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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1934

2,642 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 133

More Employment South Coast District Increased Coal Output Wollongong

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 6

In a message to the South Coast district sent out by the Premier (Mr. B. S. B. Stevens), it, was stated that the number of men employed in the four…

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Coal Export Brisk Trade Expected Best for Over Two Years

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 6

If expectations are fulfilled, the, coal export from Newcastle next week for places beyond the State will be the highest for more than two years. Orders…

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Burwood Miners Will Resume Conference Decision Further Action to Be Taken Meeting on

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 4

Following the ultimatum of the management of Burwood Colliery that there would be no conferences while the pit…

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Moorefield Races :: Form, Comment and Selections Gold Cup Meeting Persian Chosen For Chief Race Jamieson's Strong Hand Trainer May Also Succeed With Dole and Koda Pen SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 12

Back to suburbia on Saturday when the Moorefield Club will conduct its Gold Cup meeting Division in the Three and Four-years-old Handicap lengthened the programme to seven events and although the fields are too large in most instances…

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Aberdare Miners Disappointed No Present Prospect of Mine Restarting

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 8

When 150 men attended an Aberdare Lodge meeting yesterday, expecting to learn of the early reopening of the colliery, which has been…

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Hebburn No. 2 Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 4

The difficulty that had arisen at Hebburn No. 2 colliery concerning the re-engagement of carpenters, was the subject of a conference between the…

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Work at Mines

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 1

Pelaw Main, Stanford Main No. 1. and Hebburn Nos. 1 and 2 collieries resumed work to-day, while Richmond Main was idle…

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Hailstorm Caused Severe Damage In N'cle-Maitland Areas Burwood Miners Are to Resume Lodge Meeting Held To-day Closer Unity Move to Be Discussed B.H.P. COLLIERIES

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 8

Burwood Colliery will resume work to-morrow. This decision was reached at a meeting of Burwood Lodge,…

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The Mines Burwood Dispute Men to Meet Again To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 4

Another meeting of the Burwood Miners' Lodge will be held at Broad-meadow this morning, when a report will be given of the deliberations at the…

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Record Gold Yield Prospects in West Australia PERTH

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 6

It is confidently predicted that the 1933 record for goldmining in the West will be eclipsed this year. Several years' developmental and constructional work in some of…

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Sporting News Persian Scores Moorefield Gold Cup Bombus at 20 TO 1 Vista and Wicklow Unlucky SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 8

Moorefield Racing Club's Golden Cup meeting was a success from the club's point of view, but backers who always regard Kogarah as a "paradise for…

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Aberdare Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 6

Persistent rumours that Aberdare colliery, which has been closed for years, was likely to be reopened have been discounted by a letter received by the lodge…

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Hebburn No. 2 Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 6

Representatives of the Miners' Federation and the Hebburn Collieries Ltd. will confer at the colliery office to-morrow concerning matters in dispute at Hebburn…

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New Greta Colliery Conference on Reopening

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 6

Messrs. Gillam, Marheine, and Woods, representing the owners of the New Greta colliery, and Messrs. Kellock, Doyle, and Berry, representing the Miners' Federation…

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Cooperative Colliery Men Ordered to Withdraw

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 6

The Vice-president of the Miners' Fedetion (Mr. J. Kellock) stated yesterday that some time ago a notice was given through the Press warning members against…

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Safety Lamp for Mines

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 7

The inventors of a new type of safety lamp, which is a combination of the oil safety lamp and an electric lamp, demonstrated…

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Elrington Mine Thrown Idle Hebburn and Burwood Conferences

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 9

Elrington mine has been thrown idle as a result of a dispute there between the management and the men. The vice-president of the Miners'…

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Elrington Colliery Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 8

Elrington Colliery became idle yesterday as a result of the disrating of one of the locomotive drivers, who is a member of the Miners" Federation. A…

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Miners' Federation Matters in Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 8

Work was resumed at the Burwood colliery yesterday, one week and part of a second having been lost through dispute. The conference arranged with the…

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Value Declines Local Coal Shipments Quantity Higher

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 8

Official figures, issued yesterday by the Customs Department, Newcastle, indicate that although the quantity of coal shipped at Newcastle by interstate and…

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