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

Mining & the mines, 1947

827 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 15 of 42

Bodies Found in Mine

National Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1947 · page 2

NEW YORK, Friday: The bodies of five coal miners weer recovered last night from the scene of the Terre Haute, Indiana, disaster…

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For Mine Victims’ Next of Kin. New York

Central Western Daily · Saturday 3 May 1947 · page 1

Every family who lost last month’s coalmine at Centralia. Illinois. will receive approximately 4,775 dollars…

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Soviet Calls for More Coal to Speed Development

Central Western Daily · Saturday 3 May 1947 · page 7

MOSCOW.—The Russian Council of Ministers (Cabinet), blaming a log in coal production for delaying the nation’s…

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Mines Idle Today

National Advocate · Monday 5 May 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY. Sunday: All New South Wales mines will be Idle tomorrow when the miners will celebrate May Day. The first Monday in May is an…

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Royal Navy Helps the Coal Fleet

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 6 May 1947 · page 4

LONDON.—In their task of beating blizzards, gales and Icefloes in order to maintain a constant supply of coal from the…

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Miners Break Strike

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 May 1947 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday: Five thousand miners in the British county of Durham have set out to break the strike which began yesterday by men who…

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Weekly Pay Refused to Miners

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 May 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The chairman of the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. H. Gallagher) today rejected for the fourth time a Miners' federation…

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Barnsley Colliery Explosion London

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 8 May 1947 · page 1

Four rescue teams recovered the bodies of nine men from the Barnsley colliery explosion. Fumes hampered the rescue work and the last…

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Shortage Of Heavy Tyres May Close Western Collieries

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 8 May 1947 · page 2

Unless large stocks of heavy duty bus and truck tyres are made available in the near future by rubber companies and the Government, to transport agencies and collieries in the western coal fields, the buses and…

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Western Mining News

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 8 May 1947 · page 2

Tyldesley colliery which has been idle for two days because. bathrooms were unheated, resumed operations this morning, following a…

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Another Good Coal Output

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 1

Following on last week's splendid coal production miners in the western coalfield this week maintained their outstanding record of…

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Training British Boys As Mines

Central Western Daily · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 1

COAL MINING in Britain it being treated as a scientific and specialised job. Unlike the old days when boys were sent down coal mines at a very tender age and had to learn the trade by hard experience, today they receive a thorough course of Instruction…

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Threatened Another Coal Hold-up Claim for Better Conditions

National Advocate · Saturday 10 May 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: Production of all N.S.W. coal mines is threatened by a dispute in the State's eight open cut mines…

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Six Mines Idle Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 12 May 1947 · page 2

As a result of a strike of firemen six mines are idle to-day. The idle collieries include Ben…

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Enginedrivers Call Out Men In Open Cuts--Threat To Other Collieries

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 12 May 1947 · page 1

Coal production in the western district dropped by approximately 3,000 tons to-day when the F.E.D. and F.A. called all its members from open cut mines on the Mudgee line…

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Russian Criticism "Slaves in Mines" LONDON

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 12 May 1947 · page 1

The Russian paper. "Pravda" wrote a bitter article criticising the recruiting of displaced persons in Europe for work in…

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Gold Confiscated in India

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1947 · page 4

BOMBAY, Monday: Customs officials in Bombay, have confiscated gold bars and coin worth £150,000 sterling, the biggest haul ever made by…

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Successful Mining Application

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1947 · page 2

Complaints for non-compliance with labor conditions on gold leases 5236/7/8/9 were made in the Bathurst Warden's Court yesterday, before…

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Broken Hill Miners Receive Higher Bonus

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: Broken Hill minors will be paid a bonus of £8/15/ a week, or £l/15 a shift during June. The present bonus is £7/15/ a week…

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Mining Dispute Conference Today

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday A compulsory conference today between members of the Miners' Federation, and the owners of Abermain No. 1 Colliery,…

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