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

Mining & the mines, 1951

721 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 14 of 37

Coal Crisis Move to End Stoppages Mass Meeting Called

National Advocate · Monday 12 March 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY. Sunday: The Federal Council of the Miners' Federation will recommend that aggregate meetings on Australian coalfields…

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Heavy Coal Loss Caused By Dispute Over Lorry Driver

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 12 March 1951 · page 1

Four western open cuts, producing more than 3,000 tons daily, were idle to-day because of a local dispute said to involve a lorry driver who declined to transfer to the Western Miners' Federation from the Colliery Mechanics'…

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Gold Centenary Interest Growing Trophies for Floats— Prizes for Windows

National Advocate · Monday 12 March 1951 · page 2

The committee of Bathurst's Gold Centenary and Commonwealth Jubilee Celebrations listened with interest to a report by Mr. B. Dickinson, who…

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Stop Press Northern Miners' Vote

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.-- Latest figures from the northern field indicated that miners voted overwhelmingly to cancel…

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Coal Tribunal Criticises Owners’ Attitude

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) today strongly criticised the attitude of coal owners in the current one-day-a week stoppages dispute…

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Who Will be Bathurst's Gold Queen?

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 2

The Gold Centenary Queen Competitions, now being conducted by three different organisations and public bodies, are dally increasing in…

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Early Voting Points To End of Miners' Weekly Stoppages

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 1

Miners at Swansea decided by 1,054 votes to nine to end their weekly one -day stoppages and that their claims should be again referred to the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. F. Gallagher)…

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Coal Crisis Tribunal Attacks Owners' Attitude Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 1

The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) today strongly criticised the attitude of coal owners in the current dispute…

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Bathurst Gold Centenary

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 2

The publicity for Bathurst's Gold Centenary Celebrations has had one totally unexpected result. Early last week, a number of young men from…

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Miners Vote To End Stoppages

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—At a mass meeting today members of the Miners Federation working on the NSW northern…

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To End Stoppages Miners' Vote

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday: Aggregate meetings of miners on the northern NSW coalfields today voted 12 to 1 in favor of ending the weekly…

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Dormitory Accommodation for Mining Company Employees

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 6

A scheme whereby senior staff of an open cut mining company would be accommodated in a commercial area building to be converted into a dormitory was approved at Monday night's Lithgow City Council meeting…

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Coal Board to Press for Further Government Grant for Amenities Programme

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 4

Urgent representations would be made by Joint Coal Board authorities to the Federal Government for a further grant to enable amenities schemes approved by the Board and Council to be proceeded with on a full-scale basis, rather than with deletions, it was revealed at Monday night's Lithgow City Council meeting…

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Miners' Vote

National Advocate · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The major[?] or the N.S.W. have accepted the recommendation of the Miner's Central to end their weekly one day stoppages…

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Gold Centenary Procession

National Advocate · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 2

Bathurst Council last night granted permission for the Bathurst Gold Centenary Celebrations Committee to stage a procession through the streets…

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Two Men Killed By Train On Colliery Siding

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.-- Two men were killed by a train on a colliery branch line at Neath, near Cessnock last night…

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Gold Centenary Athletic Carnival

National Advocate · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 2

One of the principal events of the Bathurst Gold Centenary Celebrations will be the Grand Gold Centenary Athletic Carnival, scheduled to take…

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Western Miners Vote To End Stoppages

Central Western Daily · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 1

WOLLONGONG, Wednesday — There was an overwhe[?]ming vote from miners’ aggregate meetings on the south coast and the west today to end the one day w week stoppages…

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The Gold Centenary Visit by Jim Gussey and Bob Dyer

National Advocate · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 6

Jim Gussey and Bob Dyer, two top public favorites, will be in Bathurst for the Bathurst Gold Centenary and celebrations. Dyer and his troupe will…

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Qld. Miners' Vote

National Advocate · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thursday: Voting returns up to 6 o'clock tonight from aggregate meetings of Queensland miners show that there has been a heavy…

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