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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1949

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Gold Associates Mrs. J. McCutcheon President

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 3 November 1949 · page 5

The annual meeting of the Gulargambone golf associates was held on Wednesday afternoon of last week, in the Red Cross Rooms…

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Municipal Council Officers' Reports. Coal Strike Caused Loss of £725 by Electricity Revenue

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 November 1949 · page 10

DURING the recent coal strike, the consumption of electricity for domestic purposes decreased by an estimated 59,622 kilowatt hoars, a reduction of approximately 27 per cent…

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U.K. Coal Output Increases London, Wendesday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 9 November 1949 · page 3

Tomorrow's important debate on the last report of the National Coal Board will be staged on a non-controversial motion, the…

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Conference On U.S. Coal Strike Sought WASHINGTON

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 9 November 1949 · page 1

The Federal Mediation Director, (Mr. Cyrus Ching) has asked representatives of the soft coal industry and the…

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U.S. Mine Union Pays Huge Contempt Fines Washington

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 16 November 1949 · page 1

The United Mine Workers Union yesterday paid 1,420,000 dollars in contempt fines for falling to obey a court order to…

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Death Plunge By Train Full Of Native Miners JOHANNESBURG, Wed

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 16 November 1949 · page 1

Three South African Air Force Dakotas yesterday flew between Pretoria and Eastern Transvaal moving dead and…

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Reserve Coal Stocks Arrive

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 November 1949 · page 3

The first reserve coal stocks received at Dubbo since the midwinter coal strike have arrived. Loading of nine trucks into the…

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New Electric Coal Grab Here But Not Working Yet

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 November 1949 · page 2

A new electrical coal grab, intended to be used for loading locomotive tenders, was installed at Dubbo Railway Yards last…

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Dredge Company Disputes Council Claims For Water Filtration Ald. Whiteley Bitterly Accuses Mayor, who is Dredge Manager, for Responsibility for Non-payment. Aldermen to Peruse Agreement and Consider Solicitor's Recommendations for Report to Mines' Department

The Wellington Times · Monday 5 December 1949 · page 2

FOLLOWING the receipt of advice from its solicitors that Council was justified in calling for payment of an account for £318/12/7 N from Wellington Alluvials Ltd. for additional costs incurred in purifying the town water supply, the Wellington Municipal Council at the last regular meeting deferred a decision on the matter until…

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Gas From Coal Without Mining London, December 14

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 20 December 1949 · page 2

Britain's first experiment in converting coal into gas without mining it will be conducted by the Ministry of Fuel and Power…

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Probe on Nigerian Mine Strike 20 Natives Killed ENUGU (Nigeria)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 24 December 1949 · page 2

The first miners witness before the Commission investigating last month's disorders at Enugu Colliery said yesterday…

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Atomic Power As "Cheap As Coal" New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 December 1949 · page 3

Uranium fuel can now be produced relatively as cheaply as coal, says a noted U.S. atomic scientist, Dr. John Dunning…

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