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

Mining & the mines, 1945

588 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 15 of 30

Mines Idle

National Advocate · Tuesday 3 July 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY. monday: Loss of coal from idle mines today totalled 4.250 tons New disputes developed at Aberdare Stockton Borehole in the north…

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Miners' Conference Australia May be Represented

National Advocate · Tuesday 3 July 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY. Monday: The Miners' Federation is considering sending representative to the World Conference of Mining Unions to he held in…

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Coal Industry Control

National Advocate · Thursday 5 July 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: At todays meeting of the State Parliamentary Labor Party, the acting Chief Secretary (Mr. Clive Evatt) advocated the restoration…

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Jumped Rails Mine Locomotive Overturned

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 5 July 1945 · page 11

One man was seriously injured and several others had narrow escapes when the locomotive which was taking miners…

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Seven Idle Mines Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 6 July 1945 · page 1

Seven mines are idle on the New South Wales coalfields to-day and production loss for the day exceeds 8,000 tons…

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Invincible Indirectly Lays Three Mines Idle

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 6 July 1945 · page 2

Three more western mines are idle to-day, because of the dispute at Invincible colliery. They are Wallerawang, Western Main, and Huon…

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Coal Losses

National Advocate · Saturday 7 July 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: Loss of coal through idle mines today reached the peak figure of 7130 tons. The loss was 5700 tons in the north and 1430 tons…

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Mines Not Showing Profit Coal Commissioner's Statement

National Advocate · Wednesday 11 July 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY. Tuesday: The Coal Commissioner (Mr. Mighell today largely substantiated remarks attributed to him by the Premier of South Australia (Mr…

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Sit-down Strike Protest by Miners

National Advocate · Wednesday 11 July 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Miners at [?] No. 2 colliery on the N.S.W. northern coalfield are stag[?] a sit-down strike until their claims…

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Coal for Germay

National Advocate · Saturday 14 July 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Friday: The British authorities in western Germany have agreed to supply 2500 tons of coal a day from mines in the Ruhr for the…

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To-day's Coal Bulletin

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 16 July 1945 · page 3

A conference called by the Local Industrial Authority on Saturday to consider the Invincible dispute was abandoned because representatives of…

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Position in Western Mines

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 18 July 1945 · page 1

Three mines--Invincible, Vale of Clwydd and Renown Extended--are idle in the west to-day. Tyldesley, which did not work yesterday,…

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Rail Men and Miners Station Owner's Tribute a Tilt at the "Free Press"

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 July 1945 · page 4

Mr. Eric Eldrige of Berangerini Station, Hay, writes: "While the incidence of strikes is to be deplored, to pick on the N.S.W…

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Invincible Miners "Good Living From Rabbit Trapping"

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 19 July 1945 · page 1

In a statement yesterday the secretary of the Western Coal Owners' Association, Mr. W. F. McNally, claimed that miners from Invincible…

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Real Blackout Mining Mix-up Remarkable Position

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 19 July 1945 · page 11

On the western coalfields to-day, Invincible colliery, Cullen Bullen, is idle as a result of the local Deputies' Association…

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Rail Men and Miners Station Owner's Tribute a Tilt at the "Free Press"

National Advocate · Thursday 19 July 1945 · page 6

Mr. Eric Eldridge of Berbgerin Station Hac, Writes: "While the incidence of strikes is to be deplorted to Dick on the N.S.W…

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Miners' Central Councillor

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 20 July 1945 · page 2

Results of the ballot for the appointment of a Central Councillor, to represent outlying lodges, released by Mr. W. A. Gregory, returning…

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Miners' Non-fraternisation Ban On Deputies

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 20 July 1945 · page 1

The most extraordinary case ever to come before Local Industrial Authority, Mr. Campbell Roy, was heard yesterday, when, during a three hour conference, members of the Invincible lodge gave details of a…

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Spot of Rabbiting Striking Miners Man the Traps

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 23 July 1945 · page 6

In a statement the secretary of the Western Coal Owners' Association, Mr. W. F. McNally, claimed that miners from…

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Coal Gas Causes Explosion Two Houses Damaged

National Advocate · Monday 23 July 1945 · page 1

BRISBANE. Sunday: Two house at New Farm were badly damaged on Saturday after an explosion occurred in a sewer. The cause of the…

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