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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 2 of 60

Country Gas Supply Coal Will Last

Central Western Daily · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Country electricity and gas undr takings are not likely to run short of coal before the miners…

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Open Cut Mining Is Discontinued

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 2

Pending a decision from the Combined Mining Unions Council to cover the whole State, the production of coal at Commonwealth No. 2 open cut will be discontinued, but loading from stock piles at Ben Bullen will go on…

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Gold Guilt Unlucky to Lose Ioof H’cap

Central Western Daily · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 8

Gold Guilt, favorite at 2/1, was unlucky to lose the main race of the day at the annual meeting of the l.O.O.F. Race Club at Orange on Saturday…

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Lithgow Mines Working

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 3

LITHGOW, Monday. — Open out mines at Ben Bullen and Lidsdale provided almost 1000 tons of coal for essential…

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Output From Open Cut Mines

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 2

LITHGOW, Monday: Open cut mines at Ben Bullen and Lidsdale provided almost 1000 tons of coal for essential services today…

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To Review Open Cut Mine Work

National Advocate · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The executive of the Combined Mining Unions may lift its ban on the working of open cut coal mines during the miners…

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Over 1200 Tons Of Coal Loaded Today

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 3

Maximum loading efforts at both Ben Bullen and Commonwealth No. 1 to-day made more than 1,200 tons of urgently-needed coal available to the Railway Department. Because loading facilities at Ben…

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Settled Queensland Mining Dispute

National Advocate · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 4

BRISBANE, Wednesday: An agreement was reached for settling the Tergowan mining dispute in Queensland after a three hours conference…

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Tennis Coal Board's Anniversary Day Tournament

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 4

Consisting of two divisions, the first Anniversary Day tournament for the recently donated Joint Coal Board trophies will be held on the…

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Mine Host Goes Well SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 2

Challenge Stakes candidate Mine Host worked so well at Moorefield to- day that trainer A. S. Croall has decided to run him in the Sefton…

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Ban on Open Cut Mining

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 4

The Combined Mining Unions' executive yesterday rejected a request from the Joint Coal Board for production at open- cut collieries…

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Queensland Mine Trouble

National Advocate · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday: The Queensland deal industry has again become [?] following a surprise development today in the mine dispute…

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Coal Stocks Position

National Advocate · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: The Joint Coal, Board expects coal stocks to hold out until next Monday, When the miners start work after their…

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Full Speed Ahead In Western Coal Fields

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 1

Enquiries this morning indicate that all is in readiness for the resumption of the N. S. W. coalmining industry on Monday morning, when all mines throughout the western field are expected to be in full production…

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Qld. Coal Dispute General Strike Threat

National Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday: The coal outlook in Queensland became worse today after the miners took further action. The central executive and…

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Miners Return to All Collieries

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 1

All western mines were reported to have commenced work this morning after the three weeks Christmas vacation,…

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Back to Work Today 16,000 Coal Miners

National Advocate · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: The, State's 16,000 coal miners will go back to work in the morning after their Christmas holiday break…

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Coal Within 24 Hours

Central Western Daily · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Joint Coal Board expects to have coal in essential consumers hands within 21 hours…

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Miners Resume After Holidays SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 1

Over 15,000 coat miners were due to return to work to-day after 3 weeks' holiday. Power houses and gas companies…

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Coal Rush This Afternoon Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 1

All mines, except two small collieries on the northern field, reopened to-day at the end of the miners' three weeks holiday…

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