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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1932

2,446 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 123

The Mystery Mine Published by Arrangement with Ward, Lock and Co., Limited, London and Melbourne. (CHAPTER XXXIV.—Continued.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 12

Rattigan paused, and poured half a glass of beer down his throat. Wiping his lips, he looked at me with an expression of shamed apology that I could not…

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East Greta Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 February 1932 · page 2

Sir,—In the "Newcastle Morning Herald" of January 30. I read with interest a letter Mr. W. Rawling, Wallsend, and I always enjoy a letter by this writer…

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Work At Mines

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 February 1932 · page 4

Hebburn No. 1 colliery, which resumed work to-day, was the only mine on the Kurri end of the field working to-day. Richmond Main,…

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Northern Coal Output Official Figures

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 February 1932 · page 4

The quantity of coal hauled from the northern mines to Bullock Island for the month ending yesterday was greater than the…

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Mines Inspection South Wallsend and Pacific

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 February 1932 · page 3

The Northern District Check Inspector (M. I. Hoare), has furnished the executive of the Miners' Federation with reports dealing with his visit to the South…

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Iron Boats Dispute to Go Before Council Developments Expected Will the Miners Be "Disciplined?" Seamen & B.H.P.

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 February 1932 · page 1

Important developments in the dispute over the manning of the B.H.P. "Iron" boats are expected at the meeting of the…

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The Mystery Mine Published by Arrangement with Ward, Lock and Co., Limited, London and Melbourne. CHAPTER XXXV.—Continued.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 February 1932 · page 3

I laughed, then, with an odd feeling that a moment of strain, a moment full of vague possibilities that I did not understand but that somehow alarmed me, had…

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Cessnock Colliery Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 7

Leslie Linnertson, 24, of Cambage-street, Bellbird, a wheeler employed at Bellbird Colliery, was admitted to Cessnock Hospital yesterday with injuries to both legs…

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"Round Coal for Bombay."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 4

At the hearing at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday of the case in which the Miners' Federation is applying for an award for the unassociated collieries,…

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Mining Record Battery Locomotives Used

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 3

In a report issued recently in England by the Secretary for Mines, attention was drawn to the large number of accidents which occurred during haulage operations…

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No Finality Unassociated Mines Award Glenrock and Ashtonfields

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 9

The application of the Miners' Federation for an award for the non-associated mines in the district north of Sydney was before the Collieries' Northern District…

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Closer Unity Miners and Transport Workers Proposals Adopted Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 4

Proposals to bring about closer unity among, the miners, waterside workers, seamen, and railwaymen were discussed at a conference attended by representatives of…

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Miner's Head Crushed Was Struck by Fall of Coal

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 5

His head crushed when a fall of coal struck him in the Wallarah colliery, Catherine Hill Bay, this afternoon, David McDougal[?], aged 29, of…

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Mine Gear in Dispute Charge of Stealing Is Made Police at Pit

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 1

On the complaint of Charles Edmund James, miner, of Abermain William Adamson, a miner, of Cessnock, and a member of…

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Fear Water From Mine Farmers in East Greta Area to Meet Affect Land?

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 5

The possibility of "acid" mine water pollnting their land and destroying much of its value should the proposal to pump the water…

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The Mystery Mine Published by Arrangement with Ward, Lock and Co., Limited, London and Melbourne. (CHAPTER XXXV.—Continued.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 9

Rattigan looked at me with delight in his eyes. "You've said it," he chortled. "Skipper, you're a number one topside…

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Colliery Mechanics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 6

On January 11 application for a variation of the Colliery Mechanics' North award was made to the Conciliation Committee, which sat and heard the matter…

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Abermain Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 6

Abermain No. 1 colliery, which has been idle for many weeks through slackness of trade, resumed work yesterday. The colliery has worked intermittently for a…

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Oil From Coal Miners to See Premier SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 5

A deputation consisting of the General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. D. Rees), the General Secretary (Mr. A. Teece), members of the Northern…

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Industrial News Mines Rescue Act

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 6

Newcastle mineowners have been advised that, under the provisions of the Mines Rescue Act, approval has been given of the following as the rate of their contributions…

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