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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1938

2,483 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 125

Hid Gold and Notes in His House Elderly Man's Loss of £700 SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 9

Det. Sergeant Barber and Det. McMahon to-day arrested a man and charged him with the theft of 300 sovereigns and £100 in bank notes, a…

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Aberdare Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 March 1938 · page 9

At a meeting of Aberdare Miners' Lodge lost night, it was decided to fall in fine with the proposals suggested at the Provisional Council of Trades…

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Neath Miners' Lodge Picnic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 March 1938 · page 15

Neath miners' lodge held a picnic at Speers Point on Saturday about 250 adults and children attending. The management was a credit to the organising committee…

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Miners' Meetings Discussion by Executives

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 March 1938 · page 15

The Central and Northern District Executives of the Miners' Federation discussed arrangements at Newcastle Trades Hall yesterday for the miners' aggregate…

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Herbert's Gold Rush Days in Alaska

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 March 1938 · page 3

Outdoor adventure and romance in the days of the gold rush in Alaska come to the screen in "The Barrier." a new release from Paramount to be…

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German Geologist Captured by Chinese in Mine PEIPING, March 2

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 March 1938 · page 14

A force of 250 armed Chinese guerrillas, under the noses of the Japanese garrison, kidnapped from a small coalmine in the western hills 20 miles from…

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John Darling and Aberdare Miners' Officials to Attend on

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 March 1938 · page 7

Members of the Northern Executive of the Miners' Federation will investigate matters under discussion at the John Darling and Aberdare collieries…

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Dismissal of Two Men Strike at Broken Hill Mine Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 March 1938 · page 15

Employees in the South mine to-day resolved to continue the strike of the underground men until the management reinstated two men who were dismissed…

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Miners Oppose New Method in Coal Mining Demand Inquiry At Aberdare

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 March 1938 · page 5

Claiming that new methods, so far as this country is concerned, were used to win coal from a huge pillar in Aberdare Colliery, the Northern…

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Miners' Widow Compensated Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 March 1938 · page 9

The Workers' Compensation Commission to-day, by consent, made an award of £800 to Mrs. Ethel M. Brooks, whose husband was killed by a fall of stone in…

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Cessnock Ambulance Service Increased Fees From Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 March 1938 · page 5

Miners in the Cessnock district are likely to respond to the appeal being made by the Cessnock Ambulance Brigade for a 100…

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Conditions in Mines Queensland Inquiry BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 March 1938 · page 9

The Minister for Mines (Mr. T. A. Foley) to-day announced his intention to appoint a select committee of three members to investigate the ventilation and…

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Miners' Mass Meetings on A.l.p. Split

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 March 1938 · page 5

Messrs. J. Kilburn, C. Martin, L. Ross and J. Maloney will be among the speakers to put the case for the Rebels at the aggregate meetings of…

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Well Maintained Newcastle Coal Shipments Victorian Trade Brisk

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 March 1938 · page 12

Coal exports from Newcastle this week were almost on a par with those of last week. Trading with moot places, particularly Victoria and South Australia,…

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Industrial News Mining Mechanics Stanford Main Dispute Settled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 March 1938 · page 12

The General Secretary of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association (Mr. H. C. Morton), with members of the lodge, conferred with the manager of Stanford…

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Three Falls of Coal Miners Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 March 1938 · page 5

Falls of coal injured three miners at the Pelton, Aberdare and Elrington collieries to-day. The victims were:…

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Industrial News Northern Miners Long Wall Working at Aberdare Miners to Seek Inquiry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 March 1938 · page 5

The Department, of Mines is to be asked for an inquiry into the proposal of the Caledonian Collieries Ltd. to introduce the long-wall system at the…

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Aggregate Meetings of Miners Labor Faction Dispute

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 March 1938 · page 5

Though all but two aggregate meetings of miners yesterday endorsed the Miners' Federation Central Executive in regard to…

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Miners' Vote on "Labor Daily Issue" Poor Meetings Actions of Executive Approved Approach to Federal A.L.P.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 March 1938 · page 2

Members of the Miners' Federation in the Newcastle and South Maitland districts at aggregate meetings yesterday endorsed the decisions of the organisation's central executive on the "Labor Daily" and the Labour party issues. A proposal to seek the…

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Miners Domestic Dispute

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 March 1938 · page 2

Bellbird miners were idle to-day because of a dispute which arose between two pairs of miners in respect to the filling of a place…

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