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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 17 of 50

Miners Advise Coal Stowage

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 6

Central council of the Miners' Federation yesterday decided to ask the State Government and the Joint Coal Board to investigate the…

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More Coal

Central Western Daily · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: The Miners Federal Council today adopted two plans to increase coal production in northern…

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Illegal Gold Trading

Central Western Daily · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.— Thomas Henry Arrowsmith 52, manufacturer, was alleged in a Special Federal…

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Homes Plans for Miners Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 1

A scheme, which will enable thousands of mineworkers to build homes during the next few years, has been drawn up by the Joint Coal Board…

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Again High Coal Output for Week

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 2

Lithgow Valley Colliery was again idle to-day, the second consecutive day on which it was the only mine idle on the western field…

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Lithgow Bus Ban Miners' Ultimatum May Tie Up Output

National Advocate · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 2

LITHGOW, Thursday: Miners on the Mudgee line have issued an untimatium to the Coal Board, which maytle up the [?] of the Mudgee find…

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Vast Home Building Scheme For Mine workers To Be Launched

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 2

A schema to enable thousands of mine-workers to build their own homes through co-operative building societies, specially formed for the purpose and sponsored and subsidised by the Board, has been announced by the…

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Contends National Coal Board Is Not Effective London

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 1

As the result of a disagreement, Sir Charles Reid, ex-miner who later became a director in a private company, has resigned from the…

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Federal Health Scheme Miners' Support

National Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: The Central Council of the Miners' Federation has expressed full support for the Commonwealth Government's medical…

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Resignation from British Coal Board

National Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1948 · page 2

LONDON, Friday: Sir Charles Reid has resigned is production member of the National Coal Board. "I have no confidence either in…

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Miners to Have Chance of Building Homes

Central Western Daily · Monday 17 May 1948 · page 5

LITHGOW.—Mineworkers are to be given the opportunity to build their own homes through co-operative…

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To Import South African Coal Local Shortage Claimed As Cause

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 17 May 1948 · page 4

Decision of the Victorian Government to import 9,000 tons of South African coal has a "very serious" aspect for New South Wales. The…

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Britain Exports Coal Again

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 19 May 1948 · page 1

To the Scottish Division of the National Coal Board went the honor of opening a regular coal export programme, December, 1947, saw the first shipment to Sweden by the s.s. Vestra, closely followed by two other Swedish collieries. Now this Swedish trade is…

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Thieves Ignored Gold, Silver

National Advocate · Wednesday 19 May 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Bars of solid gold and silver worth hundreds of pounds were ignored by thieves, who colselle open a safe in an office at…

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Bus Strike Likely To Prevent Mudgee Line Mining Stoppage

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 19 May 1948 · page 2

Lack of organised transport will probably affect the decision to hold the proposed stop-work aggregate meeting of miners on the Mudgee line this week. Because of the difficulty of…

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South African Coal Find CAPETOWN

National Advocate · Thursday 20 May 1948 · page 4

A new coalfield has been discovered in South Africa, announced the Minister for Economic Development (Mr. Mushet) yesterday…

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Coal Shortage Causes Big Rail Cut

Central Western Daily · Thursday 20 May 1948 · page 1

Because of the coal shortage them is to be an immediate cut of about 30 per cent, in all general goods rail traffic, the Orange Railway Superintendent, Roger Sparkes, said…

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Joint Coal Board Evolves Building Society Scheme

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 May 1948 · page 5

The latest reports state that the Joint Coal Board has evolved a scheme to enable thousands of mine-workers to build their…

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Your Hollywood and Mine You Can't Print That!

National Advocate · Thursday 20 May 1948 · page 3

And now for another angle on Hollywood, the newspaper or fan magazine, which is the most valuable controlled asset that the motion…

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Miners Ban on Buses No Transport For Strike Meeting

Central Western Daily · Thursday 20 May 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Because transport workers carrying out a black ban on a Lithgow bus Service, miners…

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