U.K. Passes Coal Target London
Britain's 1949 deep mined coal target of 202,000,000 tons has been passed. The Minister of Fuel and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1950
66 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 4
Miners Hear Story of Christmas Faith on Bar-room Floor
Five hundred miners and the 10 barmen joined the Anglican vicar in a service in the packed bar of the Wonthaggi…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Miners Reject Govt. Wages Appeal
Trade Union leaders learned last night, with shocked surprise hat the nation's coal miners had rejected their appeal to back…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S. Mine Plant Dynamited New York, Friday
Violence flared up at two pits involved in the coal miners strike yesterday when two big strip mine power shovels valued at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Truman's Bid to End Big U.S. Coal Strike Washington
President Truman has invoked the Taft-Hartley Labor Law in an effort to end the crippling strike or 360,000 of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Cup for Diggers' Races in March
Preliminary arrangements for the 1950 Narromine Diggers' races, to be held on March 28 and 29, were made at a committee meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Only Low Grade Coal in Dubbo District
Only low grade coal had been mined in the Dubbo district and a recent examination of the area had proven so discouraging that the Mines Department was not prepared to sponsor tests, the Dubbo…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Coal Stoppage. Sydney
All coal mines on South Maitland field will be idle to-day, following a stopwork decision, by the Deputies' Association…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S. Govt. May Seize Mines Industry Facing Crisis New York
With industrial paralysis creeping across the United States as a result of the continued strike of coal-miners President Truman has warned the nation that a very serious national…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Teeth on Uncle Sam Washington. Tuesday
A solemn Senate Judiclary Committee yesterday approved a special bill to repay a soldier 883 dollars…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Report Is Sought on Coal Deposits
"This report seems phoney to me, it was made too quickly to be genuine," Mr. W. H. Leonard told a meeting of the Dubbo Chamber of Commerce last night in commenting on an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Serious Coal Position Faces Sydney Sydney
Sydney is faced with immediate and severe gas rationing if a strike of mine deputies on the South Maitland coalfield is not settled today. Bitterly attacking those responsible for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Town Again Has Gold Fever £1100 Nugget Found In Street MELBOURNE. Thursday
Wedderburn, an old gold mining town near Bendigo, has been hit by a gold fever since a local greengrocer found a £1100…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£10,000 in Gold From Backyard Mine Melbourne
Nearly £10,000 has been taken from a hidden backyard gold mine in Wedderburn, 150 miles rom Melbourne, in the past 18…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Rush to Vic. Town Another Big Nugget Picked Up MELBOURNE
Gold fever is mounting in Wedderburn as scores of prospectors and fossickers invade Victoria's newest gold rush…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victoria's "White Coal" Interesting Address to Rotary Club. MR. A. P. Marshman's Visit to £25,000,000 Kiewa Hydroelectricity Scheme
IN an interesting and entertaining address to last Friday night's meeting of the Wellington Rotary Club, Mr. A. P. Marshman, manager of the Wellington Alluvials Dredge, described his recent visit to the site of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wharfies to Decide Stand on Proclamation of Grimes Act Protest Strike By Miners SYDNEY
The Waterside Workers' Federation will today define its attitude towards the proclamation of the Crimes Act against striking Brisbane wharf laborers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Backyard Gold Mine
Nearly £10,000 has been taken from a secret "backyard" gold mine in Wedderburn in the past 18 months. Quiet little Wedderburn (population 1000), 150…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bodangora Mine. Further Suspension of Labour Conditions
In the Wellington Warden's Court on Thursday last, Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. R. Kersley, granted an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood Uncovers Gold Bathurst
Small pieces of gold were uncovered by floodwaters at Sofala, about 30 miles from Bathurst, and It is expected…
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