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

Mining & the mines, 1939

772 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 16 of 39

Want Miners New Zealand's Position AUCKLAND, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 21 June 1939 · page 1

It is reported that the New Zealand Coal Mine Owners' Association and the Minister for Mines are seriously considering the importation of miners…

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Two Bodies Recovered from B. H. Mine Broken Hill

Leader · Wednesday 21 June 1939 · page 3

M[?]ll [?]ed s[?] the [?] south have now [?] [?] last night the body of [?]…

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Two Bodies Broken Hill Mine Disaster Search for Victims Broken Hili

National Advocate · Wednesday 21 June 1939 · page 3

Men engaged in a search for the bodies of four men killed in the South Mine have recovered two bodies…

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Mine Safety Prohibitions Numerous Including Smoking and Carrying of Matches Far Reaching Recommendations

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 21 June 1939 · page 2

Far reaching recommendations involving large expenditure are made in the report of the Royal Commission on safety and health in coal…

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Cullengoral Gold

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 4

FOR the week-ended June 16 the gold recovered at Cullengoral totaled 21oz., compared, with 101oz, for the previous period. It is…

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Gold Price Slight Increase

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 5

THE price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, ledged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended June 9…

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Lithgow Stores and Miners Dockets Executive Appreciates Full Co-operation

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 7

Bracey's Pty. Limited on behalf of the Lithgow Storekeepers, report that a satisfactory reply has been received from the Western District…

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Coal Combine Royal Commission Suggested Newcastle Experience Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 1

Mention of a combine in the coal trade was made by alderman Campbell, at meeting of the Metropolitan Water Board…

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Seek Australian Miners To Break New Zealand Conditions Wellington (N.z.)

National Advocate · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 3

The Coalmine Owners' Association and the Minister for Mines for concerned by the question of seeking [?]oal miners from Australia…

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Coal for Poor

National Advocate · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 2

Coal will be distributed by the Bathurst Poor Relief Society from 56 Keppel Street at 3.30 p.m. today. This will be about the…

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Battery Idle Though Use Wanted for Sunny Corner Miners Case at Mining Court

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 1

The Mining Warden (Mr. F. A. Hynes) at Lithgow today heard an application by Robert Forbes McLeay, of Bathurst, for forfeiture of a…

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Jewish Refugees. Brought Gold With Them

Leader · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 2

About 50 Jewish refugees, who are by the Marella to-day, brought bank drafts and gold worth £18,000 One Creche Slovakian possessed…

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Support for Miners Who Are Out In North

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 2

Wholehearted support has been accorded an appeal made to most miners' lodges in the western district by Messrs. M. Willoughby and R. Moody…

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Hospital Overcrowded State Mine Lodge Sends Protest to Commission

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 2

In a letter which the State mine lodge has forwarded to the N.S.W. Hospitals Commission the overcrowding of Lithgow hospital is…

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Jews with Gold Arrival in Brisbane Brisbane

National Advocate · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 4

Fifty Jewish refugees who arrived by the Marella today brought bank drafts and Gold worth £18,000. One Chechoslovakian possessed 409 ounces…

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Spanish Gold a Win for Franco a German Denial London

National Advocate · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 4

The civil tribunal at La Rochelle (France) today ordered the return to the Spanish Government of 9000 cases of gold and valuable held…

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"Laracy's Pot of Gold" (All Eights Reserved)

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 24 June 1939 · page 19

He smiled again as he listened to the careful description of the bushranger's dandified dress, his banditlike armaments, his expert…

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Miners' Lodges Northern Delegates' Addresses

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 26 June 1939 · page 2

Further support has been given the Pelton and Elrington miners, who are on strike, as a result of the appeal made to members of the western…

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Tutorial Classes Officer's Visit Enthusiasm of South Coast Miners

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 26 June 1939 · page 2

Mr. J. L. J. Wilson, assistant director of University Tutorial Classes, was in Lithgow today and visited Portland in the afternoon with a view…

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Miners Idle Note Found Broken Hill Hold-up Broken Hill, Monday. Search for Body LAUNCESTON

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 26 June 1939 · page 1

ALL mines at Broken Hill with the exception of one are idle today owing to a strike at the electricity plant. Over WHEN a woman's handbag, containing a note, was found at the foot of a cliff within a few years of the sea, the police…

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