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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1931

2,504 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 71 of 126

Mining Conferences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1931 · page 6

The Vice-president of the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation (Mr. J. Kellock) was engaged on conferences yesterday respecting Greta Main and…

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Industrial News Colliery Mechanics Results of Ballot

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1931 · page 6

The Secretary of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association (Mr. H. C. Morton (received from the Returning Officer (Mr. J. Stewart) yesterday, the…

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Wallsend Coal for Unemployed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1931 · page 3

Wallsend branch of the Unemployed Workers' Movement, at its weekly meeting yesterday, decided to send a deputation to the Manager of Wallsend colliery…

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Fall of Coal Trapper Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 July 1931 · page 6

Herbert Black (18). of McFarlane-street, Cessnock, employed as a trapper at Aberdare Central colliery, was injured about the [?]k and head…

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Miner's Lingering Death Lived, for Six Months with Back Broken Colliery Accident

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 July 1931 · page 1

How a miner injured in a fall of coal early this year, lingered for six months with a broken back before he died, was told in…

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Aberdare Plan to Ration Mine Workers Conference Held at Cessnock

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 July 1931 · page 6

For the purpose of dealing with the proposal by Aberdare Extended Miners' Lodge that work be rationed, so that the men recently retrenched from…

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Coal By-products Experiments at Wallsend Inspection of Plant

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1931 · page 6

The Chief Analyst of the Department of Mines (Mr. W. A. Greig), and Mr. E. M. Hughes, consulting engineer, of Newcastle, visited Wallsend Gasworks…

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Undermining Beach Cliffs Coal Seam Workers Are Blamed Danger to Public

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 July 1931 · page 6

THE Newcastle City Council authorised the Mayor (Alderman Parker) last night to take whatever steps wore, necessary to…

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City Council £15,000 Loan Plan Mining Under Cliffs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1931 · page 6

Newcastle City Council met last night. There were present the Mayor (Ald. C. J. Parker), the Deputy Mayor (Ald. T. Blackall), Ald. H. P. Cornish, F. S…

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Coal Gas As Fuel for Motor Cars Wallsend Experimenters Use It "Not Practicable" ; I

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 July 1931 · page 2

At Wallsend, Lyons Brothers, who are experimenting with coal by-products, are using coal gas…

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Northern Miners and Coal Bill

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 July 1931 · page 1

It is expected that when the Coal Bill comes up for discussion at the meeting of the Northern Miners' Committee of Management, the…

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Millfield Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 July 1931 · page 8

Millfield Colliery was idle yesterday, due to the failure of the electric power owing to interference to the line between Extended Colliery nod Millfield. The pit…

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Miners' Management Committee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 July 1931 · page 8

A special meeting of the Northern Miners' Management Committee will be held at the Newcastle Trades Hall at 9.15 o'clock this morning. It is expected that…

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Mine Service Certificates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 July 1931 · page 4

Sir,—At the last meeting of the Deputies and Shotfirers' Association it was decided to forward a protest to the Minister for Mines, with a view of repealing…

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Medicine Stolen Robbery At Colliery

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 July 1931 · page 5

Breaking into the ambulance room Myall colliery, near Cardiff, [?]rough a window, thieves stole a [?]lity of medicine. The matter…

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Hebburn Miners Fines for Non-attendance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 July 1931 · page 8

Mr. E. Todd presided at a meeting of Hebburn No. 2 Miners' Lodge on Monday, held in Shedden's Hall, Weston, but there was a poor attendance. It was…

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Declared Black Ashtonfields Mine and Glenrock Committee Decides

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 July 1931 · page 5

The Northern Miners' Committee of Management endorsed the attitude of the Executive to-day in…

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Gold Bounty Bill Licensed Buyer Defined CANBERRA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 July 1931 · page 7

Moving the second reading of the Gold Bounty Bill in the House of Representatives to-day, the Minister for Customs (Mr. Forde) said that the bill contained…

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Draining England of Gold French Withdrawals Are Heavy Higher Bank Rate? London

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 July 1931 · page 6

The Bank of England continues to lose gold, mainly to France. During the past fortnight the withdrawals have amounted to nearly…

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Mines Working

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 July 1931 · page 1

Hebburn No. 1 colliery, owing to slackness of trade, was the only mine on the Kurri end of the field idle to-day…

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