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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1948

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Coal Stocks Too Low

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1948 · page 1

Persistently the agitation for the restoration of the daily train service goes on. Just as persistently is the agitation met with…

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Miners Declare Lithgow Hotel Black

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 1

Miners of the Clwydd colliery supported, by Hartley Trades, and Labor Council have declared the Zig Zag Hotel black, on the…

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Miners Defy Court Injunction Pittsburg

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 1

The nation's 400,000 soft coal miners yesterday defied a Federal Court injunction to end their three weeks strike…

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Gold Strike in Malaya Port Moresby

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 1

Messages from Las Madang and other centres, state that gold is reported to have been found in an area of the central…

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Blue and Gold Ball Presentation Of Debutantes

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 3

Tomorrow (Wednesday) night thirty seven debutantes will be presented to the State President of the C.W.A., Mrs. G. L…

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Mining Agreement

The Western Herald · Friday 16 April 1948 · page 1

An agreement reached between the Miners Federation and the Joint Coal Board yesterday prevented a general strike action on…

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Blue and Gold Juvenile

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 April 1948 · page 3

The Blue and Gold Juvenile Ball held on Thursday night, was quite successful, about 150 young people being present…

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Mine Labour Suspensions

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 May 1948 · page 8

An application by Marion Margaret Henderson, for an extension of the order for the suspension of labour…

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Cowra Gold Reefs to Be Exploited

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 2

The old Broula King Mines near Cowra are to be worked by a newly formed syndicate. In addition to gold recovery plans,…

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Gold Mining Prospects at Parkes

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1948 · page 3

Messrs. Rayner and Hall, of the Geological Branch of the Department of Mines, spent last week in Parkes making a geological…

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Gold Mining Leases at Forest Reefs

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1948 · page 2

An expenditure of £40,000 was foreshadowed in the working of gold mining leases at Forest Reefs if applications recently…

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Gold Mines Bring No Wealth to Council

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1948 · page 3

Gold mines are usually looked up on as very desirable possessions, but there are some between Peak Hill and Narromine that are popular…

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Miners' Union Contract to End Washington

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1948 · page 1

John L. Lewis, President of the United Mineworkers', today gave hard coal operators 60 days notice of his intention to end the…

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Still Gold at Carcoar Says Old Identity

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1948 · page 1

Although there have been no extensive mining operations since the turn of the century, old hands believe that there is still…

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Blue & Gold Ball at Wanaaring

The Western Herald · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 7

The Wanaaring Branch of the C.W.A. will hold their Blue & Gold Ball in Wanaaring Memorial Hall on Saturday, May 29th,…

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Mudgee Line Miners' Ultimation

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1948 · page 3

Miners on the Mudgee Hue have issued an ultimatum to the Coal Board, which may tie up the whole of the Mudgee line…

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Rift in National Coal Board London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1948 · page 1

As a result of a disagreement over the arrangements being made to review the organisation, Sir Charles Reid, ex-miner, who later became a director in a private company, has resigned from the National…

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Ufan Coal Gives Remarkable Test

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 5

Recently Mr. K. Butler, of the B.H.P. New castle took a test ! of the coal seem at Ulan, about which so much has been heard…

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Wanaaring News Blue and Gold Ball

The Western Herald · Friday 4 June 1948 · page 5

Although the Committee and members of the Wanaaring branch of the Country Women's Association, headed toy the Secretary, Mrs…

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Gold Production

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 10 June 1948 · page 13

Australian gold production during March declined by 8 per cent, compared With the figures for March, 1947, according to the…

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