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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
2,346 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 118
Caught between a cool loader and the rib while at work in Bloomfield Main colliery yesterday morning, A. Lynch, 46, of Dudley, a leader driver, was seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →"You have been in the habit of allowing them their own way, but it is a bad habit," said Judge Drake-Brockman in the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →As a concession from the owners, coal mine employees get their coal free, but many of the miners immediately sell…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Angus McLean of Hickey-street, Cessnock was fined £5 with 8s costs in the Cessnock Police Court to-day for having taken workmates to work at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The British tramp steamer Penrose arrived at Newcastle this afternoon on its first visit to the port to load a cargo of 8400 tons of coal but berthed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Due to the annual holidays, the first working period of the northern collieries for 1939 was restricted. Production began on Monday, after being suspended for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Two men were injured at Stockton Borehole Colliery to-day. James Abrahams. 50. a miner of North-street. Teralba. had his right hand caught…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alfred Lynch, 46, of Dudley, a loader driver, died in the Maitland Hospital on Saturday afternoon as a results of injuries he received when he was crushed between…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →According to figures released to-day by the relieving Berthing Master at Newcastle (Mr. A. Mearns) the export of coal from the cranes at Carrington…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coalmining unions were doing their best to prevent accumulation of coal stocks by big organisations, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Although Kalgoorlie had warmer weather again to-day, the district is still a shambles. The damage is conservatively estimated at £250,000…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →One of the most interesting points likely to be decided by the International Tennis Federation in Paris in May is Royal Prince and Gold Rod prominent Challenge Stakes candidates, were the smartest sprinters this morning at…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →An allegation that miners were hampering efforts to accumulate stocks of coal was made at the meeting of the Sydney County Council to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →As a result of the floods which caused damage estimated at £250,000 in the district last week, at least 3500 workers are temporarily jobless…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bush fires on Saturday destroyed the back shaft at the old Bulli colliery, stopping the second means of egress from the pit, as required by the mines regulations,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →At the annual meeting of the Carrington Coal and Coke Shipping Union, held in the Coaltrimmers' Hall, Carrington, Mr. F. Campbell, as returning officer,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A fall of coal at Aberdare Colliery to-day caught William Ashman, 52, a miner, of 21 Gordon avenue, Cessnock. Cessnock Ambulance treated him for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The President of the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation (Mr. T. Hoare), referring to a recent fatal mine accident, said that as a result of the customary…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Fears that complications would ensure in Queensland after the issue of an award by the Commonwealth Court of Arbitration were expressed to-day when William Thomas, representing certain Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Members of the Northern Committee of Management of the Miners' Federation who were invited to see the whole system of operation at one of the company's…
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