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

Mining & the mines, 1949

1,185 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 10 of 60

Hartley Colliery Coal Wastage Story Denied

National Advocate · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday: The Minister for Fuel and Shipping (Senator Ashley) today replied to reports that 30,000 tons of slack coal were going to…

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Trade Barriers Hinder Coal Orders

National Advocate · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday. The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe reports that trade barriers and high prices are so blocking trade…

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Poor Day and Week for Coal

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 4

Together with the Steelworks and Hermitage Collieries, the State Mine, the largest single producer in the district, was…

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Deputies at Loggerheads with Miners Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 2

The hearing began to-day before the Chairman of the Central Coal Reference Board (Mr. Gallagher), of an application by the Shotfirers…

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Strikers Reject Union Order Northern Mine Dispute SYDNEY

National Advocate · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 1

The Northern NSW strike of dispute coal mine engineers reached its most critical stage today when the strikers rejected their union's…

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Gas Only for Few Days Companies Short of Coal

National Advocate · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Sydney's two ens companies have notified the Minister for Works (Mr. Cahill) that they will not be able to continue supplier…

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Miners Still on Strike

Central Western Daily · Saturday 19 March 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday,— The Chairman of the Joint Coal Board has convened another conference in Sydney in a…

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Men Defy Work Order Northern Mines Dispute

National Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: Hopes of a settlement of the mine engineer's strike faded today when strikers at Ces[?]nock decided to defy the order to…

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Coal Supplies At Bathurst Gas Works Sufficient for 12 DAYS

National Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1949 · page 2

Bathurst Gasworks has sufficient coal stocks on hand to last the undertaking for another 12 days after next Monday…

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Coal Strike Off Mines to Work Today Dispute Referred to Court Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 1

Production of coal in Northern N.S.W. should be normal again tomorrow. The amalgamated engineers who have been on strike for several days have agreed to resume at once and have the pits ready fro…

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British Coal Output Further Improved

National Advocate · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday: The steady rise in Britain's coal output was maintained last months with production increasing from 4,301,000 tons in the…

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Mine Engineers Return to Work SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 1

Engineers of 25 mines who have been on strike, last night decided to return to work. This will ensure better coal…

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Northern Coal Trouble Settled But Sydney's Gas Supplies "Weak''

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 1

The strike on the northern coalfields ended yesterday. The settlement was reached at a conference at Newcastle between…

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Sharkey Case Mine Unions Object to Prosecution

National Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: Six summonses alleging sedition have been served on the secretary of the Australian Communist Party…

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Mines Working Again Big Output Expected SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 2

All but four small mines are working in NSW today, and supplies of gas coal, being rushed from the northern coalfields should reach Sydney…

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Greater Coal Output Expected Miners' Conference

National Advocate · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday: The northern executive, of. the Miners' Federation predicts greater coal production following a conference at…

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Electricity for Clandulla Colliery

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 9

Last meeting of Rylstone Shire Council received a letter from Messrs. L. J. Reynolds, Son and Lees advising that it should be…

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Seven Mines Idle Yesterday

National Advocate · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday Seven mines were idle in N.S.W. today for the loss of more than 5,000 tons of coal. Six of the idle mines are in the north…

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Another Good Day for Coal

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 4

Again all western mines were reported working to-day, the fourth consecutive occasion this week that maximum production…

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Joint Coal Board Rehabilitation Camp

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 8

Mr. W. Lancaster, High-street, Portland, speaks in glowing terms of the rehabilitation camp conducted by the Joint Coal…

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