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

Mining & the mines, 1950

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MINES & MINERS (No.7)

National Advocate · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 5

Most people are inter[?] coal mines—to those who have underground they always have an "appeal" and those who have near…

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Bathurst Coal Supplies

National Advocate · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 2

"The general outlook for coal supplies at the Bathurst Gasworks is fairly good, Stated Mr. V. Friend, manager, last night. Seven trucks of…

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Coal Board Chairman Resigning

National Advocate · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. Cameron) today confirmed a report that he would resign to take up an…

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U.S. Coal Industry "Sick" Truman Urges Inquiry WASHINGTON

National Advocate · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 4

Soft coal production yesterday rose to a daily rate of two million tons as most of the Nation's 372,000 miners returned to the pits…

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U.S. Mines Agreement

National Advocate · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Thursday: The United Mine Workers' Union has instructed is 78,000 hard coal miners to revert from a three day to five day…

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Coal Starvation Is Serious

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.-- Newcastle heavy steel industries, it was stated authoritatively to-day, are [?]aced with a major crisis because of…

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B.h.p. Miners Resume

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY This Aft.--Two big B.H.P. coal mines, Burwood and John Darling, returned to work this morning after a four-day strike, but…

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Coal Production Hampered by Weather

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 1

Weather conditions hampered coal production on the western field this week but industrial stoppages were almost non-existent…

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Western Coal for Port Kembla Works

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 4

In order to help overcome the grave shortage of coal at the Australian Iron and Steel Works at Port Kembla, the N.S. Wales Mining Co. has organised a coal-lift from dumps on the western field during the coming week-end…

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Large Mines Resume

National Advocate · Saturday 11 March 1950 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Friday: Work was resumed this morning a the John Darling and Burwod coal mines—the two biggest mines on the northern…

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Two Killed in Mine W.A. Fatality

National Advocate · Saturday 11 March 1950 · page 3

PERTH, Friday: There was a double fatality at Big Bell mine, in Western Australia, today. Two men were killed instantly when they fell 300 feet to…

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Seven Coal Mines Idle

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 2

Including the State Mine, the district's biggest single producer, seven undertakings on the western field were…

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Derailments at State Coal Mine

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 2

Two bad derailments at the State Mine during the week-end kept fettlers and breakdown men working through rain and then heat from Saturday night until late yesterday afternoon. An urgent call for repair gangs…

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Defence Powers and Coal Production

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 1

CANBERRA, This Afternoon.--The Federal Cabinet was to consider today the establishment of a Ministry for Coal Production, operating under…

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Huge Coal Loss

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.--Mines deputies held stop-work meetings on the South Maitland coalfield to-day, throwing idle all mines in the area…

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Miners Saved For Fatal Air Trip

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.— Miners from the villages and valleys of Wales, where disaster comes mainly underground, comprised the majority of those killed in yesterday’s air disaster near Cardiff…

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Big Coal Loss 31 Mines Idle

National Advocate · Wednesday 15 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Thirty-one coal milles between Hexhasm and Gunnedah, producing 23,000 tons of coal daily, went out of production today…

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Gold Centenary

National Advocate · Wednesday 15 March 1950 · page 2

The Mayor (Aid. Parnham) last night presided at a meeting of the Gold Centenary Committee. The meeting, which was held in the Council…

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Deputies Tie Up Collieries Over Open Cut Safety Claims

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 15 March 1950 · page 3

The worst coal strike since the several strike of last winter began yesterday, when deputies at 31 mines [?] the South Maitland field stopped…

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Good Coal Production To-day

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 15 March 1950 · page 2

With the exception of Hassans Walls colliery, all western mines and open cuts were reported working to-day, the estimated production of 13,215 gross tons being the best for some weeks…

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