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

Mining & the mines, 1946

901 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 7 of 46

Invincible Only Idle Colliery

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 1 April 1946 · page 1

Invincible Colliery, where a dispute was reported on Friday, is idle to-day over a question of determining whether or not a particular…

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Miners and Deputies in Conference

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 1 April 1946 · page 4

At a conference of the Miners' Federation and Deputies' Association of N.S.W., in Sydney, last week, several important resolutions…

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Unrest Among Miners Union Official's Warning

National Advocate · Monday 1 April 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY. Sunday: Tension U attain mounting on the N.S.W. coalfields, according to the general secretary of lire Miners' Federation (Mr. Grant)…

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Gold Strike Veteran Prospector's Luck

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 1 April 1946 · page 6

Two aged prospectors have made a gold strike at Uralla, which they, value at £50,000. The miners, Mr. J. C. Smith, 80,…

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Oil From Coal Cessnock Proposal SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 1 April 1946 · page 1

A company, which has for its objective the extraction of ail from coal in the Cessnock district, is being formed…

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Mine Strike 400,000 U.s. Workers Involved

National Advocate · Monday 1 April 1946 · page 2

WASHINGTON. Sunday: After conferring with mine owners and union leaders today, the secretary of Labor slated that there was no…

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Coal Conference

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1946 · page 2

CANBERRA, Monday: An important coal conference was held today. Delegates discussed possible ways of avoiding further troubles in the NSW…

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Coal Output Industrial Barometer London

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 2 April 1946 · page 4

There are signs of real improvement in Britain’s coal situation, and the long prevailing loss of labour appears to have been arrested at last and an increase in the number of men going into the mines is now reported…

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Even Mines Idle

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Seven coal mines with a total production of 5500 tons were idle today. Six are on the northern field and one in the west…

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Conference Regarding Miners' Unrest

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 3 April 1946 · page 3

Future peace in the coal industry was discussed on Monday at two conferences attended by the Prime Minister, Mr. Chifley. No conclusive…

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Revival of Gold Mining

National Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The State Government had recently made a very substantial contribution to those who were endeavoring to exploit minerals…

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Coal Worries and Troubles

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 2

An allegation by the management of Kandos Coomber that the employees had introduced a go-slow policy and reduced the darg from nine to…

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Coal-carting at Molong

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 8

Molong Municipal Council is to endeavour to arrange to have its gasworks coal carted from the railway by contract…

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District Mining Matters

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 2

Wages rates will be discussed in' conference at Western Main colliery, on the Mudgee line, this afternoon by Mr. Ed. Mara, president of the…

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Two Miners Killed Broken Hill

National Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 4

Two [?] were killed this morning in [?] of five tons of mullock in the North Mine. They were working at the 1850-feet level…

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Another Lucknow? Reported Gold Find Near Orange

National Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 1

ORANGE, Friday: Mr. Ted Fuller 73-year-old gold prospector believes that he has found stone [?] a lease about two miles cast of Orange that…

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Prospector Predicts Gold Find May Produce Another Lucknow

Central Western Daily · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 1

At a spot, two miles from Orange, where he found three ounces of alluvial gold some time ago, Mr. Ted Fuller is now driving towards an outcropping of black rock, which,…

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Why Coal Is Short To the Editor

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 8 April 1946 · page 4

Sir,--It is pleasing to read in the "Mercury" each day that all mines are working in the west. But, I am sorry to say this, this is not true,…

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Mines Minister Claims a White Revolution London

Central Western Daily · Monday 8 April 1946 · page 1

‘There is much more to be done, and by the end of the present Parliament, we will have then achieved a…

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Miners Demand Concessions General Strike Likely If Not Granted Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 8 April 1946 · page 1

The compulsory conference of mine owners and miners began' to-day before the Central Coal Authority. Mr. A. C. Willis, chairman, said it…

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