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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 9 of 50

Complete Survey Of Western Miners' Health

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 3

Lithgow's maternity hospital, which was for years an urgent requirement, and now that it is a reality has been…

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Lithgow Miners Strike

National Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 4

LITHGOW, Wednesday: Miners at Lithgow Valley colliery (daily output [?]30 tons of coal street today as a protest against having had to strike…

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Timber for Coal, Steel

National Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday: Under trade agreement sighed yesterday. Finland will supply Britain with 190,000 tons of chemical wood pulp…

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Steelworks Colliery Remains Idle

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 2

Dissatisfied with the results achieved by their weekly one-day stoppage, employees of the Steelworks Colliery have decided to strike until the…

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Gold Coast Scot Regt for Africa

National Advocate · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday: A War Office announcement quoted by Reuter, [?] four [?] currying planes have arrived at Gibraltar to…

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Seven Western Collieries Idle

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 1

Seven western collieries were idle to-day as a protest on the delay in the introduction of amenities by the Joint Coal Board, while two others…

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Gold Coast London Demonstration

National Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 2

LONDON, Monday: Six [?] colored and white people [?] in Downing Street whils a [?] delivered at Prime [?]…

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Want Manager Back So Miners Strike SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 1

Miners at Northern Rivers colliery, northern district are on strike in support of a demand for the reinstatement of mine manager Mr. Saywell,…

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Three Western Mines Idle

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 10 March 1948 · page 4

Cullen Bullen miners are idle to-day and blame the manager of Invincible colliery for the stoppage. The men are understood to have…

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Protest on Miners' Pensions

National Advocate · Thursday 11 March 1948 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A Miners' Federation spokesman in Sydney to-day protested at the delay in promised amendments to miners' pensions…

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Coal Diversion Stays Steel Slump

National Advocate · Thursday 11 March 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Diversion of coal to the Newcastle BHP Works by the Joint Coal Board has alleviated fears of threatened reduction in…

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Bad Coal Why Bathurst Gas Supply Was Faulty Manager Suggests a Change

National Advocate · Thursday 11 March 1948 · page 3

In his report to last night's meeting of the Bathurst Council, the Gasworks manager explained the reason for the faulty gas produced…

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Joint Coal Board's School Term Camps

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 2

Gratified by the success of the scheme whereby children of mineworkers from the Lithgow district were given…

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Coal Board Costs £70,000 Yearly CANBERRA

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 6

The annual commitment of the Joint Coal Board in New South Wales was £70,000, the Minister for Supply (Senator Ashley) told Mr. Ryan…

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Coal Exports Stepped up in Britain

National Advocate · Monday 15 March 1948 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday: Fifteen to sixteen million tons of coal mined in the United Kingdom are to be sent overseas this year—ten million tons more…

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French Miners Strike 30,000 Men Out

National Advocate · Monday 15 March 1948 · page 2

PARIS, Sunday: The French Minister for the Interior has described the big miners' strike in Northern France as purely political and…

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One Miners' Union

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday: The only group of miners outside the Miners Federation will consider this week disbanding their own union, the…

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Cables in Brief Mine Strikes

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 5

NEW YORK, Tuesday. —Over one-third of the nation’s 400,000 soft coal miners are involved in mass…

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Gold Coast Riots Continue

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 2

ACCRA, Gold Coast, Wednesday. Rioting which occurred at Cumasi, 120 miles north of Accra on Mom day, resulted in several deaths. The…

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Illegal Gold MELBOURNE, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 1

Raiding a house at Essendon detectives seized more than £800 worth of gold Two men, describing themselves as jewellers, were later…

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