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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1937

2,624 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 68 of 132

Industrial News Miners' Claims Queensland Support Union Officers Confer Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 July 1937 · page 8

New South Wales miners, for whom a new log has been framed, will have support from Queensland. The General President of the Miners'…

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Brown Coal Oil Victoria's Opportunity Mr. Dunstan's Views Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 July 1937 · page 7

There was opportunity in Victoria for the extraction of oil from brown coal, said the Victorian Premier (Mr. A. D. Dunstan), who reached Sydney yesterday…

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Thirty Dead Colliery Disaster in England Two Explosions Rescue Party Trapped (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, July 3

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 July 1937 · page 7

Thirty men, including the managing director and two mines inspectors who had joined in the rescue work after the first of two…

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Miners' President

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 July 1937 · page 1

The Northern Vice-President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. T. Hoare)…

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See Owners Department and Mine Trouble No Report Given on Coal-cutter Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 July 1937 · page 7

Officials of the Mines Department to-day indicated to a deputation from the Miners' Federation their intention to consult the…

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Miners Over 60 Census Being Taken

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 July 1937 · page 9

A census of miners over 60 years of age is being taken by the Miners' Federation. It has been suggested that miners who have reached 60 should be retired on…

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Industrial News Miners' Claims Stop-work Meetings To-day Newcastle and Coalfields

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 July 1937 · page 9

Some proprietors have replied to the miners' log of claims, and miners' officials will report on this to the stop-work combined ledge meeting to be held…

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"Leave Everything to Executive" Miners' Log Claims Mass Meetings Held To-day

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 July 1937 · page 1

All mines on the South Maitland and Newcastle fields were idle to-day, while the miners attended compulsory…

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Mines Abandoned Damage by Floods in New Zealand Wellington (N.z.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 July 1937 · page 7

Following the flooding of the coalmines at Hikurangi last week, as the result of torrential rain, the Hikurangi Coal Company has decided to abandon operations…

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Mr. Richard Marks Colliery Accident Fatal Well-known Mine Manager

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 July 1937 · page 6

Mr. Richard William Marks, Manager of North Wallarah colliery, died in the General Hospital last night, following an injury in the mine yesterday afternoon…

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Not Roast Beef Fight Leader's Warning To Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 July 1937 · page 4

"You are going to live on bread and butter if you are going to win. You won't win if you want roast beef and cabbage."…

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The Miners Double Meeting Motion Supported at Cessnock Prosperity and Workers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 July 1937 · page 9

There were record attendances at the miners meeting at Cessnock yesterday. On other occasions the Strand Theatre his been considered adequate for an…

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Coal Contracts with Italy Warning Given To British Owners LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 July 1937 · page 5

Because the resources of Italian clearing houses are nearing exhaustion coal-owners in Britain have been warned to exercise the utmost caution…

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Brown Coal Use in Oil Extraction Reference in Victoria Melbourne

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

The importance to Australia of extracting oil from coal was emphasised in the speech of the Lieutenant-Governor (Sir Frederick Mann) at the opening of the…

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The Miners Full Powers to Leaders Enforcing Log May Order Strike If Necessary

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

Overwhelming and, in most cases, unanimous votes at stop-work meetings on the Newcastle and South Maitland coalfields…

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Full Powers for Miners' Leaders Aggregate Meetings May Call Strike to Enforce Log Unanimous Support at Most Centres

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 July 1937 · page 2

Aggregate meetings were held on both fields yesterday and last night by the Miners' Federation to get the authority of the rank and file for strong measures to press the log of claims recently served on the owners…

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The Miners

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

A resolution adopted with practically no opposition at aggregate meetings on the Coalfields endorsed a programme adopted by a…

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Miners' Broadcasts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 July 1937 · page 11

Representatives of miners' lodges throughout the Coalfield and delegates from branches of the Unemployed and Relief Workers' Organisation met at…

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Colliery Dispute at Cessnock

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 July 1937 · page 10

Elrington miners returned from the colliery to-day after protesting against the rates paid for five skips in which it was alleged dirt had been filled…

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Miners United South and West With North Aggregate Meetings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 July 1937 · page 9

Aggregate meetings of members of the Miners' Federation on the Southern and Western fields yesterday adopted the resolution…

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