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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1931

2,504 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 32 of 126

Centenary of Coal Shipment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1931 · page 4

Ald. Castleden told Newcastle Council last night that 100 years had elapsed since the A.A. Company first shipped coal from Newcastle, and suggested that the council…

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Gold Near Nundle Tamworth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1931 · page 6

The Sanders Bros., of Tamworth, have discovered a promising gold show in the Swamp Creek section of the Nundle field, where they are interested in a reef…

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Coal Oil British Admiralty Tests Local Industry's Future

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1931 · page 9

That the process of liquefaction of coal in possible and practicable is borne out by tests recently conducted by the British Admiralty. According to reports, the…

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Southern Coal Application for Wage Cut Court's Ruling "Matter for Whole Industry" MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1931 · page 5

The Arbitration Court yesterday reserved served for further consideration the applications of the Bellambi Coal Company, Ltd., and others, against the Australian,…

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Shortland Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 April 1931 · page 8

Work will be resumed at Shortland colliery, Adamstown, to-day. A meeting of the members of the lodge was held at the Gully Line yesterday. The agreement bus…

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Cavilled-out Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 April 1931 · page 8

The Secretary of the cavilled-out miners, Mr. E. Rowan, of East Greta, received a telegram yesterday from the General Secretary of the Miners' Federation, advising…

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Inspection of Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 April 1931 · page 8

Mr. I. Heare, District Check Inspector of the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation, left Newcastle yesterday for an extensive tour of inspection of the…

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Only, Kurri Mine Idle

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 April 1931 · page 1

Hobburn No 1 colliery which was idle to-day owing to slackness of trude was the only colliery idle on the Kurri end of the field to-day…

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March Coal Output Best Since October

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 April 1931 · page 5

The quantity of coal hauled to Bullock Island from mines in the northern district during March was 277,983 tons, as against 243,870 tons in…

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Where Is That Free Coal? City Mayor Wants to Know for Unemployed

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 April 1931 · page 5

Where is the free coal, which the Federal Government is offering to the unemployed of this district—at the Duke, at Port Waratah, at…

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Clarence River Goldfield

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 April 1931 · page 6

"A correspondent, writing from the 'New Rush,' under date April 26, states there, is a goldfield in the Clarence River district sufficiently, extensive to employ…

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The Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1931 · page 6

Work at the collieries in the Northern district will be discontinued for the Easter holidays with this afternoon's shift, and will be resumed on Tuesday…

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Wallarah Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1931 · page 8

Members of Wallarah Miners' Lodge have been generous subscribers to the Sick Girl Fund, notwithstanding that they have experienced slack times for some…

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Mines Working

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 April 1931 · page 8

Richmond Main, Pelaw Main, Hebburn No. 2 and Stanford Merthyr Collieries were all working to-day, while Hebburn No. 1 mine, which was idle…

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Miners' Lodges Combine Objective Is "Common Action" Pelaw Main Group

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 April 1931 · page 7

The Richmond Main, Pelaw Main, Seaham 1 and 2, Abermain 1 and 2 and Stanford Merthyr No. 2…

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Wallarah Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 4

The complaint that members of the Deputies' Association were performing work, at Wallarah, properly that of members of the Miners' Federation, proved on…

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Miners' Leaders' Statements

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 7

Sir,—The leading article commenting on the miners' leaders statements is much appreciated for its summing up of questions affecting the present day. The…

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Miners' Leaders' Statements

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 2

Sir,—Having read Mr. Houre's review of the present-day crisis and his cure for it, I. like the writer of the leading article in the "Newcastle Morning Herald," of…

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Distribution of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 4

It was announced recently that the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) intended to make available 10,000 tons of coal for the use of needy families in the…

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Queanbeyan Mining Leases

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 4

Mr. T. Ledsam, of the Newcastle office of the Australian Workers' Union, has received from the secretary of the mining section (Mr. J. Jenkins) a report…

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