State Mine Fire Hazard Decreasing
Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 1
Since the weekend there has been a pronounced improvement in the heating of seals in the State Mine fire area and the temperature readings had dropped considerably as the result of efforts to overcome the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Western Mining Personalities
Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 6
The usual page of western mining personalities appears in the January issue of "The Coal Miner." They are as follows:-- Thirty years have flipped by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →State Mine Safe Report to Minister
National Advocate · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 2
SYDNEY. Thursday: The Chief Inspector of Coal mines today made a report to the Minister for Mines, Mr. Buckley after his inspection of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Labor Council Supports Miners' Medical Scheme
Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 4
At their meeting in the Trades Hall last Tuesday the Lithgow and District Labor Council decided to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dismissed Miners Now Certain Of Employment
Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 2
Prospects that Western Miners' Federation members stood down from Hermitage Colliery and Renown Extended would be absorbed into mines oil this field Brightened this week when some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Rally To Help Lithgow Girl
Lithgow Mercury · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 5
An executive officer of the Lithgow branch of the Crippled Children's Society, Mrs. W. Z. Black, will assist a specially appointed State Mine committee in a first collection of money towards the Jeanette Kremer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Mine Picnic
Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 6
Approximately 1,000 people travelled to Blackheath on Anniversary Day to attend the State Mine Picnic. More than…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fossil Plants Found in Home Rule; Gulgong Gold Leads in Early Days
Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 13
(Fourteenth instalment of a series of extracts from a Department book on the Magnetic Prospecting of the Gulgong Deep Leads for gold in the district's early days)…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Dismissals At Donnybrook Colliery Mean Closure
Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 1
Due to lack of orders for slack coal, 13 employees of Donnybrook Colliery, South Bowenfels, yesterday afternoon received dismissal notices terminating next Friday. This means virtual closure of the mine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Mines Idle
Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 2
Two disputes caused two district mines, the State and Newcom Colliery, to be idle today, and it is not known when a resumption of work will occur…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bw to Improve Coal Export
Central Western Daily · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 1
LONDON Tuesday. — The British Minister of Fuel (Mr Geoffrey Lioyd) said yesterday that everything…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Communist Wins Miners Central Council Ballot
Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 2
The Communists will be in complete control of the Miners' Federation central executive this year…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold History of Early Gulgong Tells of Negligible Quantities of Antimony
Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 16
(Sixteenth instalment of a series of extracts from a Department book on the Magnetic Prospecting of the Gulgong Deep Leads for gold in the district's early days)…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Appointment Of New State Mines Superintendent
Lithgow Mercury · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 1
SYDNEY, This Aft.--Mr. R. J. Ashworth, acting Director of State Coal Mines, stated today that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wallerawang Colliery Picnic
Lithgow Mercury · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 4
The seventh annual picnic of the employees of the Wallerawang colliery, together with their wives and families, was held at Mt. Panorama, Bathurst, recently. Picnickers travelled by special buses from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Technical College Mining Classes
Lithgow Mercury · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 2
During an interview today, Mr. Robertson, Principal of the Technical College, announced the appointment of a full-time…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Manager to Be Teacher
National Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 2
LITHGOW, Monday: The Government has appointed Mr. R. V. Johnson as a full-time teacher of coal mining at the Lithgow Technical College. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Annual Mtg. Of State Mine League Club
Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 5
Presenting his annual report to the Stale Mine Rugby League Club last week, the secretary (Mr. H. Aitken)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods Cut Western Coal Orders
Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 24 February 1954 · page 5
District coal loading is likely to be affected during this week owing to a directive received today by the local…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Company's Novel Method To Assist Appeal
Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 24 February 1954 · page 5
Employees of the N.S.W. Mining Company in the western field today guaranteed £9813- out of their wages to swell the head office's contribution to the relief of victims of the North Coast floods, the local…
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