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

Mining & the mines, 1948

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Coal Losses

National Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Thirteen coal mines [?] in NSW today [?] output of 13,000 tons of coal. Stoppages this week have lost 22,…

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Miners Want Results, Not Appeals

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 2

Coal production plans for 1948 and amenities for mine-workers were discussed at a lengthy conference yesterday between officials of…

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The Steel Behind the Coal

National Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 7

Seconds only to the miners' call for men is the miners' call for stell to build the equipment which win make the miners' work result in a maximum tonnage of coal at the surface. British miners are as good as any; their natural conditions…

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Miners' Children Leaving for Holiday Camp

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 2

Miners' children chosen by the Joint Coal Board to attend the National Fitness holiday camps will leave for the city at the week-end…

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Good Morning ! Salute to Lithgow Miners

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 2

Salute the coal miners of Lithgow! After taking only a fortnight of their three weeks' annual holiday, men at Lithgow State Mine…

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1948 Coal Exports Begin Chemists Find a New Blue Dye London, Wednesday: Coal for overseas bunkers:—

National Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 3

On January 1, Britain began exporting 200,000 tons of coal a week, an increase of 8,000 tons a week on the figure which previously had been…

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State Mine Idle F.e.d. & F.a. Demand

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 2

The State Mine was idle to-day following a dispute between the management and the F.E.D. & F.A. in connection with the appointment…

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British Coal Output Increases Four Million Tons in Week LONDON, Wednesday

National Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 5

A further loss in 1943 for the national Coal Board due to the installation of more machinery and improved conditions for miners was…

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Coal Stocks Dwindling

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 2

Public Utilities and industries are in a precarious position because of strikes and breakdowns since the miners' holidays, says a Sydney…

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Miners' Pension Increase Discussed

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 4

The Prime Minister, Mr. Chifley, the New South Wales Minister for Mines, Mr. Baddeley, and Miners' Federation officials to-day discussed…

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Withdrawal Of Safety Men At State Mine

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 2

The State Mine was idle again to-day following a breakdown in negotiations between the management and the F.E.D. and…

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Four Hundred Tons a Shift From British Coal Cutter-loader

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 1

More than 400 tons of coal a shift is a normal output from each A.B. Meco-Moore simultaneuos cutter-loader now being installed in British coal mines. An all British machine it does away with shot firing in pits. It…

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The Steel Behind the Coal

Central Western Daily · Saturday 17 January 1948 · page 3

SECOND [?] to the miners’ call for men is the miners’ call for steel to build the equipment which will make the miners’ work result in a maximum tonnage of coal at the Surface. The cure is more mechanisation and more…

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Stoppage at Western Mines Feared LITHGOW, Friday

National Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1948 · page 3

A stoppage of work at every colliery in the western district is feared on Monday. There has been a dispute at the State coalmine at Lithgow…

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State Mine Compulsory Conference

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 2

The State Mine dispute has been referred to a compulsory conference to Sydney, scheduled for this afternoon, commencing at noon and under…

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P.O.W.'s and Gold Pass

Central Western Daily · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY. Sunday —A number of returned prisoners of war have offered to give evidence before the Blair, inquiry, which will…

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Miners to Resume Work Union Order Accepted SYDNEY

National Advocate · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 1

Miners at Stockrington Colliery who have twice rejected the advice of lodge officials to return to work, will be back on the job tomorrow…

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Warning to Mine Employees SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 3

If enginemen and firemen employed in N.S.W. mines carry out their threat to hold one day stoppages on Wednesday and Thursday this week the new…

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Gold Smuggling in North Sydney Man Believed Organiser CANBERRA

National Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 3

A Sydney man is suspected by the Commonwealth of being the brains behind the gold smuggling racker from the Northern Territory to…

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Mines Subsidence Act Question of Rating

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 21 January 1948 · page 2

A Public meeting to consider the application of the Mines Subsidence Act to Lithgow will be held to-night in the Council Chambers…

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