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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1934

2,642 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 77 of 133

Broken Hill Dispute at South Mine Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 August 1934 · page 11

Nearly 300 employees of the South Mine ceased work to-day, following a dispute between the management and men engaged on the double-decker cages…

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Railway Coal Contracts General Reduction in Prices Quotes by Companies Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 August 1934 · page 7

Tenders received to-day by the Railway Department for the supply of coal for the year commencing October 1,…

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Industrial News Hebburn Colliery Inquiry Into Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 August 1934 · page 10

The State Conciliation Commissioner (Mr. M. Henwood) will visit Weston this morning, and will, in fulfilment of the arrangement made with the parties in…

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Taxation Anomalies Mine Workers Complain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 August 1934 · page 10

The Vice-president of the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation (Mr. J. Kellock) said yesterday that the frequency with which complaints were received from…

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Hebburn Colliery Conference Parties State Case to Commissioner

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 August 1934 · page 11

Sitting at Hebburn No 2. the scene of the dispute which last week threatened to throw idle mines throughout the north the…

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550 on Strike Broken Hill South Mine Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 August 1934 · page 10

As was anticipated, the whole of the 550 employees are now on strike at the South Mine. The men have not made any move for a conference with the mine…

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Oil From Coal Hydrogenation Process Government's Position Canberra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 August 1934 · page 7

In the course of a series of questions asked in the Senate by Senator J. P. Dunn (State Lab., New South Wales) concerning the establishment of the oil from…

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Coal-oil Scheme Disclosed Ellalong Leases Application Rejected by Warden

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 August 1934 · page 12

Negotiations with Universal Oil Products of Chicago, licensees of a cracking process for the extraction of petrol from coal oil were…

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Miners' Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 August 1934 · page 13

Sir,—The statements appearing in the "Newcastle Morning Herald" of August by Mr. J. Jack, Northern Miners' President, cannot go unchallenged. He is…

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Coal Point

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 August 1934 · page 13

The fortnightly cuchre party and social of the Coal Point and Kilaban Bay Progress Association was held at the residences of Mr. and Mrs. Burns, Kilabon…

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Wallsend Miners' Meeting

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 August 1934 · page 9

By a large majority Wallsend miners last night rejected the proposal to rejoin the Miners' Federation. The secretary (Mr. R. Crulckshank)…

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Price of Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 August 1934 · page 16

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended July 27 is at the rate of approximately £7/16/2 per…

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Gold and Minerals Problematical Gold Reports From Fields

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 August 1934 · page 16

The introduction of a complicated monetary system to facilitate exchange of goods and the carrying on of human service has created a complex social…

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£704 NUGGET Victorian Gold Find MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 August 1934 · page 12

Valued at £704, a nugget of gold was discovered near Maryborough a fortnight ago, but the news of the find was not released until to-day, when the syndicate working…

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New Books "Under the Wheels" a Story of Durham Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 August 1934 · page 6

Jack Lawson, a well-known Labour member of the House of Commons, who has had long association with the English coalmining industry from the miner's…

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Holland's Leases Evidence of Negotiations Oil From Coal Project Labour Exemption Refused

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 August 1934 · page 17

Albert Andrew Holland, mining, agent, living in Rugby, Mosman, was refused a further extension of labour conditions for a period of six months on his…

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Brown Coal Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 August 1934 · page 6

In No. 26 of Braunkohle, H. Hirz outlines in considerable detail the endeavours that have been made during the past decade to increase the output and…

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Miners' Central Council Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 August 1934 · page 10

The Central Executive will present lengthy and important reports to next week's meeting of the Central Council of the Miner's Federation. These reports will…

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Greater Activity on Coalfields Nine Collieries Work Ten Days Busy Fortnight

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 August 1934 · page 2

Heavier coal exports daring the past fortnight resulted in increased activity at the collieries on the Newcastle and South Maitland…

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Hebburn Mine Dispute Decision Next Week

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 August 1934 · page 5

After taking evidence from both sides, the State Conciliation Commissioner (Mr. Henwood) has reserved his decision in the Hebburn mine…

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