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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
1,748 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 25 of 88
SYDNEY: The Miners' Federation's use of "industrial pressure" to prevent members more than 60 years of age from continuing to work was a "real mischief" that should be remedied, the Coal Industry…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE: Wedderburn's gold fever has gripped the Presbyterian Miniter (the Rev. McIntosh Brown) and he will dig in his own churchyard. Any gold dug up, though, is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY: H.S.W. coalowners were permitted to proceed with the mechanical extraction of the 240 million tons of pillar coal lying in mines throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aggregate meetings of Northern district miners are threatened if "no satisfaction" on miners' pension problems arises from a conference to be held shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Coal Industry Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) to-day granted coalowners permission to extract pillar coal by mechanical means. The decision will apply to New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The State coal production loss yesterday was 5100 tons. This included 2680 tons in the North, as a result of the idleness of two…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ANTWERP, Friday (A.A.P.): With the finding of gold in a cargo of cooking fat, Customs officials believe they have…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Coal output in the State today was near peak, but an ominous shadow is hanging over the industry following the judgment by the Coal Tribunal yesterday giving coal owners the right to extract pillar coal ARMCHAIR TELEVISION: Displayed at the recent British Furniture Exhibition at Earls Court, London, is this novel television-armchair-cocktail cabinet. The cabinet will retail for about £50…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Central Council of the Miners' Federation to-day will consider asking the State Government to intervene to prevent coalowners from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ron Palmer, 29, of Boomerang-street, Cessnock, shiftman at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery, had his right foot injured when he was…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →SYDNEY: State Cabinet will Consider the Coal Industry Tribunal's decision last Thursday to allow mechanical extraction of pillar coal. . The Premier (Mr. McGirr) said today that the Tribunal's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ANTWERP, April 14. A.A.P.—Customs officers yesterday found gold worth £107,000 hidden in a cargo of cooking fat aboard the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Two gold nuggets found last week by the Butterick family in their backyard…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ADELAIDE, Sunday.—The Federal Minister for Fuel (Senator McLeay) said to-night on his return from a visit to Western…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shortland Federal Electoral Council of the Labour Party yesterday decided to urge the State Government to restore to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY.—The Coal Tribunal (Mr. Gallagher) this afternoon adjourned the owners' application on annual leave and holiday…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →BRISBANE, Monday.—India was looking to Australia as an ever-increasing market for her ample coal supplies…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Leslie Ham, 17, of Main-road, Neath, tophand at Abermain No. 2 colliery, who was struck by falling coal yesterday, suffered lacerations…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bellbird colliery was idle yesterday, and will be idle again to-day because heating up was discovered in a section at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two different mines were idle in the northern coalfields today as a protest against the…
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