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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1933

2,406 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 57 of 121

Coal Point and Kilaben Bay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1933 · page 7

A coin social in aid of the Wallsend £1500 drive was conducted by the Coal Point and Killabell Bay Progress Association at the resident of Mr. D. Christian,…

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Industrial News Miners' Meetings Ashtonfields Approves

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1933 · page 7

The President and the Vice-president of the Miners' Federation (Messrs. T. Hoare and J. Kellock) attended a meeting of the Ashtonfields Miners' Lodge in the…

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Mining at Commonwealth Creek

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1933 · page 4

The new owners of the Bartlett Mine on Commonwealth Creek, the Kinsane Mining Company, have began work at the mine, and have brought many fine…

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Mr. Lang's Visit to Coalfields Miners Urge Address at Weston

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 June 1933 · page 8

Efforts on behalf of the Hebburn No. 1 Miners' Lodge are being made to have Mr. Lang speak at Weston during his visit…

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Sharing of Work Unemployed Miners Will Move to See Premier

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 June 1933 · page 7

A definite move by the unemployed mine workers, to bring about a sharing of the work at Richmond Main,…

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Control of "Labor Daily" Miners' Aggregate Meetings Cessnock To-morrow

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 June 1933 · page 8

While opinions vary on the coalfields in regard to the attitude of minors on the question, it is likely that aggregate meetings to…

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Coal Problem Underground Losses Accumulated Annual Depletion No. Vi

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1933 · page 4

The coal resources of the State are being drawn on at the rate of 10,000,000 tons annually: but the underground louses add so materially to this that the…

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Miners' Meeting Abermain Approves

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 June 1933 · page 9

The miners' financial position in the "Labor Daily" was placed before another meeting at Abermain last night. The President of the Abermain No. 1 Miners'…

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Colliery Work Unemployed Seek Share Deputation to Premier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 June 1933 · page 6

Unemployed miners in the Kurri Kurri district are organising with the object of bringing about a sharing of the work at Stanford Merthyr, Pelaw Main, and…

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Clergy and Miners Unite Cessnock Relief Work

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 June 1933 · page 5

Members of the local clergy and representatives of mining lodges have co-operated with Cessnock Citizens' Relief Committee, in an…

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Miners Meet at Abermain Central Council's Plans Endorsed Position Explained

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 June 1933 · page 8

Approval of the plans of the Miners' Central Council, which wants to regain control of the "Labor Daily," was…

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Romance of Gold Half World Output Disappears "Treasure Sink" Washington, April 28

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 June 1933 · page 6

The intricate part that gold has played in the affairs of civilisation and something of the romance that clings to the…

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Jury's Tribute to Miners' Heroism Fatality at Colliery Vain Attempt at Rescue "Accidental Death"

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 June 1933 · page 1

In returning a verdict of accidental death at the inquest concerning the fatality at Bellbird colliery on March 22, a jury, at…

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MINERS' £30,000 Newspaper Investment Cessnock Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 June 1933 · page 9

The attendance, at the aggregate meeting in the Strand Theatre, Cessnock, last night, to consider the financial interests of the Miners' Federation in the Labour…

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Idle Miners Sharing of Work Federation's Attitude

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 June 1933 · page 6

The report in the "Newcastle Morning Herald" yesterday that the unemployed miners in the Kurri Kurri district were organising with the object of bringing…

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Price of Gold London, June 21

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 June 1933 · page 8

The price of gold was quoted to-day at £6/2/2/ an ounce fine…

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Work Sharing in Mines Operates in Some Areas

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 June 1933 · page 14

That there were many men working in the mines who were in favor of the scheme, sharing of work at the collieries, was the statement…

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Cessnock Miners Hold Stormy Meeting Uproar Marked the Final Stages Chairman and Document Members and Mr. Lang

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 June 1933 · page 10

Though the decision of last night's miners' aggregate meeting at Cessnock was declared on the same lines as the previous…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 7

When the matter of purchasing an instrument at £7/10/ was before the committee of Wallsend Municipal Band last night, the Secretary (Mr. W. E…

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Week's Coal Shipments

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 1

Shipments of coal from Newcastle to interstate and overseas ports for this week are expected to be in the vicinity of 45,000 tons. Up to last…

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