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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1933

2,406 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 35 of 121

Work At Mines

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 April 1933 · page 8

Pelaw Main Colliery, which has been idle all the week, was again idle to-day and will probably not resume until after the Easter holidays…

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"What Coal Do You Burn?"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1933 · page 8

When prospecting for contracts for coal supplies the questions "What coal do you burn?" and "What do you pay for it?" are aften asked and the seller is well…

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Price of Gold London, April 11

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1933 · page 10

Gold was quoted to-day at £6/1/4 an ounce fine, compared with £6/0/11 yesterday…

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Gold Yield Higher Queensland Statistics BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1933 · page 10

For the first three months of the year the Queensland gold yield totalled 13,128 oz., valued at £55,764, which is an increase of 3989oz., valued at £16,945, over the…

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Buried in Coal Police Praise Rescuers SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1933 · page 8

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the City Coroner to-day at the conclusion of evidence into the death of John Heffernan, 57, who was overwhelmed…

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Rehabilitation of Coal Industry Plans Before State Cabinet Mr. Hoare's Comments

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 April 1933 · page 1

Intense interest wan taken by the miners' leaders to-day in the announcement that the Premier and the Minister for Mines had submitted to…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1933 · page 14

"Wrong," he said. "If you had not let me off that roof, I should have had the choice of jumping into the street, or of fighting it out up there with four armed…

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Protest About Coal Freight

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1933 · page 9

Cessnock Chamber of Commerce decided last night to protest to the Premier (Mr. B. S. B. Stevens) against the transport charges on coal on the railways…

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Mine Dispute Settled at Werris Creek

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 April 1933 · page 6

The mine at Werris Creek, at which work was stopped owing to a dispute over the payment of water money, is again at work…

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Wales Eisteddfod Mining Competitions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1933 · page 8

During the past few years the competitions organised in connection with the mining section of the National Eisteddfod of Wales have constituted a highly…

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Coal Trade Home Consumption Rehabilitating Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1933 · page 6

The announcement made yesterday that the State Cabinet was considering the question of rehabilitating the coalmining industry aroused interest in Newcastle,…

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Government and Coal Industry Chamber of Commerce Dissatisfied

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 April 1933 · page 7

While appreciating the Government's proposed reduction of wool and wheat freights, the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce is…

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Policy Unchanged Britain and Gold Standard Chancellor Questioned London, April 11

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1933 · page 7

Asked for an assurance that before the Government was committed to any steps designed to secure the early return of Britain to the gold standard,…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1933 · page 13

"It was up in the old German East that the business started. Jack Latrobe and I had been on a prospecting expedition, and having drawn a pretty…

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VITAL A.L.P. Parley Opens To-morrow Pronouncement by President Socialisation Units and Funds Miners and Rail Men Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 April 1933 · page 7

Everything points to a further split in the State Labor Party in N.S.W. with the pronouncement of the retiring president (Mr. T…

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Wallarah Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 April 1933 · page 6

Wallarah colliery has worked only live days this fortnight. One day was lost last week-owing to rough seas. On Wednesday, morning the miners held a…

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Hebburn Miners' Lodge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 April 1933 · page 6

Mr. W. Wardle presided at a meeting of Hebburn No. 1 Miners' Lodge in the Weston School of Arts on Tuesday night. Consideration was given to the matter…

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Struck by Cage Mine Engineer Killed Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 April 1933 · page 4

William Rufus, 47, an engineer at the North mine, was fatally injured late yesterday afternoon when he was struck by a descending cage while carrying out…

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FOR 48 HOURS Mining Industry Case Court Announcement Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 April 1933 · page 5

Further evidence was given before the Standard Hours Inquiry to-day on behalf of the employers for a 48 hours' week. The Secretary of the Australian Mines…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 April 1933 · page 3

"The trader heard voices outside, and realised that he was up against it, and that Covilham, going out with that bullet through his head, had handed over his…

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