Gold Prospector Mourned as Dead Mistaken Identity London, January 29
For three years his family in Cumberland mourned for Mr. Frank Atkinson, 30, a former resident of Keswick, who left for Australia in 1928. His sister…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1938
2,483 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 125
STOLE £6500 in Gold Bullion International Gang Arrested TOKIO
It is revealed that an international gang, consisting of two Americans, a British born Jew and eight others and led by a Russian, stole £6500 in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gold Cup Snooker Won by Davis Big Breaks Made in Final Session London
In the final heat of the gold cup snooker competition, Joe Davis bent Horace Lindrum by 37 names to 34 and thus retained the trophy…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Nine Miners Dead Scottish Colliery Fire LONDON, January 30
While a snowstorm chilled hundreds who were waiting for tidings at the pithead rescue brigades, after hours spent in fighting a five at Dumbreck colliery,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining Mechanics Conference on Coal-loader Conditions
A conference between, representatives of the Federated, Mining Mechanics' Association and the Secretary of the Northern Collieries' Association (Mr. C. F…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Discovery of Coal
In 1791 some escaping convicts first discovered coal in Australian beside a creek 36 hours' sail north of Port Jackson. The locality has not been identified…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Great Industrial Crises Mariners and The Miners
The Labour Party in this country had its origin in the maritime strike of 1890. The chief impulsive forces of the '70's and '80's in the Labour movement were…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Make History Miners' Annual Meeting Wider Representation Sydney
For the first time in the history of the Minors' Federation all coalmining States throughout the Commonwealth and New Zealand will be represented at the annual…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle's Part in Celebrations Discoverer of Coal River
A hotel and a mediocre park are the only memorials in Newcastle to John Shortland, jun., the naval officer who discovered the Hunter River and the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A City of Steel Founded on Coal a Hamlet Becomes Great
ONE ESPECIALLY enthusiastic Newcastle alderman has said that in the future—immediate…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →GOLD RUSHES—How State Came of Age Trend to Democracy Helped by Arrival of Diggers from Overseas
ILL FARES THE LAND, to hastening ills a prey, where wealth accumulates and men decay, wrote an Irish bard…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Fast Sprint by Brown Baroness at Rosebery Track Recovers Well After Inundation Gold Rod And Pandava In Impressive Half-mile SYDNEY
Horses converged from all parts on Rosebery racecourse this morning. Prior to the opening of the gates the scene resembled a regular race meeting. Emphasising the remarkable recovery of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Millfield Colliery
Millheld colliery was idle yesterday as the result of a dispute concerning the payment of water money…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Elrington Miners Timber Shortage Dispute
The Vice-president of the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation (Mr. H. Scanlon) said yesterday that, accompanied by the officers of Elrington Lodge,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Greater Safety Supporting Undercut Coal
The cause of safety in mines already owes a debt of gratitude to Mr. Walter Sylvester for his invention some 40 odd years ago of the well-known "Sylvester"…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Injured by Fall of Coal Wollongong
As the result of a fall of coal in Corrimal colliery, John Moscrop, of Fernhill, sustained injuries to the pelvis. He was alone at the time, and brought help by…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Two Mine Deaths Inquest at Bendigo BENDIGO
The faulty running of a fuse was the cause of the explosion which brought about the death of John Wilson and Leonard Stenlake in the New Chum…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mine Idle at Cessnock No Resumption At Millfield Greta
The dispute at Millfield Greta colliery over the payment of water money is unsettled. Miners did not go to work to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Trade with Java Auretta and Rona Loading
Two ships are loading coal for Java this week, and another is to follow. The British steamer Auretta (4564…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Members Confer with Miners Federal Intervention May Be Sought Sydney
A combined request to the Federal A.L.P. Interstate Executive to intervene in N.S.W. Labor affairs and re-organise the party in this State will…
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