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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1933

2,406 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 60 of 121

Raiders Raided Coal Thieves at Lambton Police Cause Scatter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 June 1933 · page 8

Men and youths who have been in the habit of helping themselves to coal from trails passing along the Old Lambton Colliery line received a rude shock…

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Gold Standard Relation to Depression Address by Mr. Lloyd Ross

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 June 1933 · page 17

At a meeting of the University Tutorial Class in Economics, Mr. Lloyd Ross, Newcastle lecturer for the Workers' Educational Association, gave an account of…

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"Beware of the Lure of Gold" Say the British Dominions Representatives Alarmed Warning to British Prime Minister Swift Move May Be Effective Is Claim Stabilisation or Chaos London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 June 1933 · page 8

A swift move on behalf of the Dominions to-day not only brought them to the centre of the stabilisation crisis, but will have a vital bearing on Britain's imminent decision concerning sterling…

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Kurri Colliery Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 July 1933 · page 11

John Irving, 20, of Abermain-street, Pelaw, main, an employee of Pelaw Main colliery, received injuries on the right knee as a result of a place of coal falling…

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Man Fell Into Coal Hopper

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 July 1933 · page 5

H. Wilney (40), of King-street, Adamstown, a bricklayer employed at the Newcastle Gas Company, suffered a probable fracture of the ribs on…

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Southern Miners Delegate Board Matters WOLLONGONG

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 July 1933 · page 7

A meeting of the Delegate Board of the Southern Miners' district has been called for next Wednesday, when matters vitally concerning its organisation…

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Price of Gold London, June 30

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 July 1933 · page 10

The price, of gold won quoted to-day at £6/3 an ounce fine…

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Oil and Coal Discussion by Engineers Newcastle Experiments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 July 1933 · page 8

A paper read at the March general meeting by Mr. A. F. Lyon, entitled "Coal—Its Relation to the Internal Combustion Engine," as thoroughly…

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"New Lease of Life" Great Boulder Pty. Mine LONDON, June 29

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 July 1933 · page 3

The Great Boulder Proprietary Goldmines, Ltd., at a meeting, approved of a new capital scheme. The Chairman (Mr. J. Waddington) said the mine had…

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Gold and Minerals Prospecting and Unemployed Reports From Fields

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 July 1933 · page 4

All efforts at relieving the severity and continuance of unemployment must be appraised at their worth in the alleviation of human suffering. Under the existing…

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Money Fears Stabilisation Problems Dollar Alarms Gold Standard Countries' Demands (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, June 30

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 July 1933 · page 9

The crisis regarding stabilisation continues, the latest development being a hurriedly convened meeting between the Prime Minister (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald),…

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Colliery Mechanics' Country Delegate

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 3 July 1933 · page 6

Two nominations have been received by the returning officer for the election of the country delegate to the delegates' board of the Colliery…

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Waste of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 July 1933 · page 3

Sir,—I have read the articles on the coal problem recently published in your paper. It was distinctly amusing to me to read such articles, were it not for the…

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Mr. Lang's Visit Coalfields Reception Miners' Money Refund by Newspaper Offered

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 July 1933 · page 9

The Lender of the Opposition in the State Parliament (Mr. J. T. Lang) received a tumultuous welcome as he walked down the aisle at the Regent…

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President Refuses Further Appeal for Stabilisation Gold Standard Countries London Awaits Statement by American Delegation Leader

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 July 1933 · page 7

With the dollar continuing to decline on the foreign exchange market, a resolution from countries on the gold standard, approved by British and American delegations, was sent to President Roosevelt on Friday, advocating their…

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State Labor Leader's Visit to Coalfields: Newcastle Reception Lang's Bitter Attack on Miners' Leaders Crowded Broke Barriers Meetings at Cessnock and Kurri Many Interjections

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 3 July 1933 · page 7

Though interjectors at Mr. Lang's meeting at Cessnock yesterday displayed a persistent determination to make…

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Elrington Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1933 · page 5

Elrington colliery, which was idle at the latter and of last week owing to a dispute arising out of the disrating of a shotfirer, resumed yesterday morning…

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Ayrefield Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1933 · page 5

With the object of winning a greater percentage of the total thickness of the seam, a new system, known as the Breast, has been put into operation at the…

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Coal Point

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1933 · page 3

There was a good attendance at a social held at the residence of Mr. Christianson, of Coal Point. Prizes were won by Misses Murray and Ross, and Messrs…

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Old Wyalong Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1933 · page 8

Mr. C. J. Mulholland, of the Department of Mines, was occupied during the early part of the year in surveying and sampling several tailings dumps of the old…

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