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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
2,406 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 121
Opposing an early, return to the gold standard, the Federation of British Industries, in a memorandum to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, urges the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Large shipments of gold, principally the result of discoveries in Australia and of sales of old gold, are understood to have left Australia for England during recent…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mr. John Hicks, of Merewether, is one of the pioneers of coalmining in the Northern district. He was also a member of the little group of enthusiasts who…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Pleading "Guilty" to a charge of having stolen one cwt. of coal, valued at 1/3, the property of the Railway Department, at Carrington, on February 10, Peter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. G. Perris, Secretary of Habburn No. 1 Miners' Lodge, at a meeting on Thursday night submitted a list of names of members who had received 14 days'…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →William Brooks (49), of Charlestown, was injured by a full of coal in Ayrview Colliery at Adamstown this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →John Lacey, 53, a miner, employed at Richmond Main Colliery, and residing at Brunkerville, received a fractured collarbone, abrasions on the back, arms, and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The price of gold was quoted today at £6/0/2 an ounce fine, being unchanged since yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →In view of recent efforts to finance the restarting of operations on the Newnes Shale-Oil Field, New South Wales, on which a sum of £1,700,000 is stated to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners in this district have experienced a very slack time since the beginning of the year. Several mines have worked only three or four days, whilst others are only…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The annual picnic of Bellbird minors took place at Speer's Point to-day. Fifteen 'buses took miners from Bellbird and the Cessnock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The quantity of coal including bunkers, shipped at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State was 40,295 tons, of which 11,990 tons represented overseas…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The first order of its kind in naval history has been given by the Admiralty for a year's bulk supplies of oil made from British coal. It marks the most not…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A deputation representing South Coast miners, which sought the revision of certain regulations in the food relief system, related stories of hardship and suffering…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The official estimate of the gold production of Australia for 1932 was given as something like 610,000 fine ounces in the early part of the year. I pointed out at…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Asked whether Sir Frederick Leith Ross, chief economic adviser to the Government, was instructed to outline at Geneva the conditions under which…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Minister for Mines (Mr. R. S. Vincent) stated to-day that the agreement which had been entered into by the Commonwealth and State Government for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Richmond Main, Pelaw Main, and Stanford Main No. 1 collieries resumed work to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bellbird Colliery, which worked two lays last week, was idle again to-day owing to slackness of trade. Aberdare Extended after a week's idleness owing…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →WHEN is Australia going to wake up and get busy on the production of oil from coal? While our Governments are asleep, the British admiralty has been conducting tests in its own vessels, and has now let a huge…
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