South Africa May Use. Gold Reserves Aid for Sterling Area
CAPE TOWN, Monday.—Finance Minister Nicholas Havenga reveared yesterday that South Africa was examining the possibillty of drawing on…
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Mining & the mines, 1952
493 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 3 of 25
Two Colliery Disputes Settled
District officials this morning succeeded in settling two local disputes which caused stoppages at Renown Extended colliery and the Western Main open-cut…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State Mine Expected to Absorb Employees
Idle all this week because of bushfire damage to the main air shaft at Marrangaroo, the State Mine is expected to resume on Monday on a double-shift basis with no standing down of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.S. Wales Losing Coal Markets
NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.-- The Minister for National Development, Senator W. H. Spooner, warned to-night that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Wrecks Fishing Boat
ANCONA,Italy, Thursday: Six Italian fishermen had their 30 ton boat blown from under them when a shine—a relic of the war—become…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A.L.P. Hopes To Control Miners' Federation
SYDNEY, This Aft.--The vote for the election of a general vice-president of the Miners' Federation in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Northern Miners Idle
NEWCASTLE, Friday: Because of disputes on that northern coalfields, eight mines were idle today for a loss of 6200 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pillar Coal Request Minister Approaches Union
SYDNEY, Friday: The NSW Minister for Mines (Mr. Arthur) today asked the Miners' Federation to agree to the mechanical extraction of pillar…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Extensive Fall At State Mine
An extensive fall which occurred in Dobb's Drift at the State Mine last night and this morning hampered the driving of the tunnel which will eventually assist in the mechanisation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Reds Retain Control Miners' Ballot
SYDNEY, Monday: Members of the Communist Party today retained control of the Federal Executive of the Mines' Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Central Executive Communists Retain Control
The re-election, yesterday of Mr. W. Parkinson as general vice-president of the Miners' Federation means that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →What's Yours, Is Mine; What's Mine's My Own
The State Government recently took two West Wyalong men to court to get a couple of pounds out of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Earth Fall in Mine Lithgow Men Escape
LITHGOW, Tuesday: Six miners were trapped 600ft below the surface by an extensive fall at the Lithgow State Mine today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gulgong District News Joint Coal Board Officers Visit Ulan
A visit was made to the Ulan coalfield recently by premirent officers of the Lithgow division of the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →What's Yours, Is Mine; What's Mine's My Own
The State Government recently took two West Wyalong men to court to get a couple of pounds out of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Output Improves Despite Bushfires
Apart from Clandulla, where the position is still vague because of the grave bushfire position, all western mines and open-cuts were reported working today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Grant Funds For 'Red' Festival
With a majority vote of Communists, an A.L.P. member and an independent member, the Miners' Central…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners Still Opposed To Pillar Extraction
The General President of the Miners' Federation, Mr. I. Williams, said last night the federation's central council had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Country News Gold Mine Closure
Some months ago the old Devon gold mine, at Hill End, opened auspiciously. Last week it folded quietly, everyone…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Good Working Day At Collieries
District officers of the Western Miners' Federation were today called to Renown Extended Colliery, where a dispute arose concerning shotfiring on the afternoon shift…
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