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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1931

2,504 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 56 of 126

Newcastle Bar New Channel Tested Draught and Coal Shipment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 June 1931 · page 6

The departure of the Narbada, a vessel of 8988 gross tonnage, from Newcastle at 7.35 p.m. on Sunday for Java was a historic one for Newcastle…

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Hospital Claim for Expenses Injured Miners Who Were Patients Details Omitted

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 June 1931 · page 5

Four claims for hospital expenses in respect of injured employees, were made by the Secretary of the…

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Ship Gold New Federal Legislation Meet Treasury Bills Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 June 1931 · page 7

A bill is being drafted to enable the Federal Ministry to require the Commonwealth Bank to ship to London gold to the value of £5,000,000, at present held…

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Goldfields Authoress Here

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 June 1931 · page 1

Mrs. Doris Booth (right), authoress and heroic of early adventures on the New Guinea goldfields, with friends who met her when she returned to Sydney yesterday by the Macdhui…

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Colliery Mechanics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 June 1931 · page 8

The Chairman of the Colliery Mechanics (North) Conciliation Committee (Mr. W. F. Read), with representatives of the parties, will to-day, give further…

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Stole From Colliery

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 June 1931 · page 6

Pleading guilty to a charge of having stolen a quantity of material, the properly of the Pelaw Main Coalmining Company, Alexander Wilson was…

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Aberdare Extended Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 June 1931 · page 8

Owing to a grievance of the wheelers at Aberdare Extended Colliery yesterday, the pit was thrown idle. The lodge officers conferred with the Manager later in…

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Petrol From Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 June 1931 · page 4

Speaking at the first annual general meeting of Petroleum Refineries, Limited, Sir Arthur Grey Hazlerigg, Bt. (Chairman), said the company possessed the…

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Skips Damaged Colliery Tunnel Mishap Incident at Bellbird

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 June 1931 · page 6

A mishap to the haulage machinery at Bellbird Colliery yesterday morning allowed a load of about 200 skips to run back in the tunnel for approximately 50…

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Lake Shire Coal for Unemployed Cardiff Subway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 June 1931 · page 5

Those present at the meeting of the Lake Macquarie Shire Council last night were the President (Cr. H. Richards), and ers. J. G. Desreaux, D. T. Johnson, G…

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Mine Conferences Aberdare Central and Millfield Greta Bellbird Meeting

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 June 1931 · page 6

The vice-president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Kellock) said to-day that he would attend a conference with the management of the Aberdare…

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Coal Agreement Nothing Yet Finalised South Seeking Increases

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 June 1931 · page 6

The representatives of the coalowners and the Miners' Federation have been conferring at various times for several weeks regarding the new agreement under…

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Cessnock Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 June 1931 · page 10

Aberdare Extended Colliery, which was idle on Tuesday owing to wheelers' grievance, resumed work yesterday morning. The big party of shiftmen engaged on…

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Two Bankrupt Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 June 1931 · page 12

Two miners were examined by the Deputy Registrar in Bankruptcy (Mr. Atkinson), in the Newcastle Bankruptcy Court to-day…

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Shipping of Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 June 1931 · page 6

The first instalment of the Government's finance bills now appeared in the form of a measure to amend the Commonwealth Bank Act, in order to allow…

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Liddell Coal Seam "Workable Thickness"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 June 1931 · page 10

A seam of coal of workable thickness and of good quality was opened up during the year one mile north-west of the Liddell railway station. The seam occurs in…

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Summons Division Theft of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 June 1931 · page 11

Frederick Hanson, Henry-street, Tighe's Hill, pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having stolen, at Port Waratah, on May 24, a quantity of coal, valued at 1/, the…

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Miners' Secretary Mr. Biggers a Candidate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 June 1931 · page 10

Mr. A. Biggers, of Cessnock, has been invited to contest the office of general secretary of the Miners' Federation, vacated by Mr. D. J. Davies, and for which…

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Industrial News No Finality Colliery Mechanics' Case SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 June 1931 · page 10

The Colliery Mechanics' (North) Conciliation Committee met in Sydney to-day to deal further with the claims of the Colliery Mechanics' Association, Mr. W…

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Wallarah Miners Mr. Hoare to Attend Lodge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 June 1931 · page 10

The President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. T. Hoare) stated yesterday that a deal of dissatisfaction had existed at the Wallarah Colliery, Catherine Hill…

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