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Mining & the mines, 1935

2,598 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 65 of 130

The Coal Measures of Belgium

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 June 1935 · page 18

"Nature" for January 2, contains an interesting note by Dr. A. E. Trueman reviewing the palacontological work carried out under the direction of Prof. A. Renier…

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COAL v. OIL National Sentiment in Issue

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 June 1935 · page 18

In the discourse on "Petroleum: A Record of Achievement in Applied Science," road before the Royal Institution of Great, Britain, Sir John Cadman,…

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Big Increases State Railway Revenue Coal Freights Higher Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 June 1935 · page 14

Big increases in State railway revenue are shown by figures issued for the first 10 months of the current financial year. By hauling an additional 1,415,918 tons…

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Coal Trade 100 Years Industrial Activity Growth in Trade-unions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 June 1935 · page 18

In an address to the Institute of Fuel, in London, Sir John Cadman observed that the coal industry was composed of two component parts, those who…

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Industrial News Shaft-sinking Award Wonthaggi State Mine Negotiations Successful Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 June 1935 · page 15

The General President of the Miners Federation (Mr. C. Nelson) stated to-night that the shaft-sinking agreement for the Wonthaggi miners, from a Federation…

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Protect Public New Federal Ordinances Bogus Mining Companies Canberra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 June 1935 · page 13

Action to prevent exploitation of the public by fraudulent promoters of bogus mining companies in the Northern Territory has been taken by the Common…

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Coal Fuelling Device

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 June 1935 · page 17

A new system of fuelling liners which, it is considered, may win back much of the coal trade lost to oil, is being demonstrated at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, this…

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To Be Reopened Historic Durham Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 June 1935 · page 10

It was announced yesterday that the historic Durham colliery, on the lower field, is to be re-opened. The mine has been idle for seven years…

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B.H.P. COLLIERIES Dispute Over Payments to Deputies Industrial Commission Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 June 1935 · page 8

Deputies employed at the Burwood and John Darling Collieries who complain that the proprietory of those collieries, the Broken Hill Proprietary Company,…

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39,018 TONS Weekly Coal Export Brighter Trade Expected

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 June 1935 · page 12

The quantity of coal, including bunkers, shipped at Newcastle during the week, for places beyond the State, was 39,018 tones, of which 2606 tons represented overseas…

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Gold Yield of Australia Worth £10,000,000 This Year Canberra

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 June 1935 · page 2

The official estimate of the prospective Australian gold yield for this year is well over 1,000,000 ounces fine, despite production far…

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Gold Yield Value This Year Should Be Record PROBABLY £10,000,000 Success Attends Development Efforts CANBERRA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 June 1935 · page 12

Expectations of a phenomenal yield of gold in Australia during the next six months, making the year's total production a record for many years past, are…

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Kurri Mines

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 July 1935 · page 9

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

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South Waratah Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 July 1935 · page 2

The President of the Northern Miners' Federation (Mr. T. Hoare) stated on Saturday that he had arranged a conference with the Superintendent of…

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Sixteen Dead at Colliery Indian Tragedy Calcutta

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 July 1935 · page 9

Sixteen men are dead and 83 injured as the result of an explosion last night in a colliery at Dhanbald in Bihar…

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Fall of Earth in Mine Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 July 1935 · page 4

Michael McNamara was severely injured in a fall of earth in a mine at Mount Holmes, North Queensland. After being extricated, he was carried seven…

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Six Miners Executed Crime in Soviet Moscow

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 July 1935 · page 1

For murdering a comrade, Gregory Vykov, who published a booklet giving the history of the mine in which they were employed, six miners…

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BIG W.A. Gold Yield Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 July 1935 · page 6

The Victorian gold yield for the first five months of 1935 was 34,307 fine ounces indications are that the yield will be the highest for five years…

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Crushed in Cage Two W.A. Miners Killed PERTH

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 July 1935 · page 7

Two Slay miners, R. Radishish and Ivan Simonivich, 38, both single, met appallling deaths in a shaft at the Ivanhoo mine, Kalgoorlie, yesterday…

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Coal Loadings Half-year's Improvement Recovery in Coastal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 July 1935 · page 6

Half-yearly returns made available by the Berthing Master on Saturday showing the quantity of coal loaded at the cranes at Carrington for the first six months of…

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