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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1935

2,598 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 53 of 130

Hebburn No. 1 MINERS Conflict with Executive

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 May 1935 · page 9

A special meeting of Hebburn No. 1 Miners' Lodge was held yesterday morning. There was a good attendance, which included the General President and the…

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Hebburn Miners Reject Advice Given by Federation Officials

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 May 1935 · page 3

Officials of the Miners Federation attended a special meeting yesterday of the Hebburn No. 1 Miners' Lodged , The meeting was convened to…

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Industrial News Northern Mines Work for the Fortnight

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 May 1935 · page 9

Richmond Main and Stanford Main, two of the properties of the J. and A. Brown and Abermain-Seaham Collieries Ltd., were idle during the fortnight…

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Denied Special Food Relief Miners' Families of Stanford Main

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 May 1935 · page 9

Because unemployed miners at Stanford Main No. 1 colliery have not been definitely dismissed by the management, they are debarred from…

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Cease Work 200 Men at Kalgoorlie Mines May Be Affected Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 May 1935 · page 8

Two hundred employees of a Kalgoorlie foundry decided to cease work until they receive the same rates of pay as men doing similar work at mines…

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Romance of Gold Strange Story of Tennant's Creek Young Girl's Find Tennant's Creek, Mon

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 May 1935 · page 7

Two men have gone out about 30 miles west to-day to peg out a claim that carries some of the best specimens of…

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Kurri Mines

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 May 1935 · page 9

Richmond Main and Stanford Main No. 1. collieries remain Idle owing to slackness of trade. Pelaw Main was working to-day…

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Theft of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 May 1935 · page 5

John William Karson, 44, a fireman, was fined £1, in default imprisonment for two days, for the theft of 25lb of coal, valued at 6d, at Carrington, on May…

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South Miners Protest to Germany LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 May 1935 · page 1

The South Wales Miners' Federation has protested against the alleged murder of Nannasman. a German miners leader, In a concentration camp, and…

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Hebburn Miners Decision Regretted Statement by Mr. Hoare

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 May 1935 · page 6

"I regret very much the decision of the Hebburn Lodge to ignore the advice that was tendered by the executive," said the Northern President of the Miners'…

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Victorian Gold Highest Yield Since 1923 MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 May 1935 · page 8

The annual report of the Mines Department states that the total production of gold in Victoria for 1934 was 70,196 fine ounces, which, at £8 an ounce,…

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Claim Jumping Allegation Story in Mine Case in Equity Court Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 May 1935 · page 7

Denials that he had ever threntened to blow up a shaft on the Lucknow goldfields were made [?]…

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Slump in Gold Shares Letter to Stock Exchange Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 May 1935 · page 9

In a letter to the Sydney Stock Exchange the directors of Euratha gold Mine Ltd, state that they are in receipt of a report on the…

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Rush for Gold Queues Wait at Bank of France Publics Alarm Paris

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 May 1935 · page 1

Nervousness by the public resulted to-day in a queue, armed with suit cases and handbags,…

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Death of Queensland Miners President

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 May 1935 · page 6

News of the death of the district president ol the Queensland Miners' Federation (Mr. C. Kilpatrick) was received at the offices of the Newcastle…

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Miners' Safety Hats Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 May 1935 · page 7

It is likely that, following the next meeting of the Central Council of the Miners' Federation on June 4, that efforts will be made by the Federation to…

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Northern Miners Tobacco Workers Supported

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 May 1935 · page 7

The President of the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation (Mr. T. Hoare) said yesterday that the executive had been waited upon during the morning by the…

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Stainless Steel and Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 May 1935 · page 3

Laminated metal strips consisting of stainless steel with a veneer of Gold welded to each face, are a recent development. This material is being used in the…

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Mining Mechanics Richmond Main Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 May 1935 · page 7

The President (Mr. T. W. Moran) and the General Secretary (Mr. H. C. Morton) and Messrs. H. Smith and F. Byron, representing the Mining Mechanics'…

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Mines Idle Disputes on Southern Field SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 May 1935 · page 7

The President of the Southern District of the Miners' Federation (Mr. F. Lowden) to-night reported that the Keira mine was idle yesterday owing to the…

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