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

Mining & the mines, 1941

591 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 18 of 30

Fall Of Coal Engulfs Two Miners

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 25 August 1941 · page 2

A fall of coal at Renown colliery, near Cullen Bullen, early this afternoon engulfed two miners. Their plight was soon discovered, and immediately all available men in the mine were requisitioned to dig them out…

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Miners’ Bus “Spirited” Away

Leader · Monday 25 August 1941 · page 2

Strangest motor theft of the year was reported on Saturday from Kurri Kurri, on the northern coalfields, where a 20 passenger charabanc is…

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Coal Strike May Extend on South Coast SYDNEY

National Advocate · Monday 25 August 1941 · page 1

There may be an early extension of the Old Bulli colliery strike. Aggregate meetings of miners are to be held tomorrow…

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South Coast Mines Are All Idle to Consider General Stoppage Wollongong, This Aft

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 25 August 1941 · page 1

All miners on the southern Coal- field are idle to-day to enable the men to hold aggregate meetings at Wollongong, Bulli and Helensburgh…

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Coal Mines No General Strike on South Coast Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 1

The district council of the southern branch of the M[?] Federation that all mines on the South Soast with the exception of Old Bulls, will…

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Gold Salute Out for Six Weeks Through Injury Melbourne

National Advocate · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 4

While working quietly on the sand track at Flemington this morning. Gold Salute slipped and injured a [?]ondon. According to his owner,…

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Objects to Constitution Miners and Coal Commission

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 27 August 1941 · page 4

The miners representative (Mr. C. Nelson) has withdrawn from the new Commonwealth Coal Commission. The Federal Government appointed…

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State Miners' Gesture

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 27 August 1941 · page 2

Members of the State mine lodge, at a pit-top meeting tills morning, derided to give half a day's pay to those who did…

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The Tragedy at Renown Colliery Bodies of Entombed Miners Recovered After Long and Tireless Search Beneath One of District's Greatest Earth Falls

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 27 August 1941 · page 2

After more than 40 hours' feverish search and work, the bodies of two men, who were engulfed in a fall of many, tons of coal in Renown colliery, near Cullen Bullen, on Monday, were recovered early this morning…

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Fire At Vale Colliery Is Subdued After Hard Fight

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 27 August 1941 · page 2

A fire broke out underground in the Vale of Clwydd colliery yesterday morning, but fortunately no one was injured, and the outbreak was…

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Still Entombed. Two Miners. “Alive” Hopes Dwindling. SYDNEY

Leader · Wednesday 27 August 1941 · page 2

The hope that Nod Cameron (36) and James Young (43), the miners entombed at the Renown Colliery, Cullen…

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Coal Control "Bosh and Nonsense," Says Baddeley SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 27 August 1941 · page 3

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) to-day attacked the Federal Government for what he termed its interference with coalmining…

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Bodies Found Cullen Bullen Mine Tragedy Death was Instantaneous

National Advocate · Thursday 28 August 1941 · page 2

CULLEN BULLEN, Wednesday The bodies of Noel Cameron (30), married, of East Portland, and James Young (43), married…

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Miners' Pensions Unopposed in Assembly Need for General Extension

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 28 August 1941 · page 3

Employers should pay for depreciation of workers as well as of machinery. Mr. W. Davies (Lab.. Wollongons-Kembla) said m the Legislative…

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Mine Caves In No Hope for Two Men Entombed at Cullen Bullen Cullen Bullen

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 28 August 1941 · page 9

After dramatic night scenes at the pit mouth—miners working until they fell exhausted, their shovels pulled from their hands by…

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Gulgong Goldfields Newspaper 70 Years Ago

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 28 August 1941 · page 23

IN the first issue of a newspaper printed in Gulgong just 70 years ago and known as "The Gulgong Mercantile…

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Renown Colliery Resumption Likely On

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 29 August 1941 · page 2

It is expected that shiftmen at Renown colliery, where a disaster occurred on Monday, will be at work on Monday. Some of the staff have…

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Miners Pensions Government's Contribution Limited Extension Desired by Mr. Mair

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 29 August 1941 · page 5

The Government refused, in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, to extend the State's liability to contribute towards the cost of mine…

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Oil From Coal Proposal SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 30 August 1941 · page 2

The Minister for Mines, Mr. Baddeley, said today that the proposal for the installation of a plant to extract oil from coal is being examined…

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Miners' Help For Russian Comrades At War SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 30 August 1941 · page 1

The Central Council of the Miners' Federation has decided to impose a lew of one and a quarter per cent or the fortnight's wages of all…

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