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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1938

2,483 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 46 of 125

Kurri Colliery Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 15

Andrew Forest, 23, of Fifth street Weston, received probable internal injuries while working in Elrington colliery yesterday. He was admitted to the Kurri Kurri…

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Equipment in Mine Dept. Prosecutes John Darling

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 8

Magistrate, witness, counsel and technical experts gathered around a strange mechanical device which rested on the Bar…

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Shorter Week Surface Workers at Victorian Mines MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 15

With the consent of the employers, the Full Arbitration Court to-day made on order reducing the working hours of surface workers employed at mines in…

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Shanghai and the Coal Trade Newcastle Has a Chance

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 7

Possibilities for Newcastle, in view of the coal shortage at Shanghai, were referred to today, at the meeting of the…

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Miners' Credit Structure Financial Emergency Scheme Union's Assets Overhauled Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 7

Strike relief paid out to miners has totalled £1,400,000. according to the books of the Miners' Federation. Of this total £80,000…

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Mine Regulations Manager Charged with Breach Terminal Box Fuses at John Darling

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 21

Evidence was continued in the Newcastle Summons Court yesterday, before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M., in the case in which Septimus Flowers, of Belmont,…

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"No Repudiation" Denial by Miners' Federation Reply to Owners Still Willing to Negotiate SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 13

The General Secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. W. Orr) said to-night that the statement issued by the Chairman of the Northern Collieries'…

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Northern Miners Stockton Borehole Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1938 · page 4

The dispute at the Stockton Borehole colliery as a result of which work was lost during the week, was discussed at a conference yesterday…

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Credit for Mine Rescues Coalfields Coroner Outspoken

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 July 1938 · page 5

"Men who gallantly risk their own lives in rescue work in mines should be recognised by the Royal Humane Society."…

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Miners' "Second Round" Support of Other Industrialists

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 July 1938 · page 7

The claim that by the time the "second round" is on, for shorter hours, greater safety and pensions for aged miners, the miners will have the…

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Coal Economies Efficiency Quadrupled Since War Consumption Unchanged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1938 · page 13

The striking growth, especially since the world war, of economies in the use of coal, which have enabled the world's industries to yield progressively greater…

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Shot Firers at Work Problem of Gas Accumula Conditions in Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1938 · page 3

(Summary of Address by the Senior Inspector of Collieries, Mr. R. P. Jack, to Aberdare Central Shot Firers.) I understand that some apprehension,…

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Coal for Shanghai Increased Trade for Newcastle Chamber of Commerce Interested

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1938 · page 12

A shortage of coal supplies at Shanghai, which would be emphasised next winter was referred to the council of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce. Mr…

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Assembly Views Coal Industry Crisis Government Inaction Condemned by Mr. Heffron SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1938 · page 12

The possibility of serious industrial trouble in the coalmining industry was referred to by several speakers in the Legislative…

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Kurri Mines Working

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 July 1938 · page 8

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

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Murder of Mine Owner Singapore

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 July 1938 · page 7

The police anticipate the arrest of the murderers of F. G. W. Dunsford. a mine owner, within 48 hours. A dozen police will set out to-day…

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Export of Coal Improvement for 6 Months

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 July 1938 · page 8

A good increase of 132.981 tons on the total of 1,696.954 tons of coal exported from Newcastle for the first half-year…

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Owner of Small Mine Is Fined Regulations Broken

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 July 1938 · page 7

On each or five charges of having broken the mining regulations. A.R. Thomas, proprietor of Wilson's Colliery. Jesmond, was fined £2, with 8s…

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Man Run Over by Coal Train Leg Amputated

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 July 1938 · page 1

Run over by a coal train at Weston on Saturday evening, Leslie Edwards. 53. of First-street. Weston, had his left leg so badly lacerated that it was…

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Miners and the Strike Weapon Early Strikes and A.a. Company

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 July 1938 · page 8

As far back as 1850 miners in the Newcastle district were alive to the strategy of holding up production while the harbor was full of shipping…

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