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

Mining & the mines, 1948

982 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 13 of 50

End in Sight U.s.a. Miners' Strike

National Advocate · Monday 12 April 1948 · page 2

NEW YORK, Sunday: America's month old strike of 400,000 soft coal miners is expected to end within the next few days…

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Miners' Privileges Tribunal Hearing

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: next Monday the Coal Industry Tribunal will hear the Coal Board application that the granting of annual leave and other…

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Slow Trains And Poor Coal

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE. Mond[?] Poor coal from New South Wales is the reason for [?]torain trains running behind…

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Man Killed in Mine Fall at Glen Davis

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 3

GLEN DAVIS, Monday: A man was killed instantly early this morning when he was buried beneath an…

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Vic's Slow Trains N.S.W. Coal Planned

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday: Poor coal from N.S.W. is the reason for Victorian trains running behind schedule, according to the Victorian…

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U.S. Coal Strike Move Towards Settlement Washington

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 2

After a two-hour session yesterday, some progress was made towards a settlement of the pen[?] dispute between President of the Mine Workers…

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No Coal Stoppage Till Miners' Leaders Meet

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Miners have been instructed by their leaders to continue working, until a decision is reached on the dispute with the…

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Miners' Pensions to Be Increased

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 8

The Deputy Premier, Mr. J. M. Baddeley, last night introduced a bill into the Legislative Assembly to increase mineworkers' pensions by…

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Miners March Glen Davis Mate's Funeral

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 2

GLEN DAVIS, Tuesday: More than 100 miners marched at the funeral today of Henry Octave Wade (27), who was killed at the National Oil…

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Gold Strike Reported From New Guinea

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 1

PORT MORSESBY, Tuesday: Messages from Lac, [?]adang and other centres state that gold is reported to have been found in an area of the…

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Nazi Gold Loot Goes Back to Italy

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Tuesday: Gold worth 31,000,000 dollars looted by the Germans will be returned to Italy soon by the Anglo-American and…

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U.s. Coal Strike Settlement Doesn't Help Lewis

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Tuesday: Despite the settlement yesterday of the soft coal strike involving 600,000 men in the mining and allied industries,…

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Big Programme Of Works Outlined On Coal Board Funds

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 3

In addition to adopting a minute submitted by the Mayor and outlining the preliminary negotiations with the Joint Coal Board representatives regarding the grant-in-aid by that organisation to local government…

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Miners' Request to Coal Board

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 4

Representatives of the Miners' Federation yesterday asked the Joint Coal Board to withdraw its application to the Coal Industry…

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Wagga Gold Cup Meeting

Central Western Daily · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 8

Wagga Gold Cup meeting will be held on April 21 and 22. The Wagga Gold Cup of…

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Compensation Insurance Coal Board Asked To Take Oyer

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 3

The Miners' Federation has asked the Joint Coal Board to, take over compensation insurance in the coal industry ill New South Wales…

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Technical College Committee Meets Importance of Mining Classes

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 6

A meeting of the Lithgow Technical College Advisory Committee was held on Tuesday night, when there were present, Messrs. E. J…

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Mine Host Gallops

National Advocate · Friday 16 April 1948 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday: Mine Host (Coles) ran a sterling half mile in 52 on outside of course at Moorefield this morning. He galloped into a…

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New Coal Pact

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 16 April 1948 · page 5

The Joint Coal Board has agreed to shelve part of its anti-strike plans in return for promises made by tho Miners Federation, it was revealed…

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Agreement Stops Coal Strike

Central Western Daily · Friday 16 April 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: An agreement, reached between the Miners Federation and the Joint Coal board…

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