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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1933

2,406 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 121

John Darling Mine Check Inspectors' Report

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 5

The District Check' Inspector (Mr. Isaac Hoare) has reported as follows on an inspection of the John Darling Colliery, on January 16 and 17—…

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Industrial News Owners and Miners Conferences on Disputes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 5

Matters in dispute between employers and employees at the Aberdare Extended and Stanford Main No. 2 collieries were discussed at conferences of the parties…

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Miners' Delegate for Russia? Discussion at Cessnock "Time Opportune"

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 5

At the Cessnock headquarters of the Militant Minority Movement last night, a conference of miners' lodges on the Cessnock…

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Coal Trade Owners and Government "Still in Touch"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 6

The Chairman of the Northern Colliers Association (Mr. C. M. McDonald) visited Newcastle yesterday to confer with the miners' representatives on…

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Big Trades Hall Protest Gelignite Dangers Mine Manager Was Fined Breaches of Act

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 9

Expert evidence concerning the dangers of old gelignite, and the amount of pressure required to set…

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Kenya Gold Belongs to the Crown Occupier of Land Excluded Colonial Office Statement Important Discovery London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 8

The colonial Office, in an authoritative statement, deals with the position of native lands following upon the recent discovery…

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Work at Mines

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 2

Richmond Main Colliery was again Idle to-duy. This colliery has boon idle for the past two weeks, owing to stackness of trade, and will have…

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Lighter Coal Shipments

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 5

A stilighter shipment of coal is expected to leave Newcastle next week. This week about 48,222 tons wore shipped at the crimes, but It…

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Search for Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 3

Sir,—The Government is about to invest another £500 in the search for gold, to be paid by results, but the £1 per week for those unemployed folks, who…

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Gold In Kenya

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 1

The upper structure of the first shaft on the original reef at the Kakamega goldfield in Kenya…

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Summons Division Mine Manager Fined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 14

Edward Fallins, Manager of Newcastle Myall mine, was fined £2, with £1/9/ coats, in default seven days imprisonments, for having carried out shot-firing…

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"No More Gold" British Debt to America "Must Pay in Goods" London, January 19

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 9

At the meeting of Barclay's Bank, Ltd., the Chairman, Mr. F. C. Goodenough, said he thought that the payment by Britain to America of further sums in…

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Gold in Kenya Effect on Native Lands Interests Guarded Colonial Office Explains (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, January 18

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 9

The Colonial Office, in an authoritative statement, deals with the position of native lands following upon the recent discovery of gold in Kenya. It is…

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United States Cannot Be Paid Either in Gold or Goods U.S. Fiscal Policy a Bar Debtor Nations' Dilemma English Banker States Present Position No Pay Until After Discussion London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 8

The dilemma in which the debtor nations are placed by the attitude of the United States was emphasized by a leading banker, Mr. F. C. Goodenough, chairman of Barclay's Bank, addressing a…

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Northern Miners' Ballot Sydney Conference

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 4

Nominations closed to-day for the election of five representatives from the Northern Miners' Federation to attend the Metropolitan Provincial…

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Mine Workings for Fortnight Good Average

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 6

Only one mine worked fulltime during the last fortnight, but the average workings were good. Four mines worked for ten…

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Miners' Ballot for A.l.p. Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 6

The returning officer of the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation (Mr. L. Halliday) announced yesterday that the ballot for the election of five…

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Wonthaggi Miners Adherence to Custom Demanded MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 8

Wonthaggi miners, who refused to work yesterday on the ground that the management had departed from a long-established principle in allotting bords,…

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Railway Record Locomotive Grate Test Reduced Coal Consumption Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 9

Claiming it as a record performance by any locomotive in New South Wales, and probably in Australia, details are given by the Railway Department of a…

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Coal Export 43,926 Tons for Week Less Quantity Next Week

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 8

The quantity of coal, including bunkers, shipped at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State was 43,926 tons, of which only 1999 tons represented…

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