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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1938

2,483 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 47 of 125

Mine Owner Fined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 10

A. R. Thomas, owner of Wilson's colliery, Jesmond, pleaded "Guilty" to five charges of having committed breaches of the Coal Mines Regulation Act. He…

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Labour Party Miners Approve Report Sydney Unity Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 8

Aberdare, Aberdare Central, Aberdare Extended, Maitland Main, Millfield Greta, Pelton, Bellbird, Cessnock No. 2, Abermain, Hebburn No. 2 and Elrington…

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Wonthaggi Mine Investigator Appointed Terms of Reference Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 8

The Executive Council to-day appointed Mr. F. W. House, a former police magistrate, as a board of inquiry to investigate industrial relationships at the State…

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New Labor Party Southern Miners Lead Way Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 7

The first union to affiliate with the new Labor Party that was formed at the Newtown "rebel" industrial conference…

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A Letter From South Africa Transvaal Gold Boom

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 9

For the first time in history the monthly output of the Transvaal gold mining industry has exceeded 1,000,000 ounces of gold. This was revealed in preliminary…

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Credits Plan Safeguard for Business People Miners' Campaign Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 8

Officials of the Miners' Federation claimed to-night that business people on the coalfields would not suffer any substantial losses if a serious dispute in…

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Mild Gold Rush Good Strike in Victoria MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 8

A mild gold rush to Woodfield Station, near Bonnie Doon, on the Mansfield line, has followed the discovery last week of a promising strike…

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Control of Coal Smoke North Sydney Firms to Experiment Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 1

An effort to extract the volatile constituents from coal, making it smokeless, will shortly be made by a North Shore brick manufacturing…

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A.A. COMPANY First 50 Years in Coal Industry Survey in Rotary Club Address

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 5

Credit should be given to the men who represented the A.A. Company in its early stages for their strength and courage in developing the great coal industry,…

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Big Liner Ashore in St. Lawrence £300,000 in Gold Aboard Quebec

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 1

The Cunard liner Ascania (14.103 tons) is hard aground on Big Island in the St. Lawrence, close to the spot where the Empress of Ireland sank with…

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Bus for Elrington Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 7

An application by Rover Motors Ltd. for a 'bus licence to convey miners from Kurri to work at the Elrington Colliery was granted by the Kearsley…

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Two Collieries Idle To-day Disputes on Cessnock Field

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 10

Disputes caused idleness at Bellbird and Aberdare Central collieries today. The recent appointment of a staff…

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Durham Miners Idle To-day

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 10

The Durham mine was idle to-day owing to a dispute. During the afternoon officers of the lodge conferred with the executive of…

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Northern Miners North Wallarah Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 11

The Northern Miners President (Mr. T. Hoare) visited Swansea yesterday in connection With a dispute at the North Wallarah colliery, at Which there are…

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Bound over For Coal Stealing

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 11

"It is against the law to steal, and If you are in straitened circumstances there are societies which will assist you. You may think the company is…

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Miners Recognise "Rebel" A.l.p. Decision of Lodge Delegates

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 10

Delegates from miners' lodges on the Cessnock field have decided to officially recognise the unity conference in Sydney on June 25 and to recognise…

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Coal for Bunkers From Overseas "Primage Meets Position" Canberra

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 8

Replying to complaints that the coal-mining industry was suffering because ships' bunker coal was admitted free of duty, the Acting Minister for…

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Liner Ashore May Sink with Gold Cargo QUEBEC, July 4

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 9

The Cunard White Star liner Ascania is hard aground on Big Island, in the St. Lawrence River. elope to the spot where the Empress of Ireland sank with the loss…

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The Miners' March

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 July 1938 · page 11

Sir,—Once again winter is Upon us; once again the idea of a miners' march is raised by some of the miners' leaders. These leaders who now raise the old…

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Cessnock Mine Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 July 1938 · page 11

Colin Cush, 45, of Adelaide-street, Paxton, a tophand employed at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery received a probable fracture of the right leg yesterday. He…

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