Late Mr. Joe Field Was Gold Miner and Drove Coaches in Cobb and Co. Days
The heart of Mr. Joseph Field a the Gulgong District Hospital [?] removed a familiar figure from our midst…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1951
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Luxury Bath And Change House At 'Wang Colliery
Miners at Wallerawang colliery, Lidsdale will move into their new luxury bath and change rooms on Monday--eight months after the official opening on the day the mine closed for the last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hearing of Extended Age Limit In Mines
Originally postponed from to-day until to-morrow, the adjourned sitting of the Mineworkers' Pensions Tribunal on Friday was further postponed and will now be held at the Lithgow Court…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Long Service Leave Parley
Mineowners agreed yesterday to confer with union representatives on the payment of service leave to miners forced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To Build Restroom Gold Centenary Memorial
At a meeting of Bathurst Gold Centenary Committee lost night it, was decided to erect a women's rest rooms In some central…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Revolutionary Method Of "Shooting" Coal
For the first time in Australia experiments have been conducted in regard to the shooting of coal from the face by use of the "Airdox" compressed air system which dispenses with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.S.W. Will Need Huge Increase, In Coal Production, Survey Shows
SYDNEY. Tuesday. — Total requirements of N.S.W. coal for Australian conto[?] in 1954 are [?]ttimated to total 18,500,000 tons, or 441 per cent, above [?] N.S.W. production in 1950, according to a survey by Research Service, of N.S.W. [?] consumption…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gold Search Abandoned
LAE, Wednesday: Salvage expert J. W. Herd has abandoned the search made on behalf of the salvage Association, of London for the gold…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →R.s.p.c.a. Pit Pony Prosecutions Against Collieries
Pit ponies in three western field collieries had been forced to shelter in stalls which had waters sodden floors and gave them little protection from the elements, an R.S.P.C.A. solicitor alleged in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Companies Fined Inadequate Shelter for Ponies
LITHGOW, Wednesday: Three collieries were fined in Lithgow Court for failing to provide proper shelter for pit ponies…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Women's Hockey Coal Board Shield Won By Hotshots
Last Saturday many interesting games were played when all teams from the district competed for the Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →M.l.a. Complains of Slow Progress in State Mine Expansion
Pronounced dissatisfaction with the progress of work in sinking the new "production" shaft in the mountain above the State Mine was expressed to the Minister for Mines (Mr. J. G. Arthur)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Conference on Benefits for Retired Miners
Compensation officer for the western district, Mr. J. II. King to-day attended a conference in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →State Mine Idle As Protest Over Butter Shortage
Coinciding with the Government-sanctioned increase of sixpence per pound in the price of butter, State Mine employees this morning decided on a one day stoppage as a protest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Stops Over Butter Protest
LITHGOW, Wednesday: The State coalmine, at Lithgow which produces the largest quantity of coal on the field was idle today…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hargraves C.W.A. Blue and Gold Ball
The Hargraves branch of the C.W.A. held its Jublies Ball on Friday night last and, despite the uncertainty of the weather…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Demand Will Exceed Coal Output
New South Wales coal production this year would be about three and a half million tons below demand, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Speech Ban Causes Strike Mine Incident
NEWCASTLE. Thursday: The management of Stockrington No. 2 Colliery this morning refused to allow two men to address miners…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →This Week Was Good For Coal
With the exception of the State Mine and Wattle Mount colliery, all western mines and open cuts worked uneventfully this week in one of the quietest five day working periods during the past…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Medal Award Film
The Venice Film Festival Gold Medal Award winner, "Growing Girls," will be screened in St. Paul's Church…
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