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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1937

2,624 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 64 of 132

Colliery Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 June 1937 · page 11

Aberdare Central colliery was idle yesterday owing to a dispute about the weighbridge. The colliery will resume this morning…

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Kurri Mines Working

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 June 1937 · page 11

Richmond Main Colliery, which was idle yesterday owing to a pit-top dispute, resumed work to-day. Pelaw Main was working…

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Mining Mechanics

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 June 1937 · page 11

Mr. H. C. Morton, general secretary of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association, will attend a special meeting of the Aberdare Central Lodge at…

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Small Mines Decision on

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 June 1937 · page 11

The President of the Northern Miners Federation (Mr. T. Hoare) was informed yesterday that the Register would give his decision in Sydney at noon on Friday…

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Bridesmaids in Gold Velvet Mayfield Wedding

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 June 1937 · page 7

Brilliantly colored bouquets carried by the bridesmaids at the marriage of Miss Eva May Stokes and Mr. Edward H. Ball were vivid notes in the…

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Oil From Coal "Government Must Help" Mayor's Appeal Enlist Private Enterprise

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 June 1937 · page 8

"The Federal and State Governments must hesitate no longer to give private enterprise the necessary, assistance and encouragement, in the form of preliminary…

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Union Challenge Ballot for Newspaper Directors Equity Court Case Miners' Official in Box SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 June 1937 · page 13

Evidence, was given by D. J. Whittaker, President of the Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees' Association before the Chief Judge in Equity…

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Heating in Mine Fumes from Subsidence at Glenmore Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 12

Work was suspended yesterday at Glenmore colliery, a small mine near Kurri Kurri, following some heating in a worked-out area about 30 yards from…

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Miners Pleased

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 5

Interviewed this afternoon, Mr. Charlie Nelson, General President of the Miners' Federation, stated that the Federation as a whole expressed…

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Small Mines

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 1

A full report of the small mines judgment will be found on Page 5…

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Fall in a Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 19

A claim for compensation at the rate of £5 a week from February 4 to 16, for an injury to his back, alleged to have been caused by a fall in the John Darling…

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Price of Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 6

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended June 18 is at the rate of approximately £8/0/7½…

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Miners' Claims Invitation to Mechanics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 15

The General President of the Federated Mining Mechanics Association (Mr. T. G. Morgan), and the General Secretary (Mr. H. C. Morton) have been invited…

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Gold and Minerals Accumulation of Gold Reports From Fields (Contributed.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 6

For both wealth and utility gold has received a long and wide recognition among the nations of the earth, and particularly as monetary wealth. Though at…

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Luxury Baths Mine Workers in Scotland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 4

Divans for the women pithead workers is the chief feature of the new baths, most palatial of their kind in Scotland, opened recently at the Michael Colliery,…

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Level Crossings Miners Demand Protection Committee Sittings End

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 15

The Northern Miners' Management Committee, which concluded a four days sitting in Newcastle late yesterday afternoon, carried a motion asking the…

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Compensation Commission Miners' Claims Referred to Medical Board Award for Shire Employee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 19

Claims by miners for total incapacity, alleged to be due to pneumoconiosis, were referred to the Special Pneumococniosis Board by the Workers' Compensation…

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Small Mines Union Refused Registration Judgment Given by Registrar Federation's Objections Are Upheld Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 5

An application by the Small Mines Employees' Association for registration as an industrial union was refused by the Industrial Registrar (Mr. S. W. Ebsworth) in a reserved judgment this afternoon…

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Lyon System Coal Treatment for Oil Federal Attitude "Impossible to Assess Value" CANBERRA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 13

"It has not yet been demonstrated that it is practicable to crack low temperature tar from Greta, or any other coal, for production of usable petrol or power…

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Victorian Novels Gold

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 26 June 1937 · page 7

A collection of first editions of Victorian novels was put up for sale at Hodgson's, in England. With few exceptions the books were the…

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