C. Willis (Vice-President of the Executive Council) should be appointed Agent-General…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Blue and Gold Ball
A meeting of the Dunedoo Country Women's Association was held in the rest rooms on the 27th ult., with Mrs. Stewart in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Price of Coal Trade War Predicted MELDOURNE
In the Arbitration Court yesterday it was stated that Australian coal though once cheapest was now dearest in the world. A coal war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →City Council Coal Substantial Lithgow Tenders Recommended for Acceptance
Tenders for 165,800 tons of high volatile coal for the six months period commencing April 1, 1931, were yesterday recommended for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Search for Gold Two Thousand Men Engaged Old Ground Being Re-worked
It is estimated that in the area roughly bounded by Gulgong, Mudgee, Capertee, Bathurst, Orange and Wellington, some 2,000 men are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold at Arkell
The [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold in Orange Street
The aldermen at Tuesday night’s Council meeting humorously decided to merely receive a letter from a resident of Sydney, who returned to his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →4 Killed Tasmanian Mine Explosion Launceston
Four miners were killed in an explosion at the Seymour Company's colliery on the east coast last night. The men had just left the pit wen the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →10 Per Cent. Cut Opposed by Coal Employees. MELBOURNE
The application or the Commonwealth Steamship Owners' Federation for a 10 per cent reduction in wages was strongly opposed in the Federal…
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