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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1917

1,758 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 71 of 88

Colliery Mechanics. Registration Holds Good. Justice Hayden's Decisian. SYDNEY

Northern Times · Friday 19 October 1917 · page 5

"I decided, after much hesitation, that I ought not to cancel the registration of the Colliery Mechanics' Association."…

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Collieries Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 October 1917 · page 7

A number of the northern collieries, especially in the lower district, have been idle during the week owing to the shortage of trucks. This is due directly to…

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Pelam-main Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 October 1917 · page 7

Messrs. E. Thompson, secretary, T. O'Toole, treasurer, and J. Iceton, delegate of Pelaw-Main Miners' Lodge, directing attention to a paragraph in Wednesday's…

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Work at Collieries. Fortnightly Returns

Northern Times · Saturday 20 October 1917 · page 5

The return of the days worked at the various collieries in the northern district for the fortnight ended to-day shows that the maximum working…

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Miners' Officials

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 October 1917 · page 7

Mr. Baddeley and Mr. Willis are still occupied in Melbourne, where their presence was legally advised as necessary in connection with the application of the…

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Wallarah Miners

Northern Times · Saturday 20 October 1917 · page 5

Mr. A. Lewis (treasurer of the C.E.F.) will visit Catherine Hill Bay this afternoon in order to ascertain how the union men are getting on at…

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Colliery Mechanics. Deregistration Refused. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 October 1917 · page 7

In the Industrial Arbitration Court to-day, Mr. Justice Heydon delivered reserved judgment in the application of Messrs. J. and A. Brown and the East Greta Coal…

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Mining Disputes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 October 1917 · page 6

The proposals made by Mr. Beeby, the State Minister for Labour, with a view to establish satisfactory methods of settling disputes at collieries, and…

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Coal and Shale Federation. Deregistration Sought. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 October 1917 · page 7

The application by the Colliery Owners of New South Wales to deregister the Australian Coal and Shale Employees Federation was further argued before Mr…

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Industrial Matters. Coal and Shale Council. Mr. Baddeley Re-elected

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 October 1917 · page 7

The returns in connection with the electon of president and vice-president of the Australasian Coal and Shale Federation have been sent in from 44 lodges…

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Mines Working

Northern Times · Monday 22 October 1917 · page 5

All the mines in the northern district were working to-day, and matters appear to be rapidly becoming normal…

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South Coast Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 October 1917 · page 4

The delegate board of the Southern Minors' Association decided last week to strike a levy of 6d in the pound on all earnings of miners at work for victimised…

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Miners and Recruiting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 October 1917 · page 5

The executive of the South Wales miners condemn the proposed strike on the recruiting question. The council criticises the extremists…

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Coal Trimmers Required

Northern Times · Monday 22 October 1917 · page 5

There is a peculiar position with regard to the Coal Trimmers' Union. The men maintain that they are not on strike, that they have never…

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The Maitland Mine. Investigating Complaints

Northern Times · Monday 22 October 1917 · page 1

Owing to the complaints regarding wages and conditions of the voluntary workers employed by the Victorian Ministry at the Maitland mine, the…

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Question of Hatches. Coal Trimmers Contention

Northern Times · Monday 22 October 1917 · page 5

It appears that the chief objection the Coal Trimmers' Union have to the now regulations of the Port Hunter Stevedores' Association, is the…

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Waterside Workers. Wharf Labourers Resume. 75,000 Tons of Coal to Load

Northern Times · Monday 22 October 1917 · page 5

So far as the Wharf Labourers' Union is concerned, the strike is now over. Following on the determination of the secret ballot in Sydney on…

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Jumbunna Coal Mine. Government Intervention

Northern Times · Tuesday 23 October 1917 · page 3

An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Jumbunna Coal Mine No Liability was held in Melbourne to consider a…

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Queensland Coal Mining. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 October 1917 · page 5

A deputation of members of Parliament, representing the central district constituencies, waited on the Minister for Mines, and obtained from him…

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Colliery Mechanics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 October 1917 · page 4

Mr. W. Waller, the general secretary by the Colliery Mechanics, stated yesterday that during his visit to Sydney he had interviewed Mr. Holme, the…

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