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

Mining & the mines, 1938

807 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 11 of 41

Miners' Demands And Also Their Preparations NEWCASTLE

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 9 June 1938 · page 5

The Northern Miners president, Mr. T. Hoare. said to-day that credits of £1,500,000 would be available to the Miners' Federation to finance any…

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Mine Fatality Strange Drowning Case MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Friday 10 June 1938 · page 3

Albert Edward Feeley (30), a fitter, of El Dorado, was drowned when a small boat in which he was working was overwhelmed by a fall of…

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Sunny Corner Mining Labor Suspensions Granted

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 10 June 1938 · page 2

After hearing evidence at Lithgow to-day on behalf of the lessees in which it was stated that certain leases were being worked, but until…

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Miners' Diseases Co-ordinated Action Follows Disclosure of Numerous Cases

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 10 June 1938 · page 4

Compensation officers of the Miners' Federation conferred in Sydney on Tuesday regarding compensation matters as affecting the mining…

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Dredging Results 2161 Ounces Of Gold

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Saturday 11 June 1938 · page 1

WELLINGTON Alluvials Ltd., reports that for the four weeks ended May 28 the dredge on the Macquarie worked 535 hours,…

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Prospecting Leases Granted Wallerawang Collieries

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 14 June 1938 · page 4

At the Mining Warden's Court at Lithgow on Friday before Mr. F.A. Hynes, Wallerawang Collieries Ltd., of Lidsdale, was given authority to…

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Unity Conference Western Miners' Ballots

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 14 June 1938 · page 2

Nominations for the position of two delegates for the Western Miners' Federation to attend the unity conference convened by the Sydney…

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Miners' Demands Owners Will Oppose Agreement Binding Until Next Year

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 15 June 1938 · page 3

N.S. Wales coal owners, says the "Herald," will probably reply to any request by the Miners' Federation national convention in August for the…

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Kalgoorlie Gold. Plane Brings £30,000. SYDNEY

Leader · Wednesday 15 June 1938 · page 2

Tbe air liner, Pengana, landed at Mascot aerodrome to-day with gold weighing 300 lbs. and worth nearly £130,000 aboard from Kalgoorlie…

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Repatriation of Unemployed Miners

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 16 June 1938 · page 2

In the House of Representatives:--Mr. Rowley James: When I asked the Minister for the Interior some time ago if his department would…

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Compensation Granted to Portland Employee of Wallerawang Colliery

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 16 June 1938 · page 3

A claim for compensation by Leslie McGuinness of portland, for a condition of fibrositis to have been sustained while lifting a skip at…

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Leadville Mine May Soon Be Working Shares Sold

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 16 June 1938 · page 16

IDLE for 12 months, the Mount Stewart mine at Leadville, which is owned by Messrs. Peter Smith and Louis Burkard, may…

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Grim Warning Coal Industry Strike SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 16 June 1938 · page 1

THE general secretary of the Mi[?] Federation, Mr. Orr, declared that if the proprietors caused the minar [?] over…

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Gold Rush But False Alarm BATHURST

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 16 June 1938 · page 3

Gold prospector and fossickers from all parts of the once rich Turnon goldfield to Red Jack on the outskirts of Wattle Flat, when a…

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General News Distribution of Coal

National Advocate · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 2

Owing to the indisposition of the secretary of the Bathurst Poor Relief (Mr. Smith), the distribution of coal as announced for 3.30 p.m. today will…

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Herbert Smith British Miners' Leader Dead LONDON

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 2

Mr. Herbert Smith, miners' president between 1922 and 1929, died suddenly to-day. He represented the Federation at many international…

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Preparations Miners' Claims Lodge Officials to Be Called Together

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 2

The board of management of the Western Miners' Federation, which sat in Lithgow yesterday and to-day, endorsed the business passed at the…

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Miners' Claims Are Fair and Reasonable Says General President in Lithgow Interview

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 5

"The development and extension of mechanisation in other coal fields is a serious challenge to the continued existence of the…

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Spanish War Germans Bomb Castellon Loyalists Still Holding On Chamberlain and Franco Mining Concessions to Britain London

National Advocate · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 5

Germany, the Spanish loyalists suggest, has navally bombarded Castellon, which despite rebel reports of its capture, is declared by the…

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Miners' Troubles Coal Dust Menace WOLLONGONG

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 20 June 1938 · page 1

AT a full conference of Southern District Lodge officers a demand was made that amelioration of the coal dust…

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