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

Mining & the mines, 1944

839 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 11 of 42

New Powers for Former Coal Board Chairman

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 4

Mr. Campbell Roy, Chairman of the Local Reference Board, has been appointed a Local Industrial Authority under the provisions of Section 33 of…

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To Meet Coal Shortage

National Advocate · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wednesday: The Transport Minister (Mr. Ward) announced in the House today that the Government had completed plans to…

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New Coal Grate Amazing Qualities

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 13

Sir Evan Williams, president of the British Coal Utilisation Research Association in London, probably raised great hopes in many…

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Coal Call-up Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 12

All vacancies in the Corrimal, South Bulli and Mt. Kembla mines caused by army call-ups will be filled on a roster system…

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Our Serial "Laracy's Pot of Gold"

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 4

So, when Laracy had thought it out, day after day, night after night, perfected his story, tested it, repeated it to himself in his thoughts until…

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Improved Mining Position Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 2

Plans to replace wheelers and clippers called up for the Army at South Bulli, Corrimal and Mount Kembla pits were made at a conference last…

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Our Serial "Laracy's Pot of Gold" Chapter 3. "Share My Pot of Gold"

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 4

As the astonished gaze of his three friends moved from the bushranger's face to the rapidly growing heap of fine yellow grains on the white…

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High Weekly Coal Output Praised Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 1

Only New South Wales mine idle to-day was Corrimal, which did not take part in the general resumption on the South Coast this week owing…

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The Mines Improvement in Output

National Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: The only mine idle on the NSW coalfields today was Corrimal which owing to labor probless associated with the Army call up…

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Our Serial "Laracy's Pot of Gold"

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 4

Laracy looked across the table with his bright blue eyes that had glittered through the slits in his mask at coach drivers over the sights of…

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Waterlogged Coal Problem of Recovery SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 1

Experiments are proceeding in connection with the installing of hydraulic machinery in a number of collieries on the northern…

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The Mines Only One Pit Idle

National Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Although owing to road transport difficulties Bloomfield colliery was only half manned, the only idle pit on the northern NSW…

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Wang Colliery Idle

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 1

Wallerawang colliery was idle today, the stoppage being due to a hitch concerning the, transfer of an employee to another mine…

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Our Serial "Laracy's Pot of Gold"

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 4

There's danger because the blacks are not always too friendly, and ye've seen something of the kind of white gentry that may make it interestin…

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Four Idle Mines Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 23 March 1944 · page 1

Four mines were idle on the N.S.W. coalfields today and production loss for the period is estimated at 3,240 tons. All southern pits were…

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The Mines Long Period of Peace Forecast

National Advocate · Thursday 23 March 1944 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday: Northern miners leaders Messrs. W. Crook (President) and W. McBlane (vice-president) in a joint statement today…

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Our Serial "Laracy's Pot of Gold"

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 23 March 1944 · page 4

Sam smiled: Laracy, humorously shrugged his shoulders in token of surrender, and raised his eyebrows in appeal to his benefactor, as much…

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Mine Pension Anomalies

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 24 March 1944 · page 2

Action is to be taken by the Western District Retired Mineworkers Pensioners' Association for an enquiry to be conducted into the…

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Don't Buy Coal Shares

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1944 · page 12

The Government would be mad to nationalise the coal mines, or take any hand in trying to run them. Coal mining is about the poorest way of…

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Our Serial "Laracy's Pot of Gold"

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 24 March 1944 · page 4

"It was the night before last that I left," he said. "There was plenty of fun there, too, huntin for the bushranger, Lone Hand Laracy. We near…

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