British Mining Conditions
Mr. Osbert Peake, M.P., chairman, of Airedale Collieries Ltd.. speaking at the monthly luncheon of the Industrial Co-partnership Association, held in London,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1938
2,483 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 25 of 125
Miners Agree to Double Levy Ambulance Service at Cessnock
If the decision of delegates from every miners' lodge on the Cessnock field con be taken as an indication of the attitude of the rank and file…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Bill in Commons Third Reading of Measure London
The coal Bill, one of the Government's main legislative measures of the session, was given its third reading to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Oil From Coal £3,000,000 Plant for South Africa Rivett Criticisms Not Applicable
With the arrival in South Africa of Dr. F. Fischer, inventor of the Fischer Tropsch system of converting coal into oil, it has been revealed that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Coal Bill Third Reading in Commons Labour Party Support (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, April 5
The Coal Bill, which is one of the Government's main legislative measures of the session, was given its third reading is the House of Commons to-day by the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Took Colliery Property
George Robert Bell, 48, laborer was charged before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M. at the Newcastle Police Court to-day with having at Lambton on or about…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Kurri Mines Working
The three collieries, Pelaw Main Richmond Main and Stanford Main No. 1 were working to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fall of Coal
Matthew Craig. 66. miner, of Neath. wag caught by a tall of coal at the Aberdare Extended colliery to-day. He was treated by the Cessnock…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Industrial News Northern Miners Management Committee to Meet Two Conferences To-day
The Secretary of the Northern district of the Miners' Federation (Mr. L. Halliday) stated yesterday that the Committee of Management had been called…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Brisk Inquiry Newcastle Coal Trade 268,922 Tons Shipped in March
The coal export trade at Newcastle was busier last month than for February. Shipments, including interstate and oversea cargoes, amounted to 268,922 tons,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Scandal in Rumania Notables in Gold Stealing Plot London
Arrested, with highly-placed Rumanians, for complicity in a gold-smuggling plot. Alexander Buzdagen, son of a former chief…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crawled 200 Yards for Help Foot Run Over by Coal Train
In great pain a youth crawled 200 yards to a house at Waratah this morning after his right root had been run over by a coal train…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Trade Position Has Improved Gold Exports Assist A Favorable Balance SYDNEY
Definite improvement occurred in Australia's overseas trade position last month. The total favorable balance was in created from £stg.6,65,000 to £stg.9,l75,000. There are hopes in official circles that, allowing for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Oil From Coal Report Discussed in Lords Methods Being Examined (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, April 6
A brief debate took place in the House of Lords on the recommendations of the Falmouth Commission, which recently reported on the various methods of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mining Conferences Aberdare Extended and Hebburn
Several matters in dispute at Aberdare Extended and Hebburn No. 2 collieries were discussed at conferences held in Newcastle yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Coal Exports Newcastle Trade Brisk 60,376 Tons for Week
Coal exports from Newcastle were maintained this week. Trading with Victoria improved slightly, but shipments to South Australia were reduced by almost…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Safety Lamp George Stephenson as Inventor Samuel Smiles's "Life" Experience in Gaseous Mines
"It is common knowledge that George Stephenson perfected the first locomotive, but it is not generally known, even in mining circles, that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Youth's Fortitude Crawled 200 Yards With Crushed Foot Tried to Board Coal Train
Fortitude was shown by Ronald Mewburn, 16, of Cooranbong-road, Broadmeadow, early yesterday afternoon, when he crawled 200 yards for help after his…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Kurri Mines Idle
Richmond Main and Pelaw Main collieries were Idle to-day owing to a dispute with the railway guards. It is expected that the trouble will…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gold in Dutch New Guinea Search Organised In Holland LONDON
Mr. H. Terpstra, an Amsterdam mining engineer, accompanied by two geologists, will shortly lead a gold-seeking expedition to Northern Dutch New…
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