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

Mining & the mines, 1954

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Hermitage Mine Picnic

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 5

Members or the Hermitage Miners' Lodge and their families held their annual picnic at Glenroy on Sunday in ideal…

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New State Mine Manager Appointed

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.--Mr. Leslie Moore has been appointed manager of the Lithgow State…

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Miners' Board Supports Campaign In Meat Prices

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 4

Support for the campaign, being waged by the Lithgow Trades and Labor Council and other. organisations, to have…

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Miners and Pillar Coal

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 2

The general president of the Miners' Federation, Mr. I. Williams, said last night the Union's central council would…

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AGENT - General Vacancy Mines Minister May Get Post SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 2

The NSW's Cabinet will recommend to the Executive Council the appointment of the present Minister for Mines, Mr. Buckley, as the…

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Gold Market Rise

National Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday: London's sold market, which reopened yesterday after a 15-year suspension, fixed a rate slightly in excess of the recent official…

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Princess Margaret to Visit Mine

National Advocate · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday: Princess Margaret will spend an hour underground next month in Calverton Colliery, Notts., which is claimed to be…

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Two Others Charged In State Mines Case

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 2

Two charges of conspiracy and a total of 47 charges of false pretences concerning the State Mines Control Authority, were laid against two men in Central Court of Petty Sessions" yesterday…

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Miners' Warning on Pillars

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 26 March 1954 · page 6

The Central Council of the Miners' Federation yesterday warned that "industrial repercussions" were inevitable if…

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Mine Disaster in Poland

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 26 March 1954 · page 1

WARSAW, Friday.-- Forty five miners have been killed in a coal pit fire in Chorzow. Warsaw radio blames…

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Mine Disaster

Central Western Daily · Saturday 27 March 1954 · page 1

WARSAW, Friday. — Forty-five miners have been killed to a coal-pit fire in Chorzow. Warsaw…

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Queen Begins Visit to West Aust Sees goldfield

Central Western Daily · Saturday 27 March 1954 · page 3

PERTH, Friday.—The Queen’s visit to Western Australia began today when the visited the gold mining centres of Kalgoorlie and Boulder City…

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Gold Production in 1953 High

Central Western Daily · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 12

The value of gold production in Australia for 1953 was the highest sines 1939. More than one…

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Threat On Pillar Coal Extraction

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 3

Coal owners would begin mechanical extraction of pillar coal from underground mines as soon as the Coal Industry had determined the miners log of claims, Mr. E. E. Warren said yesterday…

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Conference on Coal Costs

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 4

Representing Lithgow. City Council, the Mayor (Ald. H. G. Coates) and the Town Clerk (Mr. H. Baker) plan to go to…

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Western Mining Personalities

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 6

The March issue of the "Goal Miner" has the following regarding mining personalities in the west: Walter Gardiner, a truck…

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Hope For Western Coal in Gasification Process

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 5

Liquid fuel from coal processed in Lurgi high-pressure gasification plants greatly strengthened the German war machine in the 1939-45 war and may yet give a great boost to heavy…

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Ceaseless Fight Being Waged Against Coal Dust In Mines

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 4

An important aspect of Joint Coal Board activities since its inauguration has centred on the arrest and prevention of dust in coal mines and although no cure has been found for the miners' dusted lungs, medical science continues to provide an increasing number of safeguards…

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Coal Miners' Health Closely Surveyed By Medical Experts

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 6

It was no use putting first-aid boxes into coal mines unless they were properly looked after and the men themselves knew how to use the equipment, Doctor A. L. Langley told representatives of "The Coal Miner" as a prelude to three special articles he is preparing for the coalfields' monthly…

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Mine Employee Caught by Spreader

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 2

A Steelworks Colliery employee narowly escaped serious injury yesterday when his leg was caught in a coal spreader…

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