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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1934

2,642 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 47 of 133

Mining Prosecutions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1934 · page 19

Proceeded against by Colliery Inspector G. H. D. Thompson on a charge of having failed to cause two persons to inspect workings at Northumberland No. 2 mine…

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Aberdare Extended Colliery Thirty-three Men Required

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 May 1934 · page 3

Another 33 men are to be started at Aberdare Extended Colliery, and at a meeting of the lodge to-morrow morning arrangements will be…

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Coal Conference International Action

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1934 · page 5

No action has yet been taken by the League of Nations in response to a request by the executive committee of the International Federation of Miners for the…

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Funds for Gold Propectors

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 May 1934 · page 5

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Vincent) has assured Mr. Booth, M.L.A. that he is prepared to receive applications from men on the northern…

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Work at the Mines Good Average

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 May 1934 · page 5

Hebburn No 2 colliery worked 10 days during the past fortnight A good average was maintained throughout the Newcastle and South…

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Coal Export Week's Low Figures Brisker Trade Expected

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1934 · page 9

The quantity of coal, including bunkers, shipped at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State, was 37,015 tons, of which 5330 tons represented overseas…

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Oil From Coal British Hydrogenation Plant Fuel Expert's Lecture

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1934 · page 13

In the course of a recent lecture before the Thornycroft and District Engineering Society held at the Thornycroft Canteen, Dr. F. Williams, of the Fuel Research…

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Industrial News Northern Miners Meeting of Board Question of Minimum Wage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1934 · page 13

The meeting of the Northern Miners' Management Committee was continued at the Newcastle Trades Hall yesterday. There was a full attendance of the…

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Gold and Minerals Money for Prospecting Reports From Fields

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1934 · page 15

The Premier, Mr. B. S. Stevens, replying to Mr. G. Booth (Kurri Kurri), said in the Legislative Assembly that action was now being taken to increase the area for…

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Gold Reef Found at Stewart's Brook Keen District Interest

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 May 1934 · page 4

With the cutting of another promising reef on the Upper Hunter at Stewart's Brook there is increased interest in gold mining near Scone…

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Gold Clause Effect on Mortgages May Be Eliminated Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1934 · page 10

Legislation to abrogate the gold clause in mortgages will probably be introduced in the State Parliament shortly as the result of an extraordinary legal position which…

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Gold Bars £8500 Worth Vanish in Transit in India Calcutta, May 11

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1934 · page 11

A consignment of gold bars of a value of nearly £8500 mysteriously disappeared in transit from Amritsar to Bombay by the frontier mail train yesterday. Amritsar…

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Miner Killed Fall of Coal and Stone Hebburn No. 1 PIT Body Recovered After Five Hours

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1934 · page 10

Some hundreds of tons of coal and stone fell in Lynn section, about two miles underground in Hebburn No. 1 Colliery, at Weston, about 1.30 p.m. yesterday, John…

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Colliery Resumes

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 May 1934 · page 9

Abermain No. 2 Colliery, which was idle on Friday owing to a dispute concerning the miners' electric headlamps, resumed work again to-day…

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Fall of Coal at Elrington Pit

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 May 1934 · page 7

As a result of a fall of coal at Elringon Colliery this afternoon, Arthur Charles Lewis (54), a miner, of Aberdare-road, Aberdare, was admitted to…

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Industrial News Northern Mines Work For The Fortnight

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 May 1934 · page 6

The continuance of the dispute between the Wonthaggi colliery owners and the Victorian members of the Miners' Federation has accounted for the brisker…

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New Officials Abermain-Seaham Collieries SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1934 · page 7

The General Manager of J. and A. Brown and Abermain-Seaham Colliers Limited (Mr. Harold Greenway), having resigned his position, the Board of…

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Gold Mining W. A. Development Interest in England London, May 14

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1934 · page 7

The "Financial News" has issued a remarkable 40-page supplement on gold-mining in Western Australia; giving prominence to a message from the Premier…

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Struck by Fall of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1934 · page 9

Henry Wiltshire, 47, a miner, living in Northcote-street, Aberdare, was struck by a fall of coal while working in Aberdare Central colliery, yesterday. He…

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Coal Consumption Decrease Ald. Richardson's View

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 May 1934 · page 9

What percentage of the 60,000 tons of coal used annually on the locomotives hauling trains between…

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