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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1938

2,483 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 41 of 125

Burwood Colliery Resumes After Week's Idleness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 June 1938 · page 11

The Northern executive was advised yesterday that the Burwood colliery of the Broken Hill Pty. Co. Ltd. had resumed. A week's work was lost, due to…

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Northern Miners Executive to Visit Weston

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 June 1938 · page 11

The Assistant Secretary of the Northern branch of the Miner's Federation (Mr. J. B. Simpson) stated yesterday that arrangements had been made for a…

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Neighbors in Hospital Two Miners Hurt

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 June 1938 · page 11

Two miners living in the same street at Cessnock were admitted to Cessnock Hospital to-day as a result of accidents in different collieries…

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Miners' Claims Cessnock Lodges Approve Plans for Struggle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 June 1938 · page 10

Officers from all the lodges in the Cessnock district met last night to discuss the miners' log of claims and the proposals to be adopted to carry on the…

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"Swamp" Conference Miners and Labour Party SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 June 1938 · page 10

It was disclosed to-night that the delegates who represented the Northern miners at the Easter conference of the Labour Party have recommended to the…

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Mining Hours Owners Deplore Men's Demand "Ruinous All Round"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 June 1938 · page 8

Representatives of the mine owners, mine workers, and the Government will probably meet shortly to discuss the question of hours in the industry. It is…

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"Gold Hordes of Our Coast" Fish Wealth to Be Exploited Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 June 1938 · page 16

The cunning of tunny, pilchards and herrings will be commenced at Twofold Bay. South Coast, within the next two months, a principal of a…

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200 Miners Idle Over Boy's Dismissal Redhead Colliery

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 4

Because a boy was dismissed yesterday, allegedly for having knocked off early, 200 miners employed at the Redhead Colliery were idle to-day…

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Mine Surveyors Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 15

The following candidates were successful at the examination for mine surveyors' certificates of competency, held in Sydney on May 24 and June 6—A. W. Bate…

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Women and Coal Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 14

Sir,—I have just read the letter written by the miner's wife, who, indeed, puts the case plainly for the women and children. She is quite right and as a mother,…

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British Miners' Leader's Death London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 1

Mr. Herbert Smith, the Miners Federation president between 1922 and 1929, died suddenly to-day. Polling is taking place in the…

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Miners' President Dead London, June 16

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 14

Mr. Herbert Smith, President of the Yorkshire Mine Workers' Federation, died to-day…

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22 Lodges Confer Lower Field and Miners' Claims

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 8

Executive officials of 22 mining lodges on the Newcastle field have been summoned by the Northern Miners' Federation to a…

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Outsider Wins Ascot Gold Cup London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 10

The American-owned horse Flares won the Ascot Gold Cup run over two and a half miles to-day, Result: Flares 1. Buckletch 2. Senor 3. Ten…

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Miners' Officials at Weston Log of Claims Is Endorsed

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 7

A meeting of miners' lodge officers of Kurri, Weston and Abermain, held at Weston last night, confirmed the log of claims and the proposed plan of…

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Miners' Plans Meeting at Weston Plight of Kurri Kurri Men

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 15

Officers of the Abermain, Weston, and Kurri Kurri Miners' Lodges met at Weston last night, and discussed the log of claims and proposals for the conduct of…

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Coal Measures of the State Address To Rotary At Cessnock

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 4

Mr. G. Laing, a Cessnock surveyor, gave an address on the Maitland coal measures at the weekly dinner of Cessnock…

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Back at Work Tasmanian Mining Dispute Settled SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 15

The central office of the Miners' Federation to-day was informed by the Tasmanian district that the miners had resumed work at the Cornwall mine where…

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Colliery Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 June 1938 · page 13

John Connolly, 50 a miner, living in Maitland-street, Kurri Kurri, wan struck by a fall of stone in Pelaw Main colliery yesterday. He received abrasions to…

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Disputes at Northern Collieries

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 June 1938 · page 5

The Northern Miners' President (Mr. T. Hoare) will attend n conference with the management of the Hebburn Colliery on Monday, and the District…

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