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

Mining & the mines, 1948

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Coal Board Housing Scheme Not Confined To Mining Industry Employees

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 9 June 1948 · page 2

Information to the effect that the co-operative home-building scheme to be launched by the Joint Coal Board would not be operated solely for the benefit of employees in the coal-mining industry, but would enable the general…

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Miners Stop As Protest

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 9 June 1948 · page 5

LITHGOW, Tuesday.— Conforming to their decision to have every second Monday off in protest to the Joint Coal…

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Local Rail Coal Stocks Low

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 9 June 1948 · page 4

Coming quickly on a high railway official's statement that coal stocks had "never been so low" in Lithgow, workmen were called into service on Saturday to shovel up scanty coal heaps which were lying in the sadly-depleted loco dump after…

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Council Submits Detailed Amenities Proposals To Coal Board

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 9 June 1948 · page 5

Comprehensive details of amenities Lithgow City Council plans to provide throughout the area under the Joint Coal Board's grant-in-aid scheme were submitted to the fortnightly Council meeting on Monday…

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"Never Enough Coal in Our Lifetime" Parkes Chamber of Commerce Discusses Rail Services

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Wednesday 9 June 1948 · page 8

"It appears to me that the Railway Department will never have enough coal in our lifetime to provide an adequate tram service in the West. Other means must be found to give the service that country…

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Miners' Pension Anomalies

National Advocate · Thursday 10 June 1948 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Miners' leaders today discussed: anomalies in the Miners' Pensions Act with the Premier (Mr. McGirr) and the…

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Coal Board Official Urges School Interest In Coal Industry

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 10 June 1948 · page 1

Hinting at extensive developmental plans for the western field, Mr. G. Sellers, Western Districts Joint Coal Board engineer, yesterday asked representatives of the Lithgow High School to take an active interest in the coal mining industry,…

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Rain Affects Coal Output

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 4

Steady rain during the week affected the coal output on the western field, open out undertakings being idle due to the muddy…

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Eight Tons Of Coal "Do A Skid"

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 2

Jumping to safety as the coal lorry he was driving slipped and overturned on the wet Lidsdale- road yesterday afternoon, Mr. Ron Reynolds, of Lithgow, escaped injury but saw the eight tons of coal with which the lorry was loaded scattered…

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Your Hollywood and Mine. Maligned Woman

National Advocate · Saturday 12 June 1948 · page 3

Cary Grant said shortly: "If anybody's entitled to say anything about Katharine Hepburn, I am. I know what she's like, for I've made pictures…

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European Coal Allocation Better LONDON

National Advocate · Saturday 12 June 1948 · page 1

Coal allocations for Europe for the, third quarter of this year indicate a useful improvement in output. European mines are expected to…

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Ship Hits Mine. Death-roll Over Hundred

National Advocate · Saturday 12 June 1948 · page 1

COPENHAGEN, Friday: Deathroll when a Danish ship struck a mine today is expected to be well over 100 drowned and killed by the…

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Only Four Days Coal Left for Railways

Central Western Daily · Saturday 12 June 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday. — The N.S.W. Railways are in a critical position for coal supplies. The Transport Minister, Mr. O’Sullivan, said…

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Coal Board to Give Miners Concerts

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 5

The Joint Coal Board, in co- operation with the Australian Broadcasting Commission, will hold a number of celebrity concerts, as part of its…

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U.s. Coal Engineer Visits Lithgow

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 2

An expert on the mechanical extraction of pillar coal, underground stowage and the effects of subsidence in certain mining areas, Mr. W. M. Merritts, of the Safety Division of the Bureau of Mines, Washington, U.S.A., is spending a few…

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Our Gold Returns

National Advocate · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Our Gold is back in J. Munro's care at Randwick after a spell. Other additions to Munro's team are two…

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Miners Out At Glen Davis Following Dismissal

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 2

When the acting manager dismissed an employee who carried tobacco underground yesterday morning, some 230 employees of the shale mine at Glen Davis walked out in protest, after asking unsuccessfully for the man's…

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Your Hollywood and Mine That Swim-pool Isn't Jean's

National Advocate · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 4

Characteristic of Hollywood is the fact that most of the beauties you see in publicity pictures lying beside or in their swimming pools, do not own…

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Rain Hampers Coal Output

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 1

Steady, soaking rain reduced Hie output of the western field this week, although all mines, with the exception of Ben…

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British Coal Expert Arrives

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 1

Mr. H. R. Brown, English coal expert arrived in Sydney by the Strathaird, yesterday. He will become principal research…

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