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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1934

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Caledonian Collieries Profit of £13.278; No Dividend Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 March 1934 · page 9

By a profit of £13,278 cleared during last year, Caledonian Collieries Ltd. was able to extinguish a debit of £12,717, brought in from…

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Engineering Current Science Notes Volatile Matter in Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1934 · page 11

W. A. Selvig and W. D. Pohle, of the United States Bureau of Mines, point out (in the "Industrial and Engineering Chemistry") that water of hydration and…

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Oil From Coal Business Men Hear Address Lyon Process Explained

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 March 1934 · page 7

The possibility of the naval, air, and other mobile defences of Australia being completely disorganised with the…

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Mining Industry Rehabilitation Measures "Federation Ignored" Sydney

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

Questioned regarding the proposed measure for the rehabilitation of the coalmining industry, drafted by Mr. J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A., and submitted to a…

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Enamour's Chance Should Win Victoria Park Handicap Gold Digger Appeals Misnomer Has Outstanding Claims in Nursery SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1934 · page 12

In order to dispose of a 12 event programme at Victoria Park on Wednesday the ball will be set rolling at 11.45 a.m. with the 14 Hands Handicap. Enamour, who scored with such case in the Rosebery Handicap last week, impresses as the probable winner of…

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Caledonian Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 2

Reference is made to the unsatisfactory position of the coal trade in the annual report of Caledonian Collieries Ltd. for 1933. The demand for coal showed some…

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Miners' Committee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 8

The Secretary of the Northern Miners (Mr. L. Halliday) stated yesterday that a special meeting of the Management Committee had been convened for to-day. The…

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Opposed to New Coal Leases Minister for Mines Replies to Council

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 6

"It is my policy not to approve of the granting of any further coal leases," the Minister for Mines (Mr. Vincent) Informed Cessnock Council…

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Work at Mines

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 16

Pelaw Main, Stanford Main No. 1 and Hebburn Nos. 1 and 2 collieries were working to-day, while Richmond Main remained Idle owing to…

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Howard Smith Ltd Ordinary Dividend Resumed No Return From Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 2

The annual report of Howard Smith Ltd for the year 1933 shows that the profits for the period were £47,168, compared with £22,333 in the previous year,…

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An Attractive Gold Ensemble

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 3

KNIT your own golf ensemble-- blouse, socks and gloves, and this is how it is done:-- Materials: Super Shetland 2-ply,…

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Imperilled Miners Overcome by Gas Fumes Heroic Rescues Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 13

Overcome by poisonous air, two miners lay unconscious for several hours in the South New Moon mine, near…

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Oil and Coal Deputations at Cessnock Ministers' Arrangements Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 6

The Minister in Charge of Development (Senator A. J. McLachlan) stated to-day that at 11 a.m. on Friday, March 23, he would receive a deputation at Cessnock…

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Goldfields Death Italian Stands His Trial PERTH

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 7

In his defence on a charge of the manslaughter of Edward Jordan, whose death was the prelude to the rioting on the goldfields. Claudio Mattaboni, Italian…

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Coal Shipments for Week

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 8

Coal shipments from the port of Newcastle this week were in the vicinity of 45,000 tons. It is expected that the total shipment next week…

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Rail and Shipping Charges on Coal

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 7

Newcastle Chamber of Commerce appointed the President and VicePresident to-day to represent it at a conference with the Minister for…

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Industrial News Abermain No. 2 MINE Settlement of Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 10

The dispute between the Mines' Federation and the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association was considered at a special meeting of the Northern…

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Miners Refuse Unconditional Resumption Position at Wonthaggi Wonthaggi

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 10

Employees at Wonthaggi colliery decided to-day to reject the management's terms for an unconditional resumption as a preliminary to the settlement of their…

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Two Miners Overcome by Foul Air Frantic Rescue Efforts Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 9

Two miners, William James, 25, single, of Eaglehawk, and Bertram Shaw, 30, single, of Long Gully, were overcome by foul air while working in a shaft in the…

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Gold and Minerals Bendigo Past and Present Reports From Fields

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 18

The increasing economic importance of goldmining, owing largely to the inordinate price of the metal, and in a lesser degree to prevailing economic conditions, make…

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