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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1936

2,541 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 56 of 128

Lassetter's Reef Quest for Lost Gold Mine Another Air Party Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 June 1936 · page 7

Said to be the final attempt on behalf of Sydney financial interests to prove the authenticity of the existence of a…

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Mine Lodge Officers

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 June 1936 · page 9

Retiring officers of Stanford Main No. 2 Miners' Lodge will be reflected without opposition. Nominations received were:…

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Unions' Support Pledged Small Mines Issue

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 June 1936 · page 9

Northern trade union representatives in conference at the Trades Hall yesterday pledged their support to the miners on the small mines issue. The…

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Burwood Miners to Resume Water Money Dispute

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 June 1936 · page 9

Burwood miners, who have been idle four days ns a result of a dispute over wheelers' claims for excess water money, decided to-day to resume work…

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Small Mines Trades Hall Conference Boycott Proposed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 June 1936 · page 6

"We agree to form a committee representing all unions, working-class political parties and sympathetic bodies to assist the Northern Miners' Board of…

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Labour Fight Views of Ms. L.A. to Be Sought What of Miners? Big Metropolitan Conference SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 June 1936 · page 7

The Garden faction has decided to circularise Labour members in the Legislative Assembly this week in an endeavour to get them to…

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"Panic Flight" Gold Currencies Weaken French Savings Brought to England in Valise (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, June 6

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 June 1936 · page 8

Gold currencies on the Continent are fighting what most persons believe is their final battle. They have been under heavy fire all the week, the culmination…

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Unrest Spreads Miners Join French Strikers Million Workers Now Idle Little Faith in Government: Fears of Food Shortage (Australian Associated Press.) PARIS, June 7

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 June 1936 · page 7

While the Premier (M. Leon Blum) was introducing his "New Deal" the French strike epidemic was spreading. Although 107 disputes have been settled it is estimated that 1,000,000 workers are idle…

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Wongawilli Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1936 · page 8

The President of the Southern branch of the, Miners' Federation (Mr. F. Lowden) conferred with the management of the Wongawilli colliery, several matters in…

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Bellbird Colliery Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1936 · page 8

Because a decision of the Management Board of Bellbird colliery last week was not acceptable to casual wheelers employed at the mine, there was no work…

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Stanford Main Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1936 · page 8

Slackness of trade was responsible for Stanford Main No. 2 colliery being idle yesterday, after a long period of almost constant work…

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Miners' Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1936 · page 9

Sir,—In your issue of Saturday, "Dialectician" seems to be puzzled by the apparent contradictions show by the struggle against mechanisation (the…

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Northern Mine Disputes

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 June 1936 · page 8

The dispute at Burwood colliery, which laid the pit idle for four days, was discussed at a conference in Newcastle to-day. It was attended by the…

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Bellbird Miners Resume Work

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 June 1936 · page 9

In compliance with an instruction from the Board of Management, Bellbird miners resumed work to-day. The one day stoppage yesterday…

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Northern Miners Illness of President

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1936 · page 6

The Miners' Executive has received no official advices from Russia relative to the illness of the President of the Northern District branch (Mr. T. Hoare)…

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Small Mines Legislation Next Session Minister's Assurance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1936 · page 7

The Minister for Mines and Forrests (Mr. R. S. Vincent), who visited Newcastle yesterday, announced in an interview that legislation to…

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Bendigo Miners Hurt Struck Unexploded Charge MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1936 · page 8

While they were working almost 600 feet below the surface of the Carshalton Mine, at Bendigo, to-day, two Italian miners, Antonio Perruchi and J. Brazzale,…

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Legislation for Small Mines Satisfaction at Trades Hall

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 June 1936 · page 8

The announcement of the Minister for Mines (Mr. R. S. Vincent) that legislation would be brought down next session to bringsmall mines…

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Death of Notable Mining Engineer Adventurous Career Gloucester (Mass., U.S.A.)

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 June 1936 · page 7

The death occurred to-day at the age of 81 of John Hays Hammond, formerly a noted mining engineer. Born in San Francisco, he went to…

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Northern Colliery Disputes

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 June 1936 · page 9

The acting-president of the Northern Minors' Federation (Mr. J. Kellock) to-day conferred with the management of Hebburn No. 2 Colliery,…

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