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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 37 of 50

Council As Purchasers of Miners Coal Tickets

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 4

A proposal where by mineworkers in receipt of coal tickets could redeem them through Council, either as part payment of gas accounts or…

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Coal Situation Position Improved

National Advocate · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday if supplies of coal continue to reach the Sydney County Council's power [?] the present rate there will be no fear of…

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West Continues Record Coal Production

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 2

No western mines have been reported idle this week, the three working days having yielded more than 38,000 tons. On Monday the daily output was…

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Slow Progress With Coal Board Amenities

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 6

Concern at the likely effect of possible delays in implementing Joint Coal Board-Council amenities proposals was expressed by several…

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Coal Freight

National Advocate · Thursday 16 September 1948 · page 2

Department of Local Government wrote to last night's Bathurst City Council meeting in reply to Council's request that representations he made…

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Gas may be Obtained from Brown Coal SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 16 September 1948 · page 1

Two German scientists, who were brought to Australia, say that gas can be produced from the brown coal deposits in…

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Lithgow Mine Drama

National Advocate · Friday 17 September 1948 · page 2

LITHGOW, Thursday: Lithgow workmates carried a 13 stone miner far a mile underground today after ho had been badly injured in the…

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Successful Blue and Gold Ball

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 17 September 1948 · page 5

The C.W.A. Younger Set Blue and Gold Ball in the Molong School of Arts on Tuesday night, attracted a large crowd of…

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Poor Coal Total Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 17 September 1948 · page 1

Thirteen mines are idle on the New South Wales coalfields to-day, bringing the week's coal loss to nearly 65,000. tons…

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Vale Miners Lodge Bans Pit Top Meetings

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 17 September 1948 · page 2

In future, pit-top meetings will be banned by the Vale miners. This was decided at the fortnightly meeting of the lodge on Wednesday night. Matters that may affect working…

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Lithgow Pit-top Meeting Banned by Miners

National Advocate · Saturday 18 September 1948 · page 6

LITHGOW, Friday: a step towards peace on the coadfields has been taken by miners at the Vale of Clwydd. They have decided to ban…

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Huon Only Idle Colliery

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 20 September 1948 · page 2

Huon was the only western colliery reported idle this morning, all other mines working at full production…

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Hard Work Agrees with Local Coal Authority

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 20 September 1948 · page 2

After an absence of nearly five months from this district, Mr. Campbell Roy, Local Coal Authority and Chairman of the Local Reference…

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Coal Tribunal Inquiry

National Advocate · Tuesday 21 September 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: The Coal Industry Tribunal today began an inquiry into last week's stoppage at the Richmond Main Colliery, which…

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Flat Rate on Miners' Insurance

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 September 1948 · page 4

From next month all N.S.W. coalmining companies will have to pay a premium of 17 per cent. on their wages for mineworkers to provide…

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Mine Leaders Ballot Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 22 September 1948 · page 3

Nominations closed today for general president and general secretary of the Miners' Federation for 1949-51. On present indications neither the…

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Electricity Break Causes Loss of Coal

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 September 1948 · page 1

A temporary stoppage of the electricity supply to Lithgow and district early this morning affected the output of collieries on the western field,…

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Huon Colliery Still Idle

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 23 September 1948 · page 3

Huon was the only western mine reported not working to-day, all other collieries producing maximum daily totals…

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Miners See Prime Minister

National Advocate · Thursday 23 September 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday: Officials of the Miners' Federation today visited Canberra where they, had talks with Federal Cabinet Ministers on problems…

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Matters Before Coal Authority

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 23 September 1948 · page 2

The Local Reference Board, under the chairmanship of Mr. Campbell Roy, met to-day to discuss a dispute from the shale works at Glen Davis…

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