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

Mining & the mines, 1952

493 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 6 of 25

Tyldesley Miners Strike 'For A Week'

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 17 March 1952 · page 2

Tyldesley Colliery was idle today following last Friday's meeting at which miners decided to stay out for a week in protest against an instruction to the miners to work on a light on the nearby flat…

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Mine Disaster 30 Believed Dead

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1952 · page 4

CAPETOWN: (South Africa), Monday: In North Africa, about 30 miners are believed to have died in na accident in a gold mine in the Orange…

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Coal Board Displaced Queensland Judgment MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1952 · page 2

Orders awards and decisions made in the coal industry in Queensland by the Central Coal Reference Board and the local Reference Board were…

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Nominal Action Against District Mine Owner

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 19 March 1952 · page 3

Despite the assertion of leading Sydney barrister, Mr. W. H. Wilson, that it had not been "reasonably practicable" to construct the buildings, Mr. M. J. McAuley, S.M., yesterday found…

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Graduated in Mining Engineering

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 19 March 1952 · page 2

Kenneth Findlay, son of Mrs. A. Findlay, of 43 Ferro-street, Lithgow, was one of the 57…

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South African Mining Disaster

National Advocate · Wednesday 19 March 1952 · page 2

JOHANNESBURG, Tuesday: Eight miners, three of them Europeans, were killed and the others, all Africans were injured in the gold mine…

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Coal Board Amenities Grants to Be Resumed

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 19 March 1952 · page 2

Joint Coal Board grants of money to coalfields Councils are to be resumed immediately, the chairman of the Board, Mr. S. Cochran, informed the Member for Hartley, Mr. J. Chalmers, last…

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Collieries' Request For Higher Price

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 20 March 1952 · page 5

The chairman of the Joint Coal Board, Mr. S. F. Cochran, said last night that 42 colliery proprietors…

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Coal Price Rise

National Advocate · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Increases of up to 4/- a ton in the price of coal have been granted in N.S.W. A spokesman for the Joint Coal Board…

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The Week's Coal Production Lowest For Year

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 2

Cobar Tunnel miners refused to work today as a protest against what they described as the dirty conditions of the colliery's bathroom, despite yesterday's decision by the District Inspector of…

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Big Northern Coal Loss

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 24 March 1952 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, This Aft. -- Nine northern mines today struck in sympathy with Richmond Main Colliery which has…

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Coal Tribunal Chairman's Visit

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 24 March 1952 · page 2

Mr. F. H. Gallagher, Chairman of the Coal Industry Tribunal, is to visit Wallerawang…

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Rise in U.k. Coal Production

National Advocate · Monday 24 March 1952 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday: The promi[?] year's start in Britain's coal production has been continued into an output for the month of 22¼ [?]…

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Another Big Coal Loss

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, This Afternoon. -- Eleven mines were idle in the northern coalfield for a loss of 5,400 tons…

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Australian Coal Loss Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 3

Eight coalmines on the northern field were idle today for a production loss of about 7,500 tons. This is the first major coalfield…

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Mine Employee's injuries Severe, But Mystifying

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 2

A horsebreaker at the State Mine was rushed to hospital this morning after he had been discovered wandering in the underground workings suffering form severe lacerations to the head and…

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Alleged Unfair Charge Lays Mine Idle

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 2

Miners at Lithgow Valley Colliery decided at a pit-top meeting this morning to stage a day's protest strike against what they describe as the "intimidating tactics" of one of the mine deputies…

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A Visit To The Old Goldfields

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 11

Messrs. Harold Nicholas and R. C. Sheridan visited the old goldfields north of Bathurst last week. Mr. Sheridan, who is President of the Orange Historical Society, was making his first trip to the area,…

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Mining Coy's Complaint On Bus Service

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 27 March 1952 · page 2

A complaint by Parkinson Strip Mining Pty. Ltd., alleging unsatisfactory bush schedule…

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Lowest Coal Output For Year

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 2

Two more collieries are idle today, climaxing a week in which net coal tonnage railed from…

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