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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1936

2,541 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 34 of 128

Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 3

The Acting resident of the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation (Mr. J. Kellock) con[?]red yesterday with the Assistant Suprintendent of the B.H.P…

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Miners Board to Meet

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 10

The monthly meeting of the committee of management of the Northern Miners' Federation will be held next Monday to deal with reports on…

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Light Metals in Mining Operations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 2

The use of light metals and their alloys in many different mine operations due both to the light weight and also the absence of rust is the subject of an article…

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Helensburgh Mine Move to End Dispute Fails SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 3

Representatives of the management at the Helensburgh colliery and officials of the Miners' Federation conferred to-day regarding the dispute at this mine, but…

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Germany's Attempt Producing Oil From Coal Canberra

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 10

Interesting details of the progress in the production of oil from coal in Germany were given in the House of…

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Money in Tin Orange Gold Case Evidence Three Men to Stand Trial Orange

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 10

William Ernest Smith, Richard Brooking, and Herbert Edwin Wright who were charged with having conspired to cheat and defraud Allan Wiseman Marshall and…

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Caledonian Collieries Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 8

Profit cleared by Caledonian Collieries Ltd. during 1035, £10.415. was not sufficient to warrant the board recommending payment of any dividend in…

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Burwood Colliery Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 15

Burwood colliery was idle yesterday owing to a dispute concerning the supply of skips to the men. The matter is being dealt with by the lodge…

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Miners' Committee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 15

The Northern Miners' Committee of Management will meet at the Newcastle Trades Hall on Monday…

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Kurri Mines Working

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 8

The two Kurri collieries, Pelaw Main and Richmond Main, were working today…

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Price of Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 8

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended March 27 is at the rate of approximately £7/19/5 per…

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Coal Production Regulation Act

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 12

Since the introduction of the Coal Production Regulation Act on December 9, 1933, District Coal Boards have been appointed and district coal schemes…

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Queensland Coal Increased Production

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 20

The total quantity of coal raised in Queensland during 1935 was 1,051,978 tons. valued at £843,034, as compared with 956,558 tons, valued at £752,303, won…

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Oil From Coal in Germany

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 14

The actual and projected output of oil from coal in Germany is 270,000,000 gallons a year, and the output of hydrogenated petrol this year will probably not exceed…

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Busy Month Newcastle Coal Trade Figures for March

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 12

Official figures of the trade at the Port of Newcastle during March made available yesterday at Newcastle Custom-house disclose that coal shipped to places…

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Gold and Minerals State Production Reports From Fields

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 8

The world price of gold has from time to time formed the subject of much speculation by financiers, bonkers, and economists. In some quarters anxiety has been…

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Women Pelt Miners Pit Top Scene at Korumburra Angry Husbands Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 7

women have entered the dispute at the Sunbeam colliery at korumburra where, as a protest against the employment of…

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MAITLAND—CESSNOCK—KURRI West Maitland Railway Trespasser Tried to Board Coal Train

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 15

John Francis Austin, 20 a labourer, pleaded "Guilty," before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., at the West Maitland Police Court, yesterday, to a charge of having…

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£20,000 in Gold Was On Train New Angle on Motive Did Attackers Make Mistake? Many Theories Brisbane

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 7

Gold from Cracow Worth £20,000, it was disclosed today, was carried in a compartment at the other end of the…

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Northern Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1936 · page 19

The Returning Officer (Mr. L. Halliday) and the Assistant Secretary (Mr. J. B. Simpson) will be occupied over the week-end in counting the votes in the…

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