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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1936

2,541 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 65 of 128

Labor Party May Rise To Power In U.S.A. Miners' Leader Is Building Up Prestige

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 July 1936 · page 10

Another great periodical political drama is unfolding in America—the Presidential campaign. The news behind the news is this dispatch from Paul Mallon, a well-known political writer. Among others matters, he visualises the possible emergence later of a powerful Labor Party. WASHINGTON, May 14…

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Miners Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 July 1936 · page 23

Sir,—Mr. Cram states that "no capitalistic financiers have underwritten Russian loans." I am not prepared either to admit or deny that statement, but Mr…

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Kurri Mines Working

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 July 1936 · page 7

Pelaw Main and Richmond Main collieries were again working to-day…

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Coal Industry The Great Strike, 1909-10 (Formerly President of the Miners' Federation.) NO. 2

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

The Maitland position, despite the utmost efforts on the part of the miners' executive, continued to be critical. The colliery owners still stubbornly refused to…

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Price of Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 July 1936 · page 24

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended June 26 is at the rate of approximately £7/17/7 per…

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In the SUN Jolly Soviet Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 July 1936 · page 6

Waiting the Soviet coal-mine at Gorlovka, the miners' delegates "slid on their backs from the third to the fourth level," and came away impresses with the…

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Coal Tenders Railway Department SYDNEY

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

The Railway Department officially announced to-day that tenders for the annual coal contract with the department will be invited shortly. As the mileage covered…

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John Darling Mine Resumption of Work Yesterday

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

A conference between the Acting Superintendent of the Broken Hill Proprietary Co.'s collieries (Mr. J. Fallins) and the Acting Vice-president of the Northern…

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Coal Grant Request for Transport to Councils

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

Advice has been received by Messrs. J. G. Arthur, R. Cameron, G. Booth, and F. H. Hawkins, Ms.L.A., from the Secretary of the Prime Minister's…

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Claims Contested Gold Treatment Process PERTH

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 July 1936 · page 10

Denials of statements made by the Chairman of Directors of Cascade Gold Recovery Ltd., Mr. M. Schlank, of Adelaide, which have been published in the…

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Free Coal for Unemployed Transport Issue Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 July 1936 · page 8

Advice has been received by Messrs. Arthur Cameron. Booth and Hawkins, M's.L.A., from the secretary of the Prime Minister's Department, through…

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Gold and Minerals Empire Production Reports From Fields

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 July 1936 · page 24

Though the figures of the gold production of the British territories are not positively accurate, they are sufficiently reliable to show that the gains of the…

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Big Decrease Coal Exports During Half-year Coastal Trade Lapses

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

Half-yearly return showing the quantity of coal loaded at the cranes at Carrington for the first six months of 1936, made available yesterday by the Berthing…

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Special Meeting Requisition by Unions Shareholders in Paper Miners' Federation Interested SYDNEY

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

A meeting of share-holding unions of the official organ of the Australian Labour Party, holding £22,338 of the total of £33,000 shares held by unions in the…

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Colliery Mechanics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 July 1936 · page 13

The General Secretary of the Federated Colliery Mechanics' Association (Mr. H. C. Morton) stated yesterday that he had attended a combined meeting of members…

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Aged Miners' Homes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 July 1936 · page 20

To commemorate the jubilee of the late King George, Manchester Collieries Ltd. have erected, at Tyldesley and Walkden, a number of dwellings which will be…

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Coal Exports Holiday Affects Total 42,490 Tons Shipped

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 July 1936 · page 10

Owing to the holiday on Monday less coal was shipped from Newcastle this week. The total quantity, including bunkers, exported to places beyond the State…

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Industrial News Coal Board "What Is Proposed?" Mr. Scanlon's Questions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 July 1936 · page 13

"On more than one occasion, in the course of lending articles in the 'Newcastle Morning Herald,' its Editor has mentioned in a general sense that he…

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Mining Disputes John Darling and Burwood Conferences with Owners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 July 1936 · page 13

The Acting Vice-president of the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation (Mr. H. Scanlon) said yesterday that he had conferred with the management of…

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Union Conference Is Banned by A.L.P Dissent of Miners Faction Fight Intensified Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 July 1936 · page 3

The A.L.P. Central Executive last night declared "black" the special August Conference convened by the Sydney Labor…

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