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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1934

2,642 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 26 of 133

Coal-trimmers' Roster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 12

Latest charter: Pinboss, No. 27; trimmer, No. 196…

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Work at the Mines

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 8

Stanford Main, Pelaw Main, Hebburn Nos. 1 and 2 collieries were working to-day, while Richmond Main remains idle owing to slackness…

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Northern Miners' Federation Meeting of Board

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 3

A special meeting of the Board of Management of the Northern Miners' federation was held at the Newcastle Crades Hall to-day to consider the…

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Protest Against the Disloyalty Bill Miners' Management Committee

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 7

All industrialists throughout the north are to be called upon by the Northern Miners' Federation to arrange a stop-work mass meeting of…

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Coal-petrol for 'Planes Use in the Royal Air Force Minister's Statement Canberra

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 8

Referring to cables to the effect that one squadron in the Royal Air Force was operating on petrol produced from coal by the low…

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Theft of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 2

Pleading "Guilty" to a charge of having stolen, at Waratah, on March 9, a quantity of coal valued at 1/. the property of the Railway Commissioners,…

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Steady Price for Gold Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 9

For gold lodged at the Melbourne brancn of the mint during last week, the price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank was £7 14s lOd announce, standard, equal to £6 8s…

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Abermain Dispute Northern Miners' Officials Meet at Kurri

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 7

The Northern District Miners President, Mr. J. Jack, and the Vice-President, Mr. J. Kellock, this afternoon…

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Industrial News Miners' Committee Abermain No. 2 Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 8

A special meeting of the Northern Miners' Management Committee was held at Newcastle Trades Hall yesterday, convened for the purpose of dealing with the…

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Gold and the Dollar London, March 12

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 8

Gold was quoted on the London Stock Exchange to-day at £6/16/10 an ounce, fine, while the dollar was quoted at 5.07 to the pound…

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Residents Take a Hand Wonthaggi Mine Dispute Reinstatements Urged Wonthaggi

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 8

At a public meeting, attended by 500 persons, to-day, the residents of Wonthaggi declared their support for the miners in the dispute with the…

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Fuel Technologist Government to Appoint Assist Coal Industry Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 7

Cabinet, on the representations of the Minister for Mines (Mr. R. S. Vincent), his approved of the appointment of a fuel technologist…

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Gold Digger, Evestor, Cool Spell and Mp. . For V.P. Flying Divisions

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 1

The Flying Handicap at Victoria Park to-morrow has been divided into four races and big fields are certain in all events. The winners of the respective divisions may be Gold Digger, Cool Spell, Evestor and M.P…

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Mining Leases Larger Areas in New Guinea and Papua Canberra

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 7

Co-ordination of the laws of Papua with New Guinea governing mining leases and prospecting areas was today agreed upon by the…

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Oil From Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1934 · page 4

Sir,—Headed with these words, "A Page from the Vacuum History Book," and "Serving a Nation with Oil," there appeared in a recent issue of the…

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Oil From Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1934 · page 9

At the invitation of the Maitland Labour League, Mr. A. G. Lyon, of Wallsend, addressed a meeting in the Pastoral Chambers, West Maitland last night, on the…

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Oil From Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1934 · page 9

Sir,—A lot of gas has been let loose, in the last few weeks by members of Parliament and others, who, in my opinion, should have awakened when they had the…

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Scottish Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1934 · page 6

Notwithstanding the adverse impression created in many minds about the middle of December, 1932 on the working of the quota, the Scottish coal trade…

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Mining Mechanics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1934 · page 8

The conference between the General Secretary, of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association (Mr. H. C. Morton), the Kurri Kurri district delegate (Mr. E…

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Queensland Miners' Strike Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1934 · page 8

The General Secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. W. Orr) said that he had received word from Queensland that the miners at the State mine at…

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