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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1933

2,406 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 29 of 121

Lively Meeting New Guinea Goldfields, Ltd. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1933 · page 9

Proceedings were lively at the annual meeting of shareholders of New Guinea Goldfields, Limited, to-day, when allegations were made that tributers had made…

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Bellbird Colliery Conference on Seniority

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 7

A conference respecting the question of seniority at the Bellbird colliery was held at the Newcastle rooms of the Northern Collieries' Association…

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Injured By Fall of Coal

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 1

Robert Haddon, an Aberdare Extended miner, living lit Anstey-street, Cessnock, was struck by a fall of coal to-day…

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Big Coal Contract Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 5

Mr. Mackay, general manager of the Sydney City Council's Electricity Department, has recommended the acceptance of the…

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Sealed Down Shortland Colliery Fire in Old Furnace Shaft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 4

Shortland colliery, at Adamstown, has been sealed down, in consequence of an outbreak of fire in a travelling tunnel at an old furnace shaft. The mine has been…

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Industrial News Northern Miners Appeal from Seamen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 7

There was a full attendance of the members at the meeting of the Northern Miners' Management Committee, which continued its deliberations at the…

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Coal Point and Kilaben Progress Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 9

The monthly meeting of the Coal Point and Kilaben Bay Progress Association was held at the residence of Mr. Hargreaves, who presided over a fair…

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May Do Own Burials Miners Demand Reduced Fees Undertakers' Reply

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 1

The threat of the miners to become undertakers, unless a substantial reduction is made in the charges for burials in…

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White Gold (Published by Arrangement with Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, London and Melbourne.) CHAPTER VIII.—(Continued.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 9

Somewhere in one of those dark pestholes was his friend, held there on a charge of which he was innocent, denied such justice as a Portuguese Court might…

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Northern Miners Motions and Appeals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 5

The Management Committee of the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation continued its deliberations at the Newcastle Trades Hall yesterday. All the…

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Price of Gold London, March 29

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 7

Gold was quoted to-day at £6/0/11½ an ounce fine…

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Combustion Engines and Coal Institution of Engineers

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 6

A paper on Coal and Its Relation to the internal Combustion Engine will be read by Mr. A. F. Lyon at the general meeting of the Newcastle…

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Big Coal Cargo for Philippines Dalryan's First Visit to Newcastle

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 1

Seven thousand tons of coal cargo will be taken on board the steamer Dairyan, which arrived to-day from Adelaide, and is now loading at the…

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Tenders Accepted Coal for Sydney Council Northern Contract Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 7

The Electricity Department of the City Council has recommended the acceptance of the tender of J. and A. Brown and Abermai-Seaham Collieries, Limited, for…

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Gold Ore Valuable Consignment Arrival in Sydney Sydney, Thursday Morning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 7

While Sydney's million slept a lorry containing a ton of gold ore, stated to be the richest consignment of gold which has arrived in Sydney since the early…

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White Gold (Published by Arrangement with Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, London and Melbourne.) CHAPTER IX.—(Continued.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 11

"Then those devils got him for certain. My God, when I'm out of this—" The voice behind the bars was almost a scream. It threatened hysteria, and…

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Colliery Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 11

The District Coroner (Mr. W. Johnson) formally opened the inquiry into the death of James Bowie, who was killed by a fall of coal in Bellbird colliery on March 22…

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Baerami Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 4

Sir,—The name Baerami has been figuring in the papers recently with much greater prommence than ever accorded it before. Presumably Newnes has received…

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Kurri Mines Working

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 8

The three Kurri collieries, Richmond Main, Pelaw Main, and Stanford Main No. 1, which have worked all the week, were again working…

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Coal in Possession

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 12

For having had a hundredweight of coal in his possession, reasonably suspected, of having been stolen, Clyde Charlton (25), laborer, was…

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