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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 2 of 42

Western Miners Need Bike Tyres

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 2

Officials of the Miners' Federation have approached the Minister for Supply and Shipping, Senator Ashley, in an endeavor to secure further…

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Another Good Effort By Western Miners

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 2

Approximately 48,900 tons of coal were produced in the western district tills week, which was a particularly good effort…

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Unemployment in Germany Lack of Coal Responsible PARIS

National Advocate · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 1

The World Federation of Trade Unions conference on coal at its closing session last night adopted u resolution that compulsory work in…

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Negotiations Continue in Gas Disputes Federal Intervention Deferred Melbourne Women Offer to Load Coal Sydney, Friday

National Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 2

There are no immediate prospects of a settlement of the gas disputes in Sydney and Melbourne. In Melbourne today, the compulsory…

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Invincible Is Only Idle Colliery

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 2

Invincible colliery was idle to-day as the result of a dispute concerning the payment of compensation for skips lost due to faulty ventilation…

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Communists And The Miners

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 2

Says the "Herald".--First shots in the campaign to remove Communists from executive office in the Miners' Federation have been fired by the…

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Miners May Get Their Tyres

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 2

Advice was received at the weekend from Mr. Hamilton Knight, Minister for Labor and Industry, by the secretary of the Lithgow branch of…

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No Coal Available In Bitter German Winter LONDON

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 1

The coal position in Germany is becoming gradually worse. Millions of people have no fuel and deaths from freezing and…

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Western District Mining Matters

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 2

Invincible colliery, which was idle on Monday, owing to a dispute concerning the payment for skips lost due to faulty ventilation, was idle…

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No Meat; No Coal ? SYDNEY

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 1

Miner [?] the Minister for Labor and [?] (Mr [?] stoppages would take [?]…

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Meat Strike Continues Complaint by Mine Workers

National Advocate · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Only about 87 of the 1250 retail butcher shops in Sydney, opened their doors today A spokesman for the Master…

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Rich Gold Find on Old Workings

National Advocate · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 1

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday: Forty years ago the man who prospected the Rich Emu gold mine, near Menzies, dug a small refuse hole…

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Coal Cuts to Favor Britain’s ‘Importance’ Jobs London

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 1

Owing to the increased consumption of coal in Britain, especially for electricity, the Government has decided to cut…

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Big Legal Battle U.S. Mine Case Starts Washington

National Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 2

The court fight between miners' leader John L. Lewis and the Government began in the Supreme Court yesterday…

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Western Mining Matters

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 2

Western Main colliery was idle today as the result of dust being sucked by fans into the tunnel from the nearby road, the surface of which…

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Struck a Mine, OPEN[?]AGES

Central Western Daily · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 1

[?] only last year, the 8000 ton tanker. British Earl had to be branched after striking a mine off Denmark. while enroute to…

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Open-Cut Mine Idle Owing to Payment Dispute

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 1

Commonwealth No. 2 open-cut mine, controlled by the Coal Commission, and which ceased work on Friday afternoon as the result of a…

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COAL [?] in Britain Serious Effect on Heavy Industries, LONDON

National Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1947 · page 2

A spokesman of the British Iron and Steel Federation says that coal allocations to the industry, are being cut by one quarter from today…

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Threat of Coal Stoppages Miners Want Increased Safety

National Advocate · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Stoppages on ill NSW coalfields would take place unless the State Government amended the Coal Mines Regulations Act…

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Vale Miners' Social Activities

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 5

Vale of Clwydd miners resumed their social functions after a lapse of a couple of years, when a most successful smoke was conducted in…

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