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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1930

2,881 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 45 of 145

Lucknow Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 April 1930 · page 8

A crushing of about 200 ozs. of gold, worth somewhere in the vicinity of £800, was on exhibition at Parliament House, in Sydney, yesterday. It canoe from the…

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Coal Lorry Traffic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 April 1930 · page 10

With regard to the condition of the road Between Cessnock and Maitland, the Engineer of Kearsley Shire (Mr. J. Shine) informed the council yesterday that tile…

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Maitland Main Mine Early Resumption Likely

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 April 1930 · page 10

Members of Maitland Main Miners' Lodge, until recently known as Greta Main, met yesterday afternoon and decided to resume work on pre-stoppage…

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Aggregate Meetings Position Confronting Miners CESSNOCK

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 April 1930 · page 7

The depressing vagueness of the last few weeks on the coalfields has been cleared by the semi-offical statement that whatever the decision of…

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Coal Problems Unemployment in Britain Bill Criticised London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 April 1930 · page 6

In the House of Commons to-day, the Coal Bill passed a third reading. Sir Lamington Worthington Evans (Conservative), summing up on…

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New Zealand Coal Plants for Carbonisation Better and Cheaper

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 April 1930 · page 12

That 100 per cent. use of New Zealand coal will be made possible by the establishment of coal carbonisation plants, is the opinion of the Minister of Mines, Mr…

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Coal Industry Defects and Remedies Safety and Inspection Discipline for Boys

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 April 1930 · page 14

On the subject of defects in the coal industry and proposed remedies, the Coal Commission, in its report, contributes many observations. Regarding the…

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Lithgow Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 April 1930 · page 8

Although a large number of men employed at some of the collieries in the Lithgow district have received notice of dismissal; it is believed that the situation…

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Millfield Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 April 1930 · page 11

Millfield Colliery will be idle to-day, owing to slackness of trade. This in formation was conveyed to the Secretary of the lodge, Mr. J. Leslie, by the…

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Coal Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 April 1930 · page 7

Sir,—Once again there seems some prospect of the mines resuming, and our getting our much needed work back again. As one of those who has suffered too…

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Miners and 'Buses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 April 1930 · page 7

Sir.—I read with interest the letter of "Deep Thinker." Mr. Mitchell will be quite capable of putting forward something nice for him to think about. I read…

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Colliery Mechanics Reply to Mr. Hoare

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 April 1930 · page 10

Mr. H. C. Morton, Secretary to the Colliery Mechanics' Association, in an interview yesterday, on behalf of the executive, stated that it was expected that Mr…

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Belgian Mining Disaster BRUSSELS

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 April 1930 · page 1

Thirteen miners were killed and eight were injured as the result of a [?]re damp explosion in a coalmine at Elouges, following the firing of a…

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Ignore Communists Mr. O'Hearn to Miners "Don't Be Misled"

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 April 1930 · page 6

"Don't be stampeded by the attacks and actions of the Communists," was an appeal made to members of the Miners' Federation by Mr. O'Hearn,…

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Owners' Stand "The Mines Will Open" Men's Viewpoint Aggregate Meetings Puzzle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 April 1930 · page 10

It was stated yesterday by several of the colliery owners at that there would be no further parleying. Regardless of the outcome of the…

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Highest in World Cost of N.S.W. Coal MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 April 1930 · page 6

Mr. H. W. Gepp, formerly chairman of the Development and Migration Commission, addressing the farmers convention at St. Arnaud…

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Conflict of 1914 Mr. Brown and the Miners C.E.F. Officials' Viewpoint

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 April 1930 · page 10

The speech by Mr. John Brown, some extracts from which were reprinted in Saturday's issue, and in which, when proposing the toast of "Prosperity to…

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Men to Decide Aggregate Meetings Next Week Coal Deadlock Newcastle Field on

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 April 1930 · page 6

Whether there is to be-an end of the coal dispute next week depends now on the rank and file of the miners, who will have the responsibility of saying yes or no to the owners' compromise terms, at .the aggregate meetings, on Monday and Tuesday…

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Northern Miners Will Discuss November Compromise Terms at Monday 's Aggregate Meetings The Neu Tariff in Pictures

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 April 1930 · page 6

By a proclamation Issued yesterday the Importation of 67 Items into the Commonwealth was prohibited. A further eleven items aro to be partially prohibited, imports being cut down by 60 per cont. Of these eleven, five lines. in addition to being subject to rationing, will also be…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 April 1930 · page 5

The large Maitland collieries in the Northern field still remain closed, work for the fortnight being confined to the unassociated smaller pits. Eleven days…

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