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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1937

2,624 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 44 of 132

Wallarah Colliery Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 17

Wallarah colliery, at Catherine, Hill Bay, was idle yesterday as a result of a dispute between the management and the men over the driving of a out-through…

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British Coal Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 10

"The Second National Coal Convention which was held in London was a great success, if only because it symbolised a collective effort on the part of an…

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Aberdare Central Owners and Miners Confer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 17

Several matters in dispute at the Aberdare Central colliery, Cessnock, were considered by the parties at a conference in Newcastle yesterday. The employers…

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British Miners Vote for Strike London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 1

A national delegate conference of the Miners' Federation will meet to-morrow to consider what action shall be taken on the recent ballot of the…

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Wonthaggi Miners Will Not Return to Work Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 5

A mass meeting of 800 miners at Wonthaggi to-day rejected the terns for the resumption of work offered by…

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Relief Work in Cessnock for Abermain No. 2 MINERS

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 5

Abermain No. 2 miners at Cessnock will be given relief work at Cessnock next week. Married men, single men with dependants and returned soldiers…

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Gold and Minerals Investment Gazette Reports From Fields (Contributed.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 4

Gold stocks are becoming a more popular source of investment with the general rise of the goldmining industry, and every legitimate effort to stabilise a…

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Polish Coal in France

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 16

The first cargo of Polish coal arrived in France in 1924. It consisted of 1402 tons and represented the opening of a new and important market for coal from Polish…

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Reduce Freights Lithgow Interests Ask Collieries Are Hit Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 12

A request that the Sydney County, Council use its influence to urge the Government and the Railway Commissioners to grant freight reductions on coal mined at…

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Welsh Coal Shrinkage of Output

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 8

Mr. W. J. Stephens, the Swansea colliery proprietor, addressed the Swansea Rotary Club recently on the industrial position of South Wales. He commented…

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Mining Mechanics at Maitland

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 6

The president (Mr. T. G. Moran) and general secretary (Mr. H. C. Morton), of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association, conferred…

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Gold Smuggling Car with False Tank

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 6

A wideapread organisation for the "draining" of gold from France into Germany is believed by the police to have been discovered at Lyons, says the…

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Wonthaggi Mine Men Reject States' Terms WONTHAGGI

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 12

A mass meeting of miners to-day decided not to accept the terms of the State coalmine management for a resumption of work. Contending that the…

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Effigy Burned at Wonthaggi Miners' Celebration of May Day Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 1

Wonthaggi coal miners celebrated May Day to-day by a procession through the town which went to a vacant block of land where an effigy…

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Newcastle Coal Trade Holiday Restricts Exports 43,677 Tons Shipped

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 10

The holiday last Monday restricted coal shipments from Newcastle this week. The total quantity, including bunkers, sent to places beyond the State, was 43,677…

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Industrial News Non-associated Mines Workers Seek Registration Federation to Oppose

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 12

The miners' Federal Central Council will meet in Sydney on Wednesday. The Northern President (Mr. T. Hoare) will be present…

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Hold Too Much Gold Britain and United States New York, April 29

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 12

In an address in Now York to-night, Sir George Paish, Governor of the London School of Economics, said that Britain and the United States held…

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Wonthaggi Mine Deadlock Three Attempts to Settle Dispute Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 3 May 1937 · page 5

Three moves were made to-day in the deadlock which has arisen over the refusal of the miners at the State Coal Mine at Wonthaggi to resume…

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Miners' Dispute at Wonthaggi Onus Placed on Men Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 3 May 1937 · page 5

Interviewed on his way to Melbourne from Swanhill to-day the Acting-Premier (Mr. Old) said that the sol[?] of the Wonthaggi deadlock…

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British Miners Decide on Strike Action Claim for Recognition London, May 1

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 May 1937 · page 7

In connection with the negotiations arising out of the dispute last November at Harworth colliery and in pursuance of the authority recently given by an…

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