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

Mining & the mines, 1949

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Miners Resume Sydney, Monday

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 1

All but two mines are working to-day and by rail and sea almost 55,000 tons of coal will be rushed to essential services…

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Britain To Increase Coal Output

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 2

LONDON, Monday: Britain plans to increase her steel production capacity from 14 million tons to 18 million tons within the next five years…

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Kemeira Inquiry Miners Oppose Appearance of Counsel

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: The Kemeira tunnel inquiry opened at the Arbitration Court in Sydney this afternoon, Mr. Justice Kelly of the…

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Eight Mines Idle Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 1

Eight mines, with a total capacity of 5295 tons, were idle in the State to-day. In the north, Richmond Main and…

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Joint Coal Board's Activity On Amenities

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 4

Advice that if necessary local government organisations should institute the contract system in an endeavor to speed up community amenities work, to be undertaken in conjunction by Councils and the Joint Coal Board, was received…

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Heavy Coal Loss 12 Mines idle

National Advocate · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY Wednesday coal losses today the third working day of the miners New year will be the heaviest for months…

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Coal Production Modern Machinery Suggested

National Advocate · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 7

SYDNEY. Wednesday: Coal Board experts estimate that an extra 200,000,000 tons of coal could be won by the mechanical extraction of pillar coal…

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Vic. Coal Supply Reduced Melbourne

National Advocate · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 2

[?] coal quota from N.S.W. has been cut be a quarter for this week by the joint Coal Board The Premer [?]Mr. Hollway) add…

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Open Cut Dispute Is Serious Says Miners Secretary

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 1

With the dispute at Commonwealth No. 2, one of the district's biggest producers, now in its third day, Mr. J. H. King, secretary of the Western Miners Federation, said this morning that the western executive considered the joint Coal…

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Scholarships in Coal-mining

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 1

The Joint Coal Board has decided to award six scholarships for first year students in the coal mining engineering course at Sydney…

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Mines Output Stoney

National Advocate · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 1

NSW miners aye expected to produce about. 49,000 tons of coal today. By tonight the output for the week should be about 198,000 tons…

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Coal Board's Further Aid and Details of Amenities

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 4

Valuable American books on coal mining methods carried out in the United States are being included in the. library at the…

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Open-Cut Mining Is Resumed --Contractor Withdraws

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 1

Following the removal of the contractor's equipment from Commonwealth No. 2, the open-cut commenced work this morning after being idle since Tuesday when Combined Mining Unions representatives objected to a promotion…

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Coal Productions Miners' Good Performance

National Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fridays Production of NSW black coal for December 1948 is estimated at 1,500,000 tons, compared with 708,000 in the same month…

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Coal Losses

National Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Strikes in NSW coalfields this week cost more than 22,000 tons of coal. Today's loss of output was 18,000 tons from strikes…

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Coal Strike Threatened in Queensland

National Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1949 · page 4

BRISBANE, Friday: A general coal stoppage throughout Queensland will begin a fortnight from today unless the coal owners come to terms in the…

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Yorkshire Miners to Discipline Communists London

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 1

The Yorkshire area of the National Union of Mineworkers yesterday decided by an overwhelming majority to take vigorous action…

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Big Crowd Attends Bathurst Races Handicap to Gold Mist

National Advocate · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 4

A crowd estimated at about 1300 attended the Bathurst Turf Club's meeting at Eglinton on Saturday. The club was favored by near perfect…

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In China Peace Talks with Communists. Chiang and his Gold

National Advocate · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 2

SHANGHAI, Sunday: The former Chinese Ambassador to Moscow will lead the Government delegation at peace talks between the Nationalists…

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Miners’ Campaign

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.— The Yorkshire area of the National Union of Mineworkers’ decided yesterday by an…

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