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

Mining & the mines, 1951

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Coal Crisis Miners' Case Adjourned

National Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 2

STOREY, Friday: The General President of the Miners' Federation, Mr Williams, said this evening that the Miners executive…

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Cases Against Miners’ Leaders Adjourned

Central Western Daily · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday. — Mr. Justic Dunphy said in the Full Arbitration Court today that the recent award made by the Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) provided a reward for the man who turned up to work…

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Gold Centenary Plans Completed

Central Western Daily · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 2

All arrangements for gold centenary celebrations at Ophir were completed at a meeting on Thursday night of the Celebrations Committee and Historical Society…

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Gold Centenary Bathurst Plans

National Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 2

A meeting of the Bathurst Gold Centenary committee took place last night. The meeting was extremely well attended by members as well as…

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Coal Output High Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 1

Coal production this week has been higher than during any other week in 1951. Asked today why in the face of this…

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Coal Mines Idle; Engine Men Meet

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 2

Miners on the western field to-day held the second of their scheduled weekly one-day stoppages, all collieries and open…

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Mines Idle

National Advocate · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 2

Coal mines in Eastern Australia will be idle Again tomorrow. Engine drivers and Firemen who work in the mines will hold stopwork meetings to…

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Premier to Open Gold Centenary Celebrations

Central Western Daily · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 2

In last Friday’s issue a report covering arrangements for the forthcoming Gold Centenary Celebrations stated that the…

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To-day Is Centenary of Finding of Gold

Central Western Daily · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 2

Today is the centenary of the finding of gold in Lewis ponds creek, a few miles south of Ophir, by Edward Hargraves and John Lister. This discovery was given prominence by Hargraves in…

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Coal Crisis Important Meeting Today Zone Scheme for Industry

National Advocate · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: WHen miners leaders meet the A.C.T.U. tomorrow in an endeavor to settle the coal strike there is possibility of getting…

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Bathurst Gold Celebrations Animated Discussion at Centenary Meeting Comprehensive Programme

National Advocate · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 1

The public meeting of the Bathurst Gold Centenary Celebrations Committee, was the liveliest on record. Bathurst Council Chambers were well filled with members of the committee's executive, members of…

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There Are Hopes in Coal Dispute

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 1

There is some hope that the coal dispute--a one-day weekly stoppage by the miners--will be settled this week, according to Sydney press reports. This arises partly from the fact that at yesterday's…

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Coal Crisis Talks Fail; ‘No Solution’

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—A two-and-a-half hour conference in Sydney this afternoon failed to find a solution to the coal crisis. The conference adjourned until 9.30 a.m. on Thursday, when…

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Coal Crisis Efforts to Settle Dispute

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: All coal mines in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania were idle today, but in Sydney…

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Council Hostile On Coal Board Amenities Cuts; Repudiation Claimed

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 2

"Blind Freddie" could see that with a change of Government the policy of the Joint Goal Board had undergone a startling transformation, and the result was severe- reductions in coalfields amenities works, Ald. W. Beynon…

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Miners Seek to Approach Coal Tribunal

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday,—The Central Council of the Miners’ Federation in Sydney this afternoon decided to ask ail parties to the first day’s coal conference to join in approaching the Coal…

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Coal Crisis Miners Plan to End Dispute

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Miners' Federal Council have worked out a plan for settling their dispute which will be…

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Miners President's Suggestion

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.--"The miners general president, Idress Williams, said to-day, that an early settlement of the dispute could be…

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Miners' Response to Appeal

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 4

Miners at about 700 pits out of a possible 835 in the U.K. have been working the voluntary Saturday shift in response to the appeal for…

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Victoria Needs Coal Badly

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, This Aft.--The Premier, Mr. McDonald, said to-day that Victoria's coal position was so alarming that a special Cabinet…

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