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

Mining & the mines, 1952

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U.S. Gold Hoard Growing Treasury Figures

National Advocate · Thursday 19 June 1952 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Wednesday: The US Government, already owner of 60 per ment of the world's gold, took in another 557 million dollars—nearly…

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Miners Lose Heavily Over Stoppages

Central Western Daily · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—New South Wales coal miners could have bought the Glen Davis shale oil plant outright with the money they have lost by holding one-day protest stoppages…

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Costly to Miners Glen Davis Stoppage

National Advocate · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: NSW coal miners could have bought the Glen Davis shale oil plant outright with the money they have lost by…

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Miners' Incentive Payments

National Advocate · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Sunday: Miners working on the northern coalfields are expected to define a policy on incentive payments in the coal meeting this…

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Money Lost by Coal Miners in Stoppages Could Have Sought Glen Davis Shale Oil Plant

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 1

N.S.W. coal miners could have bought the Glen Davis shale oil plant outright with the money they had lost by holding one-day protest stoppages on the issue, a coal authority said…

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Miners' Levy Fer Glen Davis

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 2

With the Glen Davis shale miners entering their fourth week underground, the Western Miners' Federation Board of Management on Saturday morning decided on a compulsory levy of £1 per senior member and 10- for each junior to be struck on the next pay…

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British Coal Big Increase Proposed

National Advocate · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday: The Minister of Fuel and Power (Mr. Lloyd) has said that British Coal exports this year are to be…

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Glen Davis Strike Miners Still Determined

National Advocate · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 1

GLEN DAVIS, Sunday: The Glen Davis miners underground strike was "beginning to tell on the men." the secretary of Glen Davis miners [?]odge…

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Six Northern Mines Idle

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 25 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.--Six northern mines are idle today with a loss of 5.500 tons. They include two large B.H.P…

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Questions on Coal

National Advocate · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 6

Mr. A. S. Luchettl. M.P., addressed the following question in Parliament to the Minister for National Development:…

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Western Mining Personalities

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 5

William Harold Fitzgerald, better known to the boys as "Pear Shape," is an ex-miner who now slaves over the gardens at Steelworks, says the current issue of the "Coal Miner."…

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N.S. Wales Rail Delays Affect Western Coal Development

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 5

Failure of the N.S.W. railway transport system to move huge stocks of coal from the western field to markets on the eastern seaboard and in the southern States is now seriously restricting development of this important industry on the Mudgee line…

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The Fabulous Gold of Western Australia a Trip From Parkes to Perth

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 6

In narrating a recent trip from Parkes to Perth (W.A.), Mr. W. F. McLean, of "Mountain View," Baldry, gives some interesting items on the Coolgardie goldfields where…

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State Mine Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 1

Two miners were injured in accidents at the State Mine yesterday. A wheeler, Mr. R. J. Potts, of…

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Railwaymen Have Home Coal Problem

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 4

Railwaymen, who have been struggling for months to handle all the coal won from the western field, have found themselves in the incongruous position of having to wait up to two months for a load of household coal…

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Western Coal Transport Provides Complex Problem

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 2

Frequently criticised for its inability to handle coal production from the western field, the Railways Department this morning was left with a surplus of almost 200 trucks when two loading…

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Nearly Million in Plant Sold by Coal Board

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 3

The Minister for National Development, Senator W. H. Spooner, said yesterday that the Joint Coal Board had sold…

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Coal Supply Question To the Editor

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 2

Sir,--It is a terrible state of affairs when coal is mined practically at our back door and yet we cannot get a load…

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Increase In Britain’s Gold Reserve

Central Western Daily · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday. —Britain’s chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Richard Butler, told the House of Commons yesterday there had been a “considerable improvement” in the…

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At Random Red Cross Has a Coat. Mine

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 1

The Red Cross has many and varied responsibilities, but perhaps none more unusual than a recent acquisition—a coal…

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