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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 16 of 30

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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Two Mines and Invincible Idle

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 25 July 1945 · page 2

For the first time in many months Steelworks colliery is idle to-day. The men claimed this morning that the temperature in the bathroom was…

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“Socialist Spearhead.” Cleric Talks of Miners. SYDNEY

Leader · Wednesday 25 July 1945 · page 1

The Rev. Allan Walker, of Waver[?] [?] Church, and formerly a [?] on the Northern [?] where [?] spent three years [?]…

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Mill Revival Has Historic Interest. “Cross Roads” Link With Gold and Grain. (Reminiscences by Our Guyon[?] Correspondent)

Leader · Wednesday 25 July 1945 · page 4

When payable gold was discovered by Messrs. Thom. Lister and Hargreaves, Guyong and Byng were places of importance. Blackman’s Swamp…

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Miners Are Not Progressive, Claims Judge

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 26 July 1945 · page 3

Because the miners had successfully resisted the use of modern machinery to extract pillar-coal, the public had to pay higher prices for…

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Black Lookout The Cranky Miners Extraordinary Case

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 26 July 1945 · page 18

The most extraordinary case ever to come before the local industrial authority, Mr. Campbell Roy, was heard last week,…

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Unrest in Coal Industry Evidence at Inquiry

National Advocate · Thursday 26 July 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Coal owners had been living from hand in mouth since 1924, the superintendent of J and A Brown Airmen Collielies…

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Position in Western Mines

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 July 1945 · page 2

The general meeting of the Invincible lodge yesterday rescinded the motion placing a non-fraternisa to ban on the deputies, but the mine is…

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Correspondence Mining Act Anomalies (To the Editor)

National Advocate · Friday 27 July 1945 · page 2

Sir: Our Premier has for some time been writing a lot or articles, mostly in the country press about the crest things his Government has done for…

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Taxation Imposts and the Miners

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 30 July 1945 · page 4

A special method of taxing miners' earnings aimed at reducing absenteeism in the mines will be submitted to the Taxation Department by the…

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Must Wake Up Advice to Miners

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 30 July 1945 · page 7

Because the miners had successfully resisted the use of modern machinery to extract pillar-coal, the public had to…

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Coal Losses

National Advocate · Tuesday 31 July 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY. Monday: Coal production loss today was 13.025 tons. with nine mines idle. Burwood colliery in the north was idle because of an alleged…

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Coal Losses

National Advocate · Wednesday 1 August 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The coal production loss today was 1150 tons from eight idle mines…

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Western Collieries Many Claims And One Stoppage

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 1 August 1945 · page 2

As a protest against the failure of the heating system in the bath house at Tyldesley colliery on Monday, the mine was idle yesterday…

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Many Mines Idle Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 1 August 1945 · page 1

Mineworkers at the South Clifton colliery would not wait a quarter of an hour for their lamps and went home this morning…

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Low Grade Coal County Council Co[?]

National Advocate · Wednesday 1 August 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tu[?] Cr. J. C. Cramer [?] County Council today [?] coal shortage [?] to such an…

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All Mines Working

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 2 August 1945 · page 2

All mines in the Western area are working to-day and production is again over the 9,000 mark. Output is estimated at 9,030 tons…

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Elong Coal Survey Suggested

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 2 August 1945 · page 15

At its last meeting the Macquarie Regional Committee received a report from Mr. Mulholland, Government Geologist attached to the…

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Miners' Delegates to Conference

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 3 August 1945 · page 1

Nominations have closed for delegates to attend the National Convention of the Miners' Federation, to commence on August 20…

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"Epidemic" of Mining Mishaps

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 3 August 1945 · page 2

There was an "epidemic" of accidents in district mines yesterday, four occurring at the State mine and one at each of the Lithgow Valley and…

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