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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1937

2,624 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 45 of 132

May Day on the Coalfields Display at Cessnock Miners and Future Labor Govt

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 3 May 1937 · page 5

Children played a more prominent part in the May Day procession to-day than was the case in previous years…

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Up to £4,000,000 Support for Gold Shares London Firms Take Action London, May 1

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 May 1937 · page 4

Four powerful mining finance houses, namely, Central Mining Corporation, Rand Mines Ltd., Consolidated Goldfields of South Africa, and the Sir Abe Bailey…

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Richmond Main Colliery Idle

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 9

Richmond Main Colliery was Idle to-day owing to a dispute with the wheelers. Pelaw Main resumed work…

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Northern Mine Disputes

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 7

The secretary of the Northern Collieries' Association (Mr. C. F. Mallett), who visited Newcastle to-day, was occupied on a number of…

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Miners' Central Council Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 8

The Central Council of the Miners' Federation will meet in Sydney, next Wednesday. The main matters for discussion will be the Wonthaggi position…

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To-day's Accidents Collapsed in Mine

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 7

William Smith, 38, of Chidgoy Street, Cessnock collapsed while at work at Bellbird colliery to-day. He was taken to hospital by Cessnock division of the…

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Miners' Wage Claims State Conference This Month

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 2

Nominations for 10 delegates from Northern Miners' federation to attend the miners' State conference to discuss claims for a new award will…

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Miners' May Day at Swansea Stay-in Strikers' Tableau

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 9

More than 2000 miners and unemployed participated in the largest May Day celebrations yet held in the area at Swansea yesterday…

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Miners at Wonthaggi Appeal for Unions' Support Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 7

Whether tho industrial wing of the Victorian Labor Party will throw in weight behind the Miners' Union in the present dispute at Wonthaggi is being…

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Coal Contract Taken Away From North Sydney County Council Prefers Lithgow Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 7

Sydney County Council to-day withdrew a 25,000 ton coal contract from two northern collieries and the Deputy General Manager (Mr. Vine Hall) suggested that the contract should be given to Lithgow…

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Northern Miners Burwood Colliery Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 8

The Assistant Secretary of the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation (Mr. J. B. Simpson) said yesterday that Burwood colliery, one of the properties…

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Industrial News Aberdare Cent. Mine Idle Rates for Filling Coal Disputed

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 8

Disputed rates for the filling of cool which could not be cut by machines at Aberdare Central Colliery caused a stoppage there to-day. The section is…

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Northern Mine Stoppages

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 8

Pelton mine was idle to-day owing to trouble over the deputies. During the day the District Vice-president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. H…

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Mine Mechanics' Conference

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 7

The president (Mr. H. G. Moron) and general secretary (Mr. H. O. Morton), of the Federated Mining Mechanics Association, conferred to-day with Mr…

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The Sydney County Council's Coal

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 6

THE Hollywood influence appears to be strong upon the Sydney County Council. First there were the personality girls, then the sentimental texts for pay envelopes and, yesterday, was staged an "all talking,…

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"Not Repudiated" Assurances to Miners Mr. Old and Wonthaggi Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 7

Member of the State Ministry emphatically denied to-day that assurances given to the Wonthaggi miners by the Acting Premier (Mr. F. E. Old) had been…

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Mining Deadlock at Wonthaggi Meeting in Sydney Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 7

To discuss the deadlock in the dispute at the Wonthaggi State Coal Mine the Council of the Miners" Federation will meet in Sydney to-night…

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Go to the West Big Coal Contracts County Council 25,000 Tons Withdrawn From Northern Pits SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 7

Sydney County Council decided to-day to withdraw a contract for 25,000 tons of coat from the Glenrock No. 2 and Hillside collieries, in…

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Theft From Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 11

Robert Loyden Wyper, of Kurri Kurri, who was arrested by Constable G. E. Wardley, pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having stolen a quantity of bricks,…

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Northern Miners Conference on Wallarah Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 11

The Vice-president of the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation (Mr. H. Scanlon), accompanied by the officers of the Wallarah lodge, conferred…

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