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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
2,406 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 70 of 121
The Coal Utilisation Council states that a new market for coal as large and valuable as that represented by the entire British war industry is in prospect as a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Convention" (Merewether) writes: On the back page of "The Newcastle Sun" on Saturday night appeared the photo, of the Spanish…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Burwood colliery has worked four days for each of the past three weeks consecutively. The mine will probably work a similar number of days this week…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The intermittency of work which is particularly marked at Bellbird Colliery, has been brought under the notice of Mr. Baddeley, M.L.A., who has undertaken…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A raid on the dump of coal at the scene of the recent Coalfields smash near Cessnock had its sequel in the Cessnock Police Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Secretary of the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation (Mr. J. L. Halliday) said yesterday that the ballot of the members will be taken to-day,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The price of gold to-day was £6/4/ an ounce fine, a rise of 4d on Saturday's price. The dollar was quoted to-day at 4.50…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. A. Teece) said to-night that a council meeting of the Federation would be held to-morrow afternoon, when…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →After stealing a hundred-weight of railway coal yesterday. Villies Thorley. (20), laborer, had it transported by train without paying freight…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The following figures show the amount of coal transferred interstate and the amount exported from Newcastle for the month of July. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"There is no doubt that the coal was stolen," said the Magistrate, in imposing a fine of £3, in default six days' imprisonment, in the case in which Wilfred…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A fine of £3, in default six days' imprisonment, was imposed on Villies Thorley, 20, labourer, who pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having stolen, at Waratah, on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners prominently associated with the political side of the activities of the Miners' Federation, express the opinion that the voting on the question of the withdrawal…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The deputations from the coalfields will be the first to be received by the Premier (Mr. B. S. Stevens) when he visits Newcastle this week…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gold was quoted to-day at £6/4/ an oz. fine. The dollar was quoted at 4.45 to the £…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Fiji Commissioners of the Currency have shipped by the Oakbank to London 83,000 sovereigns, which have hitherto been retained as a guarantee fund, but…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Alleging that the Association had caused his dismissal from employment, Malcolm McCallum, deputy of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Leader of the Opposition (Mr. J. T. Lang) was severely criticised at a meeting of the Council of the Miners' Fedcration to-day, when a statement by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Expressing the opinion that some form of Government control was necessary to rehabilitate the coal industry…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Unofficial reports from various parts of the coalfields show that there is a substantial majority in favor of the…
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