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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1934

2,642 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 44 of 133

Colliery for Sale No Offer Was Received WOLLONGONG

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 8

Mt. Pleasant colliery, situated at Balgownic, one of the eldest mines on the South Coast, was offered for sales as a going concern to-day by Percy Wells and…

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Industrial News Northern Mines Northern Extended Stoppage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 10

The Northern Miners' executive was advised yesterday that Northern Extended Colliery at which 30 men are employed, was laid idle as a result of the…

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Oil From Coal Wallsend Council Supports Government

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 8

A motion that the Council should write to the Premier, congratulating the Government on the assistance already given Messrs. Lyon Brothers, helping to prove…

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Wonthaggi Miners No Unconditional Return Mayor's Statement Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 9

"There is no likelihood of the Wonthiaggi miners returning to work unconditionally while they continue to receive good support from outside unions," said…

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Coal Industry Rehabilitation Scheme Hydrogenation Discussed No. 2

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 7

Great interest has been aroused in Australia in the production of oil from coal by the hydrogenation process by the announcement that the Imperial Chemical…

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Gold Shares Boom Stock Exchange Again Rushed SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 10

There was again a tremendous turnover in mining shares on the Stock Exchange to-day, Pressure of business was so pronounced that the morning call…

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Gold and Minerals Reports From Fields Fossickers at Work (Contributed.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 6

Along the whole 14 miles stretching through Dunolly, Moliagal, and Marryborough, one of the earliest goldfields of the colony of Victoria, fossickers were…

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"Good Australians" Unemployed in Mining Areas Mr. Lyons at Wollongong

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 14

The Prime Minister (Mr. J. A. Lyons) Was accorded a civic welcome by the Mayor (Ald. W. A. Lang) on arrival at Wollongong on Wednesday, accompanied…

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Found in Ruins Gold Coins Worth £4000 "Hush" Money for Police Calcutta, May 3

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 9

A poor woman digging in the ruins near Mominabad, an ancient military encampment in the Deccan, found a brass vessel filled with gold coins to the value of…

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The Possibilities Of Gas As Fuel For Heavy Duty Vehicles Forecast Made by Mr. Baddeley High Temperature Carbonisation Filling Stations of the Future Effect on Coal Trade

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 9

"It does not take a very large stretch of the imagination to visualise the future when gas filling stations will…

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Miners' Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 May 1934 · page 10

The committee of management of the Northern Miners' Federation will meet at 9.30 a.m. next Tuesday, to deal with the domestic affairs of the organisation…

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Paxton Colliery to Reopen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 May 1934 · page 10

Paxton Colliery is to be reopened on Tuesday, after having been idle from November 3, 1933. The men will resume under the old conditions. The cavil was…

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Coal Utilisation Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 May 1934 · page 8

Coal has been losing ground. The output for internal consumption had sunk from 174,000,000 tons in 1913 to 149,599,000 in 1932. In 1932 there were 133,000,000…

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Coal Industry Low Temperature Carbonisation Rehabilitation Factors (No. 3.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 May 1934 · page 7

By coal carbonisation is meant the destructive distillation of the primary fuel (coal) to produce superior secondary fuels and by-products such as coke, gas, tar,…

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Mining Shares Another Large Turnover SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 May 1934 · page 10

There was again an extraordinarily large turnover in mining shares on the Stock Exchange to-day, and so much time was occupied in recording…

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MR. H. W. Nickisson Port Hunter Growth Early Coal Fleet

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

Mr. Herbert W. Nickisson, accountant of the Newcastle branch of the shipping firm of Messrs. McIlwraith, McEacharn Ltd., recently retired after completing…

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Celebration at Kurri Five Mine Lodges Participate Demonstration Speeches

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 May 1934 · page 9

May Day was celebrated at Kurri to-day. Processions from Kurri, Abermain and Weston marched to the Weston…

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Plant Costs Low Temperature Work Coal Rehabilitation (No. 4.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 May 1934 · page 5

In order to obtain some idea of the plant required for the process, it may be just as well to outline the sequence of events as practised in ordinary low…

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Increase in April W.A. Gold Production PERTH

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 May 1934 · page 8

During April gold weighing 54,754 ounces was won from the Holds, the total being 8855 ounces more than for March. Since the year 1886 the total yield has…

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Search for Gold in New Guinea Dutch May Open Their Territory the Hague

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 May 1934 · page 1

It is expected that the Dutch East Indies Government will grant concessions to British mining companies to explore Dutch New Guinea for gold…

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