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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1928

2,247 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 23 of 113

Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 4

The Northern Collieries' Association reported yesterday: "Wallarah is idle on account of no empties, while Rhondda, Stockton-Borehole, and Killingworth are…

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Colliery Staffs Applications to Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 4

Mr. E. J. Kavanagh, Deputy Industrial Commissioner, to-day had before him an application made on behalf of the United Collieries Staff Association for, a…

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Stolen Motor From Aberdare Colliery "Wireless Enthusiast"

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 5

Charged with having stolen a small electric motor, valued at £10, from Aberdare South colliery on November 12, Francis Pratt, a colliery employee,…

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Resume Work Miners' Executive's Advice Stockton Borehole

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 5

Describing the attitude of the pit top men in prolonging the Stockton Borehole dispute as ridiculous, the northern miners' executive has…

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Mining Lease Appeal to Supreme Court SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 5

In the appeal, by Caledonian Collieries, Ltd., against A. A. Holland, in respect of a decision from the Warden's…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 6

The Northern Collieries' Association reported yesterday: "Killingworth, Rhondda and Stockton Borchole are still on strike. There is also a strike at Wallarah, where…

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Ashtonfields Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 6

Mr. Teece, miners' treasurer, has received a communication from the chairman of the board of directors of the Ashtonfields Colliery, in reply to a…

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Pacific Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 6

Mr. A. Teece, miners' treasurer, was advised yesterday by Mr. Cleaves, of the Newcastle office of the Northern Collieries' Association, that Mr. McDonald,…

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The Mine Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 7

Nine men dead and five are seriously burned, as the result of the fire which destroyed the big new bunkhouse at Copper Mountain camp of the Granby…

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To Resume Bellbird Mine

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 7

Bellbird colliery will resume work to-morrow…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 4

The Northern Collieries' Association reported yesterday: "Stockton-Borchole and Killingworth are still on strike, while Rhondda is idle to enable repairs to be…

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Coal By-products Plant on Coalfields Cessnock Keen

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 7

There is keen anticipation on the coalfields at the prospect of a company with £2,000,000 capital establishing works for handling coal…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 6

The Northern Collieries' Association reported yesterday: "Stockton-[?] partially resumed this morning, but Killingworth remains on strike, Rhondda…

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Sharing Work Caledonian Collieries

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 5

Sharing of work by the collieries owned by the Caledonian Company is a question the Northern Miners' Federation wishes to discuss with the…

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For Hebburn Mines Coal Washing Plant "Great Improvement" New York

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 5

The superintendent of the Heb[?] Collieries (Mr. McKensey) has been inspecting the mines of West Virginia. He has decided to adopt the dry…

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Cement in Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 8

In addition to its usual function of sealing off flews of water encountered in shafts and development headings, the Francois cementation process has been…

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Utilising Small Coal Travelling Grate Stoker

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 8

Particularly interesting in connection with the use of lower grades of coal at collieries, and the operation of water tube boilers in general, is that Messrs…

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Gold Footstools Air Travel de Luxe LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 1

Passengers on the air liner from Cologne to Cro[?]ton used scaled boxes for footstools. They did not know that these…

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Work for 8000? New Coal Field for North German Capital Big By-Products Plant Proposed CANBERRA

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 5

A German company, with £2,000,000 capital, proposes to exploit a virgin coalfield of about 25,000 acres covering the East Greta seam. The group of financiers, which would be the means of…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1928 · page 5

The Northern Colliers' Association reported yesterday: "Killingworth is still on strike, while Rhondda is idle for repairs. Stockton-Borehole is only…

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