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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 2 of 37

Forgotten People Of Cullen-Council's Criticism Of Coal Board

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 11 January 1951 · page 4

There should not only be an overhaul, but a Royal Commission into the activities and operations of the Joint Coal Board, Cr. Harrie Small, a Portland grazier, urged in Wallerawang yesterday…

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Gold Mine in Brisbane Area

National Advocate · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 6

BRISBANE, Thursday: A gold mine, only 14 miles from Brisbane, post office is expected to be in production by about March…

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Gold Centenary Meeting

National Advocate · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 2

A meeting of the Bathurst Gold Centenary Celebrations Committee will be held tonight at 8 at the Bathurst Council Chambers. The tasks facing…

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Britain's Acute Coal Shortage

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.--Nearly 1,500 London suburban trains will be taken out of service next week as part of the save-coal drive to beat Britain's…

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Holidays Big Coal Lift Completed

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 1

Scheduled to end at noon tomorrow, the 16-day coal-lift conducted on the western field during the Miners' Christmas-New Year holidays made approximately 77,000 net tons of coal available to industry…

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Coal Strike Proposals Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 2

The central executive of the Miners' Federation will endorse action taken by the Western Miners' Federation to protest…

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Gold Centenary Bathurst Meeting

National Advocate · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 2

Chairman of the Bathurst Gold Centenary Celebrations Committee (Aid. Parnham) revealed, at a well attended meeting or the committee…

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Glen Davis Miners Support Protest SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 1

The Central Executive of the Miners Federation decided today to support any action taken by the Federation Western Districts to prevent a…

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Western Coal Miners to Strike SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 15 January 1951 · page 1

Western coal miners will go on strike to-morrow as a protest against the Federal Government's proposed closing down of…

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Coal Shortage Serious

National Advocate · Monday 15 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Only small supplies of coal were available this week electricity service was dropped and danger, the chairman of the Joint…

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Record Output at Coal Face

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 15 January 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.--The highest productivity figure on record--3.2 tons per manshift--was recorded by the U.K. coal industry in the first…

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Lewis Ponds Pyrite Mine May Open

Central Western Daily · Monday 15 January 1951 · page 1

Large scale mining of sulphur Pyrites may be resumed at Lewis Ponds, 12 miles from Orange…

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Coal at Grass Would Save Blackouts

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 15 January 1951 · page 4

A coal authority said in Sydney last night that there was enough coal at grass in the Burragorang Valley to solve Sydney's power problems this…

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Glen Davis issue Western Miners May Strike

Central Western Daily · Monday 15 January 1951 · page 3

LITHGOW, Sunday.—A combined meeting of Trade Union executives here today recommended a stoppage of all industry on the Western N.S.W. coalfield tomorrow. The meeting was called to discuss the Federal…

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Serious Coal Loss

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 16 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Aft.--Spontaneous strikes broke out on the northern coalfields today and as a result 16 mines are idle for the…

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Good Coal Output Yesterday & To-day

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 16 January 1951 · page 1

Following yesterday's compulsory conference in Lithgow, which successfully averted a 24-hour close down of industry, all was reported quiet on the western field today. No industrial upsets were reported and collieries and open…

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Coal Stoppage Averted Glen Davis Issue Lithgw

National Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1951 · page 1

TOMORROWS proposed stoppage of industry on the coalfield of Western NSW has been cancelled. The stoppage was organised by…

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Burragorang Coal for Bunnerong

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 4

The State Government has leased 100 acres of coal-bearing land in the Burragorang Valley to the owners of the Wollondilly Extended Colliery…

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Eighty Mines Idle To-day

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Afternoon. -- Eighty mines are idle today for a production loss of 43,000 tons of coal…

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Face Trodden On By Horse Serious Accident at Colliery

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 3

A man was seriously injured at the Steelworks Colliery yesterday when he was knocked down by a pit-horse and his face…

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