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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1935

2,598 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 44 of 130

Gold Theft From Aerodrome One of Accused Acquitted London

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 27 April 1935 · page 1

Silvio Mazzards (38). who was charged with others with the theft of bullion from Croydon Aerodrome, was acquitted to-day, when the taxi-driver…

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Burwood Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 April 1935 · page 9

A meeting of the Burwood Miners' Lodge has been convened for to-morrow morning at Broadmeadow…

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Kurri Mines

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 April 1935 · page 9

Richmond Main colliery, which has been Idle for the past month owing to slackness of trade, resumed work to-day. Pelaw Main also resumed…

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Sale of Plant Wallsend Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 April 1935 · page 6

A 30-page catalogue that has been prepared for the convenience of prospective buyers and speculators makes it obvious that Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Company…

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Burwood Miners' Meeting

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 April 1935 · page 7

A meeting of the Burwood Miners' Lodge will be held at the Broadwny Hotel to-morrow to consider the position at the mine, which has been Idle…

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Two Miners Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 April 1935 · page 7

Two miners were admitted to the Cessnock Hospital this afternoon following a fall of coal at Aberdare Extended Colliery…

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Miners' Praise for Clergyman Sentiments at Anzac Service

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 April 1935 · page 7

Embodied in a motion passed at the meeting of the Northern Miners' Management Committee in the Trades Hall to-day was…

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Man Acquitted Gold Stealing Charge LONDON, April 26

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 April 1935 · page 8

Silvio Nazzarda, 38 who was one of three men committed for trial on a charge of stealing gold, worth 21,000, from a strongroom at Croydon aerodrome,…

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£25 Deposit Opposed New State Law for Elections Protest by Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 April 1935 · page 7

Emphatic protests were made by the management committee of the Northern Miners' Federation to-day against the law…

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WORTH £100,000 MORE Queensland Gold Yield BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 April 1935 · page 6

The Mines Department's report shows that gold to the value of £400,000 was produced in Queensland last year, or about £100,000 more than in 1933. The figure…

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Trapped in Mine European and Natives Rescued After 3½ Days Johannesburg, April 28

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 April 1935 · page 7

After having been imprisoned for three and a half days, a miner, W. Anderson, and two natives, were found alive in the 15th level of the new Machavie Goldmine…

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Green-gold Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1935 · page 6

Blacking its product with extensive advertising, a coal-mining company in Kansas City has put on the market in that region of the United States a green-gold…

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Cessnock Miners' Escapes Fall of Coal at Aberdare

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1935 · page 9

Herbert Richards, 43, a miner, living in Anstey-street, Cessnock, had a narrow escape from death yesterday while working at Aberdare Extended Colliery. Although…

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Petrol From Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1935 · page 6

In the British Air Estimates for 1935, issued recently, it is stated that nine squadrons are already operating on petrol produced from British coal, and this…

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Bellbird Colliery More Employment Next Week

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1935 · page 9

An additional 47 men are to be employed at Bellbird, colliery next Monday. The men employed will consist of 32 miners, eight wheelers, four clippers, two…

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Wallsend Colliery Auction Sale Is Continued

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 30 April 1935 · page 7

The sale of Wallsend Colliery plant and buildings was continued to-day. A large number of mining men were present…

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In the "Sun" Vale Wallsend Colliery

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 30 April 1935 · page 6

Wallsend Colliery, which at one time supported more than 500 miners, was put under the hammer yesterday.—News Item. (Acknowledgments to "Clementine")…

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Sale of Plant The Wallsend Colliery Record Prices for Scrap

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1935 · page 6

A beginning was mind at Wallsend yesterday with the biggest clearing-out sale the town has known, the disposal by auction, in lots, of the complete plant and…

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Burwood Mine Dispute Men Advised to Resume Work

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 30 April 1935 · page 7

It was reported at the Northern Miners' Management Committee to-day that the Burwood Lodge had accepted the advice of the Federation…

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7 Years' Gaol For His Part in Gold Theft LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 30 April 1935 · page 1

Cech Swanland, 47, artist, was sentenced to-da to seven years penal servitude for participation in the theft of £21,000 worth of gold bullion from…

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