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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1935

2,598 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 25 of 130

"Two Influences" Sterling and Gold Rises LONDON, February 28

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 11

The "Daily Telegraph's City Editor says— "Two influences explain the steady rise in sterling and the price of gold. The…

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Small Mines Federation Seeks Deputation Request to Mr. Vincent Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 13

Miners' leaders are attempting to arrange a deputation with the Minister for Mines (Mr. R. S. Vincent) for next Tuesday to deal with the matter of the…

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Shale or Coal Fuel Oil Production in Australia Adviser's Inquiries To Visit New British Plant CANBERRA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 11

Having completed his investigations in America on the production of fuel oil from shale and the best methods of separating crude oils into their constituents,…

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Small Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 8

Sir,—The sub-editorial in the "Newcastle Morning Herald" of February 26, contains, some very pertinent truths, as well as very sound and timely advice to the officials…

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Compensation of Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 5

Mr. Baddeley. M.L.A., has prepared a draft of a Bill, which may later be presented to Parliament on Workers' Compensation and mining…

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Stockton Borehole Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 13

The Assistant Secretary of the Northern Miners' Federation (Mr. J. B. Simpson). who is also a member of the Stockton Borehole Picnic Committee, said yesterday…

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Using Raw Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 17

Where raw coal is still being used it ought to be used in the best appliance possible, for by that means the user gets more heat for his money and wastes less…

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Gold Dredging Leases Casino

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 6

Dredging leases extending over about six miles of the Clarence and Rocky Rivers below Tabulam have been taken up by a Sydney company for the purpose of…

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Industrial News Northern Miners Aggregate Meetings To-morrow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 13

The resolutions to be submitted to the meetings to be held at the four centres on the Newcastle field to-morrow will be similar to those submitted and adopted…

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British Coal Trade "Oil the Old Enemy"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 13

Mr. Frank Hodges, who was introduced to a, general meeting of the Mining Institute of a Scotland as a man "with a wealth of experience," gave an…

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Coal Export Another Good Week Victoria's Big Shipment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 10

The quantity of coal, including bunkers, shipped at Newcastle during the week to places beyond the State was 53,673 tons, of which 6917 tons represented overseas…

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Oil Production "Australia Needs Shale and Coal" Government Criticised

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 10

"While the Government is to be complimented on sending experts abroad to gain information of developments overseas. I hardly think it can be complimented…

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Gold and Minerals Confidence in Goldmining Reports From Fields

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 17

Though confidence in itself is merely the expression of a mental attitude towards things and events in the external world, it is essential that there should…

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Oil From Coal Developments "Should Be No Delay" Says Mr. Baddeley Shale Deposits, Too

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 2

Declaring that there was room in Australia for oil production from both coal and shale, Mr. Baddeley, M.L.A., urged to-day…

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Railway Link Weston to Pelaw Main Coal to Hexham Chutes Land Board Recommends Lease

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 13

The proposal of John Brown, Abermain-Seaham Collieries Ltd., to construct a railway from the existing South Maitland Railway line at Weston, to Pelaw…

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Foreigners Depress Value of Pound London Remains Calm Gold Price Higher London

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 1

The fall in the value of sterling as measured by Continental gold currencies, which continued to-day, is attributed…

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Work at Mines

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 8

Richmond Main and Stanford Main No. 1 collieries were idle to-day owing to slackness of trade. Pelaw Main resumed operations…

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Aggregate Meetings Miners' Leaders Tell of "Menace" of Small Mines Lower Field Endorses Campaign

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 8

Aggregate meetings of members of the Miners' Federation were held yesterday at Wallsend, Adamstown, Swansea, and Speers Point, to hear addresses from Federation officers on the need for a campaign to combat the growth of small mines in the…

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Industrial News Northern Collieries Work for the Fortnight

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 9

Stockrington Colliery, which for about 10 years has not entered on production, is now added to the list of working mines of J. and A. Brown and Abermain-Seaham…

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Preparing Coal for Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 11

The preparation of coal for the market has already reached a high state of perfection and it is improbable that coal washers will ever be devised to work more…

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