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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1938

2,483 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 125

Northern Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 13

The Northern District President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. T. Hoare) and the Vice-president (Mr. H. Scanlon) will be present at the aggregate meeting of the…

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Newcastle Miners at Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 9

A coal-cutting machine in a mine near Newcastle…

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Cessnock Mining Classes Advice from Minister

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 13

Recently the Cessnock and Kurri Kurri Technical Students' Association made representations to Mr. J. M. Baddley, M.L.A., regarding the proposal to effect…

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Miners and Labor M.l.a. Suggests an Early Conference

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 8

Stating that he, with others of the party, would be only too pleased to meet the miners on party matters, Mr. J. G. Arthur,…

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Carrington Pits Old Mining Engineer Looks Back

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 5

The removal of the concrete foundation and other brickwork of the boiler-house of the old Hetton colliery at Carrington in recent months has interested Mr. W…

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Inquiry Improves Coal Shipments from Newcastle 43,716 Tons This Week

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 13

The Newcastle coal trade recovered well after the Christmas holidays. The closing of the northern mines had some effect on exports, but the weekly figures showed…

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Attractive Sprint by Arabia Gold Rod Has an Easy Task

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 8

The Challenge Stakes candidate. Arabia, was one of the most attractive sprinters at Randwick this morning. The grey, with E. McMenamin in…

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Love on the Gold Trail New 12-day Serial Of Adventure

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 5

LOVE and adventure in the Canadian northlands with accompaniments of the fever of he search for gold the crack of the…

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Mine Mechanics' Conference

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 8

Matters affecting the work of members of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association at Stanford Main No. 2 Colliery were discussed by the…

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Kurri Mines Working

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 7

The three Kurri collieries, Pelaw Main, Richmond Main and Stanford Main No. 1 were working to-day…

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Industrial News Northern Mines Work for the Fortnight

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 5

The year has begun badly for the collieries. The available working time at the northern collieries as nine days. The executive of the Miners' Federation…

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Meet Miners "Politicians are Willing" MR. J. G. Arthur's Statement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 6

Mr. J. G. Arthur, M.L.A., said on Saturday that he hoped that he and other members of his party would be able to arrange to meet officials of the…

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Fool's I Gold "The Newcastle Sun" Twelve-day Serial Chapter I.

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 4

It was Jacquard who found the gold up in the Tamara River country. He'd been after it for twenty years, an earnest, patient man who never knew when to quit. He didn't know, of course, that the gold was going to get him in the end…

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Miners' Officials Confer Two Mines Idle To-day

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 2

Richmond Main Colliery was idle to-day as the result of a pit-top dispute. The dispute will be discussed to-night at a meeting of the lodge which will be…

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Bellbird Colliery Still Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 8

It in not likely that Bellbird colliery will resume until next week. The firemen ceased work on Thursday, They claimed that the work was too…

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Mining Mechanics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 8

The Secretary of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association (Mr. H. C. Morton), with the Steward (Mr. C. Cush), and Mr. R. Jones, waggon examiner,…

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Industrial News to Resume To-day Three Aberdare Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 8

Aberdare, Aberdare Extended, and Aberdare Central collieries will resume work this morning. This was decided at a combined meeting held yesterday,…

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LOST 47 DAYS 13 Northern Collieries This Year's Figures Comment by Company Official

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 6

A coal company official in Newcastle said yesterday that 16 collieries on the Northern field has lost 47 days' work already this year…

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Hitch in Mines Resumption Aberdare Extended Was Idle

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 7

The decision of Caledonian Company miners at Cessnock yesterday to resume work to-day at Aberdare, Aberdare Central and Aberdare Extended…

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Fool's Gold "The Newcastle Sun" Twelve - Day Serial

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 4

The story thus far: Gold hm been found in the Tamara River country by Paul Jacquard, hardened northland prospector. Shane Cardigan. on his way to Labasha to meet Jacquard, his partner, encounters Diane Varden, lovely newcomer to the north; in spite of his…

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