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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1931

2,504 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 126

Experiments Fail Tausend's Claims Tested Gold in Cigarette Ends Munich, January 25

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 January 1931 · page 6

Dr. Hohage, expert, who is investigating Tausends gold-making experiments on behalf of an important firm, said that he watched the alchemist for three hours, in…

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Gold Standard Measures for Distribution Report to the League (Australian Press Association.) GENEVA, January 24

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 January 1931 · page 6

The League's Gold Delegation's second interim report deals with the working gold standard. The "Rapporteur's draws attention to…

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Miners' Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 5

The annual meeting of the Central Council of the Miners' Federation will take place in Sydney next month. In addition to many matters of domestic…

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A.L.P. CONFERENCE Miners' Nominations Many Candidates

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 4

Twenty-six nominations have been received for seven miners' delegates to attend the A.L.P. Metropolitan Provincial Conference in Sydney on…

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A.W.U. CONVENTION Amalgamation With Miners SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 5

Many important matters will be discussed at the convention of the Australian Workers' Union, which will assemble in Sydney to-morrow. Not the least…

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Mines Working

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 6

Pelaw Main and Hebburn No. 2 colliers were both idle to-day owing to slackness of trade. Richmond Main colliery, which has been idle since…

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Mining Promoters Before Court "Private Prosecution" Says Defence "Is Mine Coveted?" Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 5

That the two prominent mining company promoters arrested in yesterday's raid on Hunter-street offices had received £157 000 in…

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A.W.U. CONFERENCE Merger With Miners Discussion To-morrow Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 5

Having disposed of preliminary matters, including the election of officers and of an agenda committees. the delegates re-…

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Britain Builds Half World Tonnage Coal Burners on Decrease Many Motorships London

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 6

Less than a quarter of the world's shipping tonnage in 1930 was dependent exclusively on coal, according to…

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Idle Collieries

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 10

Aberdare Extended Colliery, which has not worked since last week, was again Idle to-day owing to slackness of trade. It is possible that this pit…

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Ayrfield No. 1 Colliery Resuming Next

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 6

Work will be resumed at Ayrfield No. 1 Colliery next Monday. The underground workings were filled with water during the disastrous flood last June,…

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Bitten by Horse at Colliery Man's Arm Torn

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 1

Charles. Sneddon, aged 34, had his left arm badly torn when he was bitten by a horse at Hillside colliery, near Merewether this morning…

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Won't Doit Protecting Mine Lessees Council Attitude

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 6

Outrageous! This was the opinion expressed at Adamstown Council last night when a letter from the Lands Department, forwarding a copy of…

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Found Gold Casual Rabbit Inspector Told Two Prospectors Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 6

The story of a rabbit Inspector's casual conduct following upon a rich gold discovery has just been told. He was working on a rabbit-proof fence near Nannins…

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Explosion in Mine Many American Miners Killed LINTON (Indiana), January 28

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 9

More than a score of coalminers were killed by an explosion of 600 pounds of black powder in a miner near here…

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Hebburn Colliery Engine Off the Line

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 10

There was no work at Hebburn No. 2 colliery yesterday. The colliery locomotive used for the coal trains jumped the line early yesterday morning at the Elrington…

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Miners' Ballot Result Next Week

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 8

It is expected that the result of tho Diners' ballot for executive positions In the northern federation will be known early next week…

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Cessnock Miners and the Dole

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 11

Lodge officers in the Cessnock district are very much concerned about a statement which appeared in a Sydney paper yesterday that a man who had received…

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"Dead Dog" Dispute Mine Dam Water

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 8

An echo of what is known at Cessnock as "the dead don dispute," which held up Aberdare Extended Colliery a few weeks ago, was heard at…

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Wallarah Miners Annual Meeting Holiday Working

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 6

When conferences have been held In the past between the Wallarah Miners' Lodge and the management they have been held either In…

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