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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1935

2,598 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 130

Wallsend Colliery Shareholders' Meeting SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 21

At the annual general meeting of share holders of the Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company held yesterday, the directors report and balance-sheet were adopted…

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Gold and Minerals Gold and the Depression Reports From Fields

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 15

A question that is now engaging the attention of economists is the effect gold production will ultimately have in stimulating world trade…

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Mt. Isa Mine Encouraging Outlook Further Development Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 13

Stating, that with the completion of its new programme the company would be in a position to produce 100,000lb of zinc concentrates annually, in addition to lead…

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Industrial News Small Mines Interview with Mr. Vincent Executive Return to Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 14

The members of the Northern Miners' Executive, who have been occupied on Federation business in Sydney, returned to Newcastle yesterday…

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Wallarah Mine Active

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 8

A record output for "E" tunnel of the Wallarah Colliery was created on Thursday, when 2061 tons of coal passed over the weighbridge. This output is believed…

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Thefts of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 11

Fines of £3, in default six days' imprisonment, were imposed on Leonard James Scholes. 20, labourer, and Cecil James Cook, 22, labourer, on charges of…

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Wonthaggi Miners' Claim Muswellbrook

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 5

Members of the Muswellbrook branch of the A.L.P. at the request of the Muswellbrook Miners' Lodge, are supporting the protest against the…

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Residents Anxious Fate of Wallsend Colliery Decision to Close

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 8

Consternation was felt in Wallsend yesterday at the brief announcement in the "Newcastle Morning Herald," contained in a Sydney message, that, at the annual…

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Wonthaggi Miners Stop-work Meeting Called MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 10

The Wonthaggi State coalmine will cease work again on Monday, when a stop-work meeting will be held to discuss the deadlock in the dispute over the matter of…

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Industrial News South Bulli Colliery Satisfactory Agreement Rationing to Be Abolished Wollongong

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 10

The dispute at South Bulli Colliery has been settled, and work will be resumed on Tuesday. At meetings of members of the South…

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Drowned in Mine Eleven Workers in India CALCUTTA, January 25

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 10

Eleven underground workers, including two women, were drowned in a sudden inrush of water from old workings on the Loyabad colliery, Bihar Province. Seven…

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Miner's Ordeal Trapped Underground Earth Fall in Mine Parkes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 9

Trapped by a fall of earth, 150ft. below the surface, while working in the Pioneer mine. Walter Kable was imprisoned for two hours…

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Lambton Church An Ecclesiastical Romance Welsh Miners' Labour of Love

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 5

"Betbel capel, annibynol adciladwyd, A.D. 1868." So runs the inscription ongraved in stone in front of the little Congregational Church at Lambton…

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Coal Export 42,363 Tons for Week Good Trade Expected

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 8

The quantity of coal, including bunkers, shipped at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State was 42,363 tons, of which 4457 tons represented…

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Gold Prospecting Keen Activity at Batlow Departmental Report "May Disclose New Field" SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 10

The Minister for Mines (Mr. R. S. Vincent) has received a report from the Chief Inspector of Mines (Mr. V. Farrier), on his visit of inspection to the Batlow…

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Explosions Attempt to Blow Up Bridge Aberfield Colliery Six Piles Shattered

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 7

A deliberate attempt was made late last night to blow up the bridge in the vicinity of the Aberfield colliery, a small mine about two miles south of…

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Attempt To Blow Up Bridge Near Aberfield Mine

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 1

AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE LATE LAST NIGHT to blow up the bridge on the old Sydney road, near the Aberfield mine, about two miles south of Swansea. Six of the el[?]ght bridge piles were shattered by explosives. The picture on the left shows how one of the piles was damaged. Top centre: A view of the chutes of the Aberfield mine, about 150 yards from the bridge,…

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Explosion Near Colliery; 3rd Attempt to Interfere with Working Risks on Roads 400 Points in New Inquiry British Effort London, January 12

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 2

The most searching and comprehensive inquiry into the cause of the fatal accidents on roads ever undertaken in…

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Furious Gale Destruction in England 'Plane Damaged Gold Worth £6000 Falls Into Sea (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, January 27

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 7

A fierce gale, described in some districts as the worst in living memorv, the wind reaching 75 miles an hour, accompanied by heavy…

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Hunt for £20,000 Gold Consignment Dropped From Air Liner Gale Ripped Open Luggage Cabin Great Damage Done London

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 1

The police are engaged in a treasure hunt in Essex, Kent, and Sussex for the cold which dropped from the Paris-England air liner…

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