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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1937

2,624 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 132

Cyanide Fumes Mine-worker Overcome Help Came Too Late Kalgoorlie

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

Climbing from a shaft on the Belgium Queen lease, six miles south of Coolgardie, this morning, Michael Maloney, about 31, single, was overcome by cyanide fumes,…

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Seven Dead English Mine Explosion Orange Saved One Man London, January 21

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

As the result of an explosion three-quarters of a mile below ground, seven miners were killed at Markham colliery, Duckmanton, near Chesterfield (Derby)…

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Geological Surveys Committee to Discuss Plans Gold Found in 1936 CANBERRA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 16

A meeting of the Executive Committee for the North Australia geophysical and geological survey will be held in Melbourne on February 28 to discuss plans…

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Preparing the Abbey for the Coronation Chapel in Gold Seats for 7700 Guests London

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 3

The transformation of Westminster Abbey into an edifice of blue and gold for the Coronation is described in a…

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Theft From Mine

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 7

Pleading guilty, at West Maitland Police Court to-day, before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., to having stolen brass piping and brass drain cocks from New…

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Wallarah Mine Dispute

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 5

Officials of the Northern Miners' Federation to-day conferred with the management of Wallaah Colliery where mechanical coal loaders are…

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Kurri Mines Working

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 5

Pelaw Main and Richmond Main collieries resumed work to-day. BUILDING FIGURES.—Forbes, Monday: Though the figures for December…

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Milk for Miners' Picnic

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 5

More than 1500 bottles milk will be taken by Bellbird Miners' Lodge to its annual picnic at Speer's Point on February 20…

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Aberdare Miners Idle To-day

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 7

Miners at Aberdare and Aberdare Extended collieries to-day discussed disputes at the pit-top and then returned home…

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Profit of £7500 Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 6

The Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company made a profit last year of £7200, which will be distributed to the shareholders by the payment of a dividend at the…

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MAITLAND-CESSNOCK-KURRI Cessnock Miners' Threat If Works Bonus Withrawn

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 9

At a conference at Cessnock yesterday, and attended by representatives of the unemployed and the miners' lodges, the possibility of the withdrawal of the 10…

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Theft From Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 9

Frederick John King. Conrad Gilbert and Johns Maher, of Greta, pleaded "Guilty" to having on December 20, at Greta stolen brass drain cocks and brass…

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Kurri Mines Working

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 8

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

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Coal Trade Problems

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 6

The President of the South Wales Miners' Federation (Mr. A. Horner), in an address on "The Next Step in South Wales" to the Social group at…

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Mine Mechanics and Seniority

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 8

The general secretary of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association (Mr. H. C. Morton) is to confer to-morrow afternoon with the management of…

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Pensions for British Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 9

Sir William Firth, speaking as the principal guest at the annual dinner of the Newport Chamber of Commerce, said he woo convinced that compulsory…

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Mechanisation Issue Revived by Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 9

Mechanisation, around which a bitter fight was waged by the miners some months ago, is likely again to become an issue…

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Japan's Oil From Coal Plan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 6

The Japanese Government is to establish a semi-State corporation with a capital of £5,000,000 for the production of oil from coal. Heads of the…

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Industrial News Northern Miners Board Meeting Convened

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 9

A special meeting of the Northern Miner's Committee of Management will be held at the Newcastle Trades Hall this morning. The members have been…

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Drowned in Their Own Mine Shaft Auckland

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 7

Two Maoris, Nehua Toki, 59, and Mrs. Tutu Nehua, 56, members of a party of Maori gold prospectors in the remote…

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