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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
2,483 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 125
The long-expected conference between miners' officials and the Coalfields Parliamentarians will take place in the Federation Office, Rawson Chambers,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Gold production figures for 11 months of the year reveal two records and indications are that in the fill year the output will exceed the 1938 total of 1,178,581…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →For the first time since it was sealed 31 years ago, the interior of the air-shaft of the Hetton colliery at Carrington was viewed yesterday by workmen engaged on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Men employed at Boston Colliery, Cardiff, were at work again to-day following an adjustment of their dispute with the management…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The General Secretary of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association (Mr. H. C. Morton), with the Steward (Mr. C. Rudd), conferred with the management…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The store thus far: Gold has been found in the Tamara River country by Paul Jacquard. At a New Year's Eve celebration in the Labasha trading post. Jacquard gets drunk, and in spite of the warnings of his partner, Shane Cardigan, talks loudly of his discovery. The inquest held to investigate the death of Paul Jacquard was ordered by Corporal Drummond, who held the office of coroner. The corporal had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Reversing the customary procedure in the mining industry, the management of the Aberdare Extended Colliery to-day issued an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Richmond Main Colliery, which has been idle for the past two days owing to a dispute concerning top hands, was again idle to-day. Pelaw Main…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A thick seam of coal has been discovered in Anstruther Harbour, Scotland, by workmen who are doing excavation work for the foundations of the new…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sixteen miners are reported to have been drowned in the flooding of the Plumbago mine, in the Kurunagela district, after a sudden inrush of…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Sixteen miners are reported to have been drowned in the flooding of the plumbago mine, in the Kurunegela district, after a sudden inrush of water from a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Electric power was restored at Bellbird to-day. The restoration of the supply followed the temporary settlement of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Further evidence was heard at Newcastle Police Court to-day in three charges of stealing against Henry Cullen, 41, coal trimmer, of Carrington…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The story thus far: The body of Paul Jacquard is found in the Labasha River, and an inquest is held; the location of Jacquard's discovery of gold, of which there had been rumors, is revealed, and a gold rush is started to the Tamara River, country. It is later…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Professor McMillan has continued his investigations into the question of mine lighting gin Scotland, says the correspondent of the "Colliery Guardian." Fourteen…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The United Collieries Staff Association has applied to the Industrial Commission for a variation of the Colliery Staff Employees State Award. The parties have…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Aberdare Extended colliery was idle again yesterday owing to a petty stoppage. The question it dispute concerns the payment of water money to a casual…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →A run by a 'bus using coal gas is described as "a definite landmark so passenger motor transport history" in a telegram sent to the Minister of Transport by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Richard Jackson, 54, miner, of Allandale Road. Cessnock, had his left-side injured when he was caught by a fall of coal at Aberdare Extended…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The story thus far: At a New Year's Eve celebration in the Labasha trading post, Paul Jacquard talks loudly of his discovery of gold in the Tamara River country. His partner, Shane Cardigan, tries to warn him. A brawl occurs when Jacquard asks Diane CHAPTER V…
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