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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
2,598 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 32 of 130
On October 1, 1934, Tobias Wynne, 69, blacksmith, was fixing a spring on a coal waggon at the Ibon colliery, near Thornton, when two other…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The President (Mr. T. G. Moran) and the General Secretary (Mr. H. C. Morton), of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association, conferred with the management of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The agreement in connection with wages and conditions in machine places at Helensburgh colliery was concluded at discussions between the Miners' Federation and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →As he was shovelling coal into a skip in Bellbird colliery on September 3, 1934, Harry Cartwright, miner, received an injury in the back, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The president of the Northern Miners' Federation (Mr. T. Hoare) said this afternoon that he had received a report from the district check…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. C. Nelson) and the General Secretary (Mr. W. Orr) will visit Newcastle on Thursday morning for a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →"The question of small mines opens up avenues for destructive critics who lack constructive ideas," said the President of the Northern branch of the Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Minister for Customs (Mr. White) promised, in the House of Representatives to-day, to hold an inquiry if the facts showed that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Opposition to the proposal to construct a private railway line from Weston crossing to Pelaw Main colliery, at Pelaw Main, for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A dramatic story concerning the disappearance of three boxes of gold worth £21,000 from Croydon Aerodrome on March…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dudley colliery is working very well, says our local correspondent, and the employees will have 10 days to draw for the next pay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pelaw Main and Richmond Main Collieries were again working to-day, while Stanford Main No. 1 remains idle owing to slackness of trade…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →On March 21, 1808, a terrific explosion occurred in Dudley Colliery, Newcastle district, and 15 officials and shiftmen were killed. It occurred at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Alleging that he contracted pricumoconlosis while working in Aberdare Central Colliery. William Noble, shiftman, of Kitchener, claimed £4 a week…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Square necks, tunics, slit skirts, tailored simplicity of line, barbaric accessories, girdled waists and a touch of gold on almost every thing, are all…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Following complaints to the Northern Miners' Executive, the miners' district check inspector (Mr. I. Hoare) was instructed to make an inspection…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The refusal of the wheelers of Cessnock No. 2 Miners' Lodge to agree to the employment of casual labour at the pit has necessitated a cavil out of three pairs of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trapped 2000 feet under-ground, eight men were fortunate to escape drowning in the great Boulder Mine…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The theft of three boxes of gold worth £21,000 from Croydon aerodrome on March 4 was described as being "as dramatic as an Edgar Wallace novel" by…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The District Check Inspector (Mr. I. H. Hoare) has issued the following report of an inspection of Dudley Colliery on March 19 and 21—…
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