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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1930

2,881 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 51 of 145

Unassociated Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 April 1930 · page 5

Operations at the unassociated collieries in the northern district will he resumed with the morning shift to-morrow. Nothing has, however, been determined…

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Coal Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 April 1930 · page 7

Sir,—I would like to propose a cure for the disease which has made itself manifest in the coalmining industry. To say that a miner should work, 40, 50, or 60 hours…

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Shale Versus Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 April 1930 · page 4

A correspondent in a Sydney journal writes complaining that the shale works at Newnes have been allowed to remain idle for years, whereas the Ministers for…

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Recovery of Coal By-products

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 April 1930 · page 4

During the last two or three years the Australian Gas Light Company has made great advances in the recovery of by-products from the coal used for gas…

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The Mines Crane Employees Sharing the Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 April 1930 · page 5

The question of the sharing of work was considered at it special meeting of the Newcastle Coal and Coke Shipping Union, held at the Coaltrimmers' Hall,…

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Mine Worker's Rise From Cottage to Palace London, April 18

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 April 1930 · page 5

An old mine examiner, James Brown, will shortly resume the position of Lord High Commissioner of the Church of Scotland, when he takes up residence for a…

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Coal Export How It Has Declined Striking Figures Some Hope of Recovery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 April 1930 · page 6

Figures for the last 10 years show strikingly how the coal export trade from New South Wales has declined, the total for 1920 being a little over half what it was…

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State Coal Mine Manager

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1930 · page 4

Sixty-one applications were received by the Queensland Mines Department for the position of Manager of the State Coal Mine at Collinsville, Bowen district, which…

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Miners' Relief Northern Committee Meets

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 April 1930 · page 6

A meeting of the Miners' Northern District Relief Committee will be held on Thursday, at 9.30 a.m., at the Newcastle Trades Hall…

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Morocco's Minerals Recent Development Manganese and Coal

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 April 1930 · page 6

M. Luclen Saint, the French Resident-General in Morocco, in the course of a speech delivered before the Morocco Association, gave some…

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Opening Mines Owners Non-Committal Coal Trade Prospects

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 April 1930 · page 7

Speculation is rife as to the probable action of the associated colliery proprietors, now that the official attitude of the Northern Miners'…

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Coal Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 April 1930 · page 2

Sir,—From bad to worse the whole community is going—worry and distress on every hand, and winter almost here again. There are three parties concerned…

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Serious Charge Colliery Worker Remanded

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 April 1930 · page 6

Edward Parrish, 20, colliery sidler. was charged before Mr. Gibson, S.M at Newcastle Children's Court to-day with having committed a serious…

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May End Coal Owners' Silence Meeting Tuesday Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 April 1930 · page 5

Next Tuesday may end the silence of the northern colliery owners and mark the opening of a period of renewed activity…

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Coal Export Australia's Isolation Decline Explained Stimulating Trade Abroad

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 April 1930 · page 6

The geographic isolation of Australia is such that the coal producers must look chiefly to the Pacific Islands; the south-eastern extremity of Asia; and, to a…

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Enginemen's Leaders Advise Mine Workers to Abandon the Fight. Carry Flag Cessnock Vicar's Plan Anzac Day "Some Fear Unpleasantness"

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 April 1930 · page 5

Carrying a wreath in one hand, and the Union Jack in the other, the Reverend Mr.' Ayscough, of Cessnock, at the…

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Police Protection Collieries Inspected

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1930 · page 8

Police officers inspected collieries on the South Maitland coalfield yesterday, and mode inquiries as to which collieries were likely to work…

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Coal Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1930 · page 5

Sir.—There is an insistent demand, both by the daily Press and also by the colliery proprietors, that the miners should accept the terms agreed upon between the owners…

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Miners' Meetings Richmond Main Lodge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1930 · page 9

After the distribution of relief dockets to the members of Richmond Main Misers' Lodge in the Kurri Kurri School of Arts yesterday morning, a meeting was…

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Heddon Greta Mine Lease Application Warden's Inquiry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1930 · page 8

The Mining Warden, Mr. A. N. Graham, held an inquiry in the Warden's Court. East Maitland, yesterday, in terms of section 127 of the Mining Act, 1906,…

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