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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
1,237 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 42 of 62
It is just 98 years since the Newcastle Coal field had its first major coal strike. It was the culmination of series of minor industrial disturbances which had taken place in the growing mining industry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →John Shone (24) of Albert St., Horseshoe Bend, suffered burns to the right eye when acid dripped…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The 1929-30 lockout by the associated group of colliery owners on the Northern field produced the most bitter and tragic episode in the industrial history of Australian coalmining…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, August 30. A.A.P.—Bundles of banknotes and boxes of bullion have been salvaged from the wreck of the Flying Enterprise…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A conference this afternoon will try to reach some solution to the traffic problem set by the old…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shortage of coal waggons because of the South Maitland rail strike today halted production at nine large mines…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEW YORK: Gold mining may have a glittering new future as a result of a new machine giving Spectacular results in Alaska. It is the Gregersen concentrate classifier, said to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A conference at Howe-street coal bridge, Lambton, was told yesterday that the bridge would probably be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BRISBANE: This month Queensland will start exporting Collinsville coal to Korea under the 100,000-ton contract signed with the Japanese Procurement Agency a few…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A new form of arbitration for speedy adjudication and settlement of disputes on the Coalfields was introduced early in 1941. Despite criticism by sections of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY: There was nothing to prevent the owners introducing stowage at Abermain No. 1, a spokesman for the Miners' Federation said today, commenting on an announcement by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LITHGOW, Tuesday.—Miners' leaders said to-day they would not accept any finding on the State mine fire…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Nationalist Chinese ship has arrived at Newcastle to take part in the 100,000-ton coal lift to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Plans were ready for the introduction of slowage at Abermain No. 1 colliery, the Acting Minister for Mines (Mr. Buckley) said to-day. He said the plan would go into operation as soon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Commonwealth had received no request from the Victorian Government for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Consul-General for Korea (Mr. L. H. Kim) told the Lord Mayor of Newcastle (Ald. Purdue) yesterday that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Good progress was being made with shaft-sinking operations at Oakdale State coalmine, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bellbird, Burwood, Northern Extended and Buchanan Borehole mines were idle on disputes yesterday for a coal loss…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Of 95 fires and heatings in the eight collieries in the Cessnock fire belt since 1900, 35 have occurred in the past two years…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A huge sign in silver and gold letters, "Commonwealth Steel Social Club," decorated the stage of Newcastle City…
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