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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 29 of 42

Miners Approve ''Back"

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 3 September 1947 · page 4

Provided all arrangements are satisfactory miners in the western district are expected to begin "back" Saturday work on September 13,…

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Rain Restricts Coal Output

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 3 September 1947 · page 2

Heavy rain yesterday and today affected coal production in open cut mines in the western district. It was reported, this…

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Gold in Sunken Ships

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 3 September 1947 · page 2

Pure gold to the value of some £3,000, and believed to be lying in the battered hulk of the “Central [?] weekend in the…

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Death of Mining Scientist

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 3 September 1947 · page 5

Regarded as one of the foremost scientists of his age in the mining industry, Professor David Jones professor of Mining at Cardiff…

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Saturday Work in Mines Enginemen Demand Penalty Rates

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 September 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: NSW miners have decided by nearly a three to one majority to dig coal on back Saturdays to cover their Christmas holiday…

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Big Coal Loss

National Advocate · Thursday 4 September 1947 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday. Today's coal loss was again heavy. Fourteen mined were idle and it is estimated production was down by nearly 10.000…

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Rain Reduces Coal Production

National Advocate · Thursday 4 September 1947 · page 5

LITHGOW, Wednesday: Heavy rain reduced coal production at Lithgow, especially at open cut mines…

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80Ft. Fall Miners' Lucky Escape

National Advocate · Thursday 4 September 1947 · page 8

MELBOURNE. Wednesday: A miner who fell 80 feet down a shaft at Central Nell Gwynne mine tit Bendigo this afternoon had a miraculous escape…

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Yorkshire Mines Idle London

National Advocate · Thursday 4 September 1947 · page 2

With 29 Yorkshire collieries wholly Or partly idle, Yorkshire Industries have less than a week's supply of coal…

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Coal Crisis Extends in Britain London

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 4 September 1947 · page 1

With 15 more pits involved in the Yorkshire coal strike yesterday, 46 pits are now affected, including 33 where work has totally stopped…

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Yorkshire Coal Strike Is Big Danger to Industry

Central Western Daily · Thursday 4 September 1947 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.— Twenty-nine Yorkshine collieries are now wholly or partially on strike—more than…

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Free the Gold Appeal to U.S.A. LONDON

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 September 1947 · page 1

The British Foreign Minister declared yesterday that the £5,000,000,000 of gold bullion buried in the earth at Fort…

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Heavy Coal Loss 22,000 British Miners Idle

National Advocate · Friday 5 September 1947 · page 2

LONDON. Thursday: Fifty thousand miners are on strike at 46 pits and coal loss to Britain has reached [?] tons a day…

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50 Yorkshire Collieries Idle London

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 5 September 1947 · page 1

Only five out of 59 collieries on the South Yorkshire coalfields were working normally last night. Reporting this Reuters says that…

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Wages Adjusted to Colliery Mechanics

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 5 September 1947 · page 1

Referring to negotiations which had been made concerning payment for King's Birthday, work, Mr. W. F.McNally, secretary of the…

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Extra Leave Sought Claim by Miners

National Advocate · Friday 5 September 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: NSW miners are claiming they should be given five days extra leave at Christmas now they have volunteered to work…

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Week's Coal Total Nears 60,000 Tons

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 5 September 1947 · page 2

With all mines in the western district in full production today the estimated coal output was 10,450 tons, Heavy…

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Mining Ministers Meet Deputation with Sympathy

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 5 September 1947 · page 2

Both the Premier, Mr. James McGirr, and the Minister for Labor and Industry, Mr. Hamilton Knight, were very sympathetic in their approach…

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Students Heard Long Distance Medical Advice Saw Mines and Miners at Work

Central Western Daily · Saturday 6 September 1947 · page 1

Fifteen Orange students, and two teachers, from the Orange Technical College, who were visiting Broken Hill on a tour of inspection, listened to the “Flying Decatur” give medical advise to patients two and three hundred miler away…

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Mining Warden's Court

National Advocate · Saturday 6 September 1947 · page 2

An application by John Phillip Hall for suspension of labor conditions on G.L. 5496 Parish of Sofala, County of Roxburgh was granted for six months…

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