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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1937

2,624 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 132

Kurri Mines Working

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 10

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

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Wallarah to Be Mechanised Miners Concerned

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 8

Officials of the Northern Miners' Federation were informed this afternoon that two mechanical loaders were to be installed at Wallarah, and…

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Burwood Mine Idle Derailment Made Men Late

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 8

A derailed truck of coal from Dudley colliery impeded railway traffic on the Belmont railway line yesterday morning The accident occurred close to…

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Oil From Coal "A Necessity" Sir Frederick Stewart's Comment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 8

"Billingham-on-Tees has produced 45,000,000 gallons of oil from coal. What can be done there can also be done at Newcastle-on-Hunter," said Sir Frederick…

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Killed in Mine Man Fell 50ft. Down Chute Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 10

Falling 50 feet down a chute at the Broken Hill South mine last night. Royal Walter William Douglas, 44, single, was killed…

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Fresh Developments in Mine Shaft Case Police Believe Woman Also Murdered Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 9

Some new information, which came to the C.I.B. to-day, may upset the latest police theory that a woman also was murdered at Wedderburn with the unidentified man whose skelton was discovered on January 5 buried in a shallow mine three…

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Dredges May Be Used Tin and Gold at Glen Elgin Glen Innes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 11

Giving evidence in support of his application for no extended authority to enter, embracing 200 acres on Horse Swamp, Glen Elgin, before the Mining…

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Northern Miners Wallarah Colliery Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 12

The northern executive of the Miners' Federation was advised yesterday that a dispute had caused idleness of Wallarah colliery, Catherine Hill Bay…

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Miners' Federation Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 9

Sir,—I have noted with interest the letters written by Mr. S. Graham dealing with the subject of a State conference of the Miners' Federation. There…

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Kurri Mines Working

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 6

The two Kurri collieries, Pelaw Main and Richmond Main were working to-day…

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Seven Miners Killed London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 1

Seven miners were killed to-day by an explosion which occurred three-quarters of a mile below the surface in…

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Union Discipline Miners Sent Back to Work South Wales Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 6

The South Wales Miners' Federation is determined to maintain discipline among colliery workers. The executive council recently instructed the men who had come…

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Gold and Minerals Northern Territory Work Reports From Fields

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 4

The almost deserted mining settlement of Arltunga was opened up and worked to some extent 40 odd years ago, and, like others of its kind in the North of…

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Mine Shaft Mystery Still Unsolved Search for Woman Given Lift by Motorist Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 5

In their State-wide search for the woman companion of the supposed victim of the Wedderburn mine shaft…

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Northern Miners Federation Shotfirers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 15

The executive of the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation is endeavouring to arrange a conference with the owners respecting the rates of…

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Lorries Driven on Coal Gas

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 6

In Altona, a suburb of Hamburg, a gas-filling station for cars has been built. A number of heavy lorries and goods vehicles in Germany are now run…

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Australian Gold for U.S.A.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 12

New York, January 22.—The Federal Reserve Bank to-day reported the engagement of 985,000 dollars' (£A246,250) worth of gold from Australia for…

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Mine Shaft Mystery Police Ideas Are Changed Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 5

Detectives to-day abandoned the double murder and murder and suicide theory in the Wedderburn mine shaft mystery…

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Fresh Clue Wedderburn Mine Murder Victim Still Unidentified Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 11

A former Irish soldier, who is believed to have been the victim of the Wedderburn mine shaft tragedy carried papers on which the name Clelland was…

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Much Bigger Newcastle Coal Exports Big Shipment for Manila

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 13

Exports of coal from Newcastle were much larger this week. More places were on the market, and most sections of the trade showed improvement. Several big…

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