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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
2,446 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 75 of 123
This present-day view of goldmining is that it is a gamble, with 75 per cent. of the chances against success. This tradition has been passed on from the roaring…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Pleading "Guilty" to the theft of 10cwt of coal, valued at 12/, the property of the Transport Commissioners, at Hanbury Junction, Waratah, on August 18. Alfred…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The economical situation is becoming worse with the growing difficulties in the neighbouring countries. The efforts of Austria and Hungary to protect their…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Before the High Court an application by Mr. Loxton, K.C., for leave to appeal against a decision of the Full Court of the Supremo Court of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The pay distributed to miners to-day was the smallest tor some time. Metropolitan colliery, Helesburgh, had 10 days; Kembla Extended, three; South Bulli,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At the meeting of the Council of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce held yesterday. Mr. W. E. Alexander presided. He reported that the Mayor of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →In reserved judgement he delivered to-day, the Chief Judge in Equity (Mr. Justice Harvey) granted the application made by Garrett and Davidson, metallurgists,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →In search of another El Dorado, an expedition set out by motor-truck from Brisbane this morning, bound for Tanami Goldfield…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The existing agreement for coal supplies between the Collie collieries and the Commissioner for Railways provides that any reduction in the cost of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stanford Main colliery, which has been idle for the past five weeks owing to lack of trade, and Richmond Main, which was idle last week,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aberdare Extended Miners' Lodge meet yesterday, and adopted as satisfactory the report on the settlement of the grievances at the colliery. There was some…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →One of the few steamers in the world which burns pulverised coal the German steamer Stassfurd, returned to Sydney to-day. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Many men from Mount Isa are hurrying to the scene of a new gold find about 40 miles from Mount Isa, on May Downs. Already many business men and mine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A father and two sons, John Robert Hetherington, Charles Hetherington and Robert Lewis Hetherington, of Young-road, Lambton, pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Richmond Main, Pelaw Main, and Stanford Main collieries were again working to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →While following his occupation as a shotfirer at Richmond Main colliery, Walter Sinclair (80), or Rawson-street. Kurri, collapsed and died…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Minister for Defence, Senator G. F. Pearce, has informed Mr. D. Watkins, M.H.R., that he has approved of a further issue of 200 tons of naval coal for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Charles Hetherington, Robert Lewis Hetherington, and John Robert Hetherington, 128 Young-road, Lambton, were each fined 2/ and costs 8/ on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A party of 20 mining students from the Newcastle Technical College, with the teacher of mining, Mr. R. Purcell, visited Wallarah Colliery on Saturday. They…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →By burning pulverised coal, the running costs of the German steamer Stassfurt have been reduced by £3000 a year, according to a Sydney report. The vessel…
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