Release of Called-up Miners
CANBERRA, Friday: The Attorney General (Dr Evatt) said today that coalminers who had been on strike and who had been called up for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1944
839 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 12 of 42
British Coal Dispute 25,000 Miners Likely to Resume Today
LONDON, Sunday: In the South Yorkshire coalfields dispute delegates representing 25,000 of the striking misters recommended a return to a swork…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Strikes End London
The Yorkshire coal miners returned to work today. There is now complete peace on the coalfields of Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Drafted Miners Work Return Permission CANBERRA
The leader of the Opposition, Mr. Menzies, said that he was not surprised at the announcement that striking miners…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Our Serial "Laracy's Pot of Gold"
No person less like Lone Hand Laracy, the bushranger, could have been imagined. He was dressed in typical miner's clothes, borrowed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mines Six Idle Yesterday
SYDNEY, Monday: Included in six stoppages on the N.S.W. coalfields today was a strike at Coalcliff colliery which a fortnight ago became…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Defy Association London
Although the Council of the Yorkshire Mineworkers Association instructed the men to return to the pits 25,000 refused to work…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Our Serial "Laracy's Pot of Gold"
"And now he's taken to murdering people in cold blood?" The girl in the hue sunbonnet beside the burly, bearded driver shuddered, and looked…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Pension Anomalies
It was stated at the Miners' Office this morning that in regard to the report of the mineworkers' pension anomaly in last Friday's Mercury…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Serial "Laracy's Pot of Gold"
Sam Hodge just had time to note that the muzzle of Sam's shotgun as it stood in its clips beside him was within a few inches of his hands as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Apprentices Won't Work in Mines London
It is estimated that about 50,000 men and boys are now idle on the Yorkshire coalfields. Twenty thousand Clydeside…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bathurst Coke Supply Demand on Council by Coal Commission
In a report to Bathurst council last night the gasworks manager. Mr. Ambrose state: The distribution manager of the Commonwealth Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Five Mines Idle
SYDNEY, Thursday: Work was resumed today at three northern and two western mines, but five other collieries were still idle, and production…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining Court
In the Mining Warden's Court at Bathurst yesterday Edward Douglas Davies was given authority to enter land owned by Austin Bros., of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jap Liner Strikes Mine. Chunking
The central newsagency reported that the Japanese liner. Nanhal Maru, struck a Chinese mine near Canton recently. and most of the vessel’s 400…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Serial "Laracy's Pot of Gold"
"Two down, an' t' other's as good as dead meat wi[?] him on his track. Listen to 'em go, master. Get down an' doan't let them leddies out o' the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Northern Mines Idle
SYDNEY, Friday: All south coast and western field collieries worked to-day, but five northern mines were idle or partly idle, the production loss…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japan and Russia New Agreement on Oil and Coal
LONDON, Friday.—Moscow has announced that an agreement has been signed between Russia and Japan for the transfer to the Soviet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Only Two Colliery Strikes Sydney, This Afternoon
Only two mines were idle on the N.S.W. coalfields to-day as a result of disputes, but another did not work owing to a mechanical breakdown…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Striking Contrast Miners and farmers
"The ease with which miners who so desire it can be released from the army is a striking contrast to the difficulty of…
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