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Newcastle

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newcastle

[ noun ]
a port city in northeastern England on the River Tyne; a center for coal exports (giving rise to the expression `carry coals to Newcastle' meaning to do something unnecessary)
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Newcastle \New"cast`le\, prop. n.
A town in England.
[PJC]

{Carry coals to Newcastle} to do something utterly
superfluous; to do something useless or wasteful; -- from
the nearness of Newcastle to the coal-mining district.
[PJC]

Simpson, an economist who has spent ten years in the packaging industry, will be responsible for the collective performance of the group's Newcastle and Thatcham factories.
Scottish & Newcastle also unveiled an agreement with Coors Brewing of the U.S. to brew its Extra Gold premium lager under license in Britain.
It is at Hawthorn House, Forth Banks, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3SG.
The brewery makes six brands of its own beer and undertakes contract brewing for Scottish & Newcastle and Bass. By 1989, Mr Virani was also developing the hotels side of the business.
Dealers said there was late talk of a Whitbread sale of brewing operations to Scottish & Newcastle.
We have that at Dartbrook,' says Mr Gordon Summers, Shell's general manager for coal. The mine is also strategically located on the railway connected to the modern coal loading terminal at Newcastle, about 200km north of Sydney.
The fire brigade report was prepared after a meeting of fire officers two days after the earthquake in Newcastle, a predominately industrial city of 500,000 75 miles north of Sydney.
They could even combine with their southern neighbour, Newcastle Breweries.
Could ownership of Newcastle shipbuilders Swan Hunter soon be embarking for the Far East?
Scottish & Newcastle would have had to produce scintillating interim figures to maintain the recent strong momentum of its shares.
She was amazed how well she felt on arrival. Sarah Myint, 52 Windsor Terrace, South Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 1YL MIDDLE EAST peace talks reopen in Washington today against a more than usually dispiriting backdrop.
The Mountains of Mourne really do sweep down to the sea, which washes over miles of deserted white sands. Newcastle, the chief coastal resort, was anything but deserted.
On the fringes, in areas such as Kingston Park on the northern edge of Newcastle, there are large new housing estates.
When the Duke of Newcastle, who was also the Earl of Lincoln, died last Christmas, historians began a frantic search for the new earl.
The Burger King hamburger business, also part of Pillsbury, is likely to produce a strong showing, too. The interest charge will be reduced by the sale of the Chef & Brewer chain to Scottish & Newcastle.
The mine clash between Zulus and Xhosas occurred Thursday night at the Kilbarchan coal mine near Newcastle, about 150 miles southeast of Johannesburg, said Genmin, which operates the mine.
If one of them takes a short cut to a cost saving, the other will have to do likewise. We can all see short cuts but who can save us from short sight? James McFarlane, 24 Broad Street, Ludlow, Shropshire SY8 1NJ Gloom in Leeds and Newcastle upon Tyne.
"Stormy Monday" Paramount Home Video; VHS-Beta, $89.95-$29.95; Rated R It's America Week in Newcastle, and all that's tacky and distasteful about the United States has come to persuade this English industrial city to embrace the invasion.
Once this corner of Newcastle had six butchers, a wetfish shop and cobblers; all have gone.
Figures produced by the Department for Education suggest that independent schools add more than state schools between GCSE and A-level. A more detailed survey by Peter Tymms of Newcastle university suggests a much more limited effect.
To remedy this, the city council's unitary development plan controversially proposes the release of 1,222 hectares from the green belt near Newcastle airport and the new Western Bypass.
Australian-based Elders IXL increased its stake in Scottish & Newcastle Breweries PLC to 9.33% from a previously announced 8.92%, Scottish & Newcastle said.
Australian-based Elders IXL increased its stake in Scottish & Newcastle Breweries PLC to 9.33% from a previously announced 8.92%, Scottish & Newcastle said.
Most parents, after all, are not looking for a school somewhere between Truro and Newcastle: they want their children to be educated fairly close to home.
The festivities came three months late, but the earthquake-hit city of Newcastle finally celebrated New Year's Eve.
The trade and industry secretary was busy in Newcastle giving a speech to businessmen, the sort of function which might easily have been handed to a junior. Heseltine duly turned in a virtuoso performance.
On the same night Newcastle gave a golden performance away to Royal Antwerp.
He frightened many in the audiences at the Leeds, Newcastle and Manchester forums when he spelled out what they meant. 'Many companies don't want to spend money on their lawyers because we don't come cheap,' he says.
There was a short jolt in Sydney but the temblor lasted 45 seconds in some places; Newcastle and the adjoining Hunter Valley wine growing region were hardest hit.
High Gosforth Park, which owns and runs Newcastle Racecourse, said it had received an approach which might or might not lead to an offer for the company.

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