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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 8 of 50

Safety First in Coal Mines. Points for Miners

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 3

If a prop is required, set it before [?]ng the skip. Do not step across the cutter bar [?] the chain is in motion. Go…

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Coal Mining Matters

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 1

Concerned at the critical position of coal stocks and the daily interruptions to coal production, that has taken place since the industry…

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Gold Festival

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 2

The Rev. Douglas R. Stewart, of St. Andrew's Rectory, Hill End, is keen to assist Bathurst in its preparations to celebrate the official…

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New "Loco" for State Mine

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 4

Coal Board officials have asked the Department of Trades and Customs to facilitate the importation of two flame-proof…

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Lucknow Mines to Work Again

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 3

A new gold mining company intends raising £20,000 capital to recommence operations in 15 mines at Lucknow goldfields…

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Bureaucrats Lose Us Coal Says Western Association Secretary

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 4

Much coal was being lost because of "bureacratic" refusals of permits for building mine amenities, the secretary of the Western Coal Owners'…

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Miners' Help Gunnedah Memorial Baths

National Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1948 · page 4

GUNNEDAH, Wednesday: When permission was refused the Gunnedah Municipal Council to build memorial baths at Gunnedah, they asked the…

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"Enough Coal at Ulan for 300 Years"

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 26 February 1948 · page 12

In its report on the recent Ulan Scheme conference in Gulgong, a Sydney paper stated that following a luncheon prepared by the C.W.A.,…

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Conference to Speed Output of Coal Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 26 February 1948 · page 1

Representatives of the Federal and State Governments and the Joint Coal Board, mine owners and six mining unions are…

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New Mining Company to Work Lucknow Fields

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 26 February 1948 · page 18

If present plans materialise, a new gold mining company capitalised at £50,000 will recommence operations in fifteen…

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Our Coal Output

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 1

Kandos Coomber Colliery was again idle to-day, but all other collieries on the western field were working, with an estimated…

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Coal Loss Senator Ashley Alarmed

National Advocate · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday: The Minister for Supply (Senator Ashley) said to-day that the coal loss for the first six weeks of this year was developing…

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Urgent Coal Need Committee to Check "Alarming Loss"

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 4

A committee of six is to be appointed in a fresh attempt to check falling coal productions. This was agreed to in principle…

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Denied Buying Gold for Re-sale Dubbo Man Charged

National Advocate · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: A city jeweller who had complained to the police that he had been robbed of £800 in a gold deal denied in the Central…

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State Mine Recent F.e.d. & F.a. Stoppage Manager Not Obliged to Appoint Union Nominee

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 2

Refusing a claim from the F.E.D. and F.A. for the employment of an additional man as "pumpman" at the State Mine, in the place of a man…

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Gold Mining Lease Labor Conditions Suspended

Central Western Daily · Saturday 28 February 1948 · page 2

In the Orange Warden’s Court, Thursday, Mr. H. C. Cobley, S.M., granted an application for suspension of labor conditions of a gold…

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Medical Survey Of Western Mine Workers

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 2

Dr. W. E. George, Chief Medical Officer of the Joint Coal Board, this morning commenced a sample medical survey of 400 mine workers on the western coal field. The examinations are being held…

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Ponds Identity a Link with Bellmore Gold

Central Western Daily · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 1

Mr. Joseph Christopher son who died in the Orange Base Hospital on Friday was the second son of the late Thomas Christopher son discover of the Bellmore gold reef at Op[?]ir in 1862…

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Fatal Riots on Gold Coast LONDON

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 1

Riots have broken out on the Gold Coast (West Africa). At Acra. the capital, a procession of ex-service natives which was to…

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No Easter Trains Unless Coal Supplies Improve

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Special holiday trains will not be run during the Easter period unless there is a substantial increase in the railway's coal…

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