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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1934

2,642 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 42 of 133

Young Mother's Grief Her Baby Crushed by Coal Lorry Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 April 1934 · page 9

Sobbing with grief, a young mother clasped the body of her three-years- old baby in St. John's, Glebe, to-day, following a frightful accident in…

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Mine Inspections Reports of Officials Pelton Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 5

The District Check Inspector (Mr. Jas Council and the Local Check Inspector Mr. T. J. Hurke report as follows on on examination of Pelton Colliery made on March 4 and 20—…

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Miners' Federation General Presidency

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 9

The President of the Northern branch of the Miners Federation (Mr. J. Jack) said yesterday that following the resignation of Mr. D. Rees, M.L.C., from the…

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Mining Technique

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 12

A remarkable feature of recent mining techniques on the South Yorkshire coalfield has been the rapidlty with which a change over has taken place from hand to…

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Coal Industry Its Rehabilitation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 6

Publication will begin on Friday next of a series of articles comprising a scheme prepared by Mr. J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A., for the rehabilitation of the coalmining…

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Coal and Iron Production

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 12

According to the "Board of Trade Journal" aggregare coal output in November increased in all the principal countries except France, where there was a slight…

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Help for Coal Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 12

The "Statesman" understands that although as the result of the luck of unanimunity between the various bodies connected with the Indian coal Industry the…

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Coal Picking From Spoil Heaps

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 2

Mr. J. A. Hall, financial secretary of the Yorkshire Miners Association, when sitting with Col C. Hodgkinson at the Barnsley West Col. C. Hodgkinson at the…

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Coal Cranes and May Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 6

The coal cranes at the Basin and Dyke, Carrington will cease work at midnight next Saturday and resume at 6 a.m. on Tuesday, owining to be observance of…

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COAL v. OIL Britain's Fuel Problem Broadcast Discussion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 5

On the London regional wave-length recently an interesting discussion was broad-cast on the subject of "Oil or Coal: Britain's Fuel Problem," the participants…

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178,607 TONS Coal Export For April More Than March

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 6

The quantity of coal, including bunkers, shipped at Newcastle during April for places beyond the State was 178,607 tons, of which 24,372 tons represented overseas…

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Cheap Money for Works Mining Companies' Response Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 8

Broken Hill mining companies had offered the Government a loan of £125,000 at 2 per cent, for a big works…

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Dudley Colliery Dismissals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 9

A notice has been posted on the pit head at Dudley colliery giving 14 days' notice to over 40 empolyees. These include miners, wheelers, shiftmen, machine…

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Industrial News Northern Miners Aberdare Extended

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 9

The Vice-president of the Northern Miners (Mr. J. Kellock) said yesterday that he will this afternoon attend a meeting of the New Greta Lodge at Greta…

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Cessnock May Day Celebration Miners' Officials' Speeches

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 9

The May Day celebration in Cessnock yesterday took the form of a procession through the main street to the Showground, where speeches were delivered,…

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Praise for Miners Well Versed in Social Events

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 7

"I have never met groups of people so well versed in an understanding of social events as the miners in this district."…

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Gold Shares Stock Exchange Demand SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 9

The Stock Exchange experienced a busy time to-day, when a sudden [?] set in for gold shares, Thousands of shares changed hands, with the result that the…

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ELECTRIFICATION City Council Criticised Effect on Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 7

At a meeting of Lambton Council last night, Ald. R. Bell criticised all the aldermen of Newcastle City Council, particularly Ald. C. J. Parker, for supporting the…

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Coal-oil Project Favorable Report On Lyon Plan

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 7

The report of the committee appointed by the Government to investigate the process of the Lyon Bros., of…

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Australia's Gold "Can Expect Higher Price" MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 9

Addressing shareholders of Deborah Gold Mines Ltd., to-day, Sir Herbert G[?]pp said that Australia could expect a much higher price for gold…

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