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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1918

1,290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 30 of 65

Industrial Matters. Colliery Mechanics. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 May 1918 · page 4

Mr. W. Waller, secretary, to the Colliery Mechanics' Association, interviewed Mr. Beeby, Minister for Labour and Industry, to-day, in connection with the grievances…

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Colliery Working

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 May 1918 · page 5

From Information made available by the colliery agents to-day, five collieries worked full time, five 10 days, and two nine days during the fortnight…

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The Colliery Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 May 1918 · page 4

Sir,—Once again an attempt is to be made to blow out the light of a big union, the Colliery Employees' Federation, this time not by the action of the…

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Fighting Submarines. the New Mine Field. an Enormous Scheme. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 May 1918 · page 5

Mr. Archibald Hard, writing in the London "Daily Telegraph," discussing the new danger zone in the North Sea, says:—It reveals an old and well-guarded…

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Lymington Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1918 · page 4

Lymington Colliery, Cardiff, continued idle yesterday. A meeting of the miners was held during the day. The manager of the colliery will confer with Mr…

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Bellbird Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1918 · page 4

Bellbird Colliery was idle yesterday. A deputation was last week appointed to wait upon the manager in regard to a clipper who was working at the mine, but…

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Industrial Matters. Miners' Obligations. Statement by Mr. Beeby. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1918 · page 4

Mr. Beeby, the Minister for Labour and Industry, to-night made an important statement to a representative of the "Newcastle Morning Herald" in relation…

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Industrial Matters. Miners' Federation Reply to Mr. Beeby

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1918 · page 5

The executive of the Colliery Employees' Federation replied yesterday to the statement of Mr. Beeby, the Minister for Labour and Industry, in relation to the…

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Lymington Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 May 1918 · page 4

Trouble has existed at Lymington colliery, Cardiff, for some time over the question of filling dirt, culminating in a stoppage of the colliery on May 1st, owing to…

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Improved Coal Cutting New Machine at Cardiff

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 May 1918 · page 4

The demand for improved features both for safety and operation for mining equipment, particularly in regard to gaseous mines, is causing manufacturers to revise…

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New Greta Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 May 1918 · page 6

Mr. Sullivan, associate to Mr. Justice Edmunds, informed Mr. A. Lewis yesterday that His Honor would conclude the hearing of the New Greta Colliery…

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Miners' Conditions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 May 1918 · page 5

Reference was made yesterday by Mr. Lewis, district treasurer of the Colliery Employees' Federation, to a statement of Mr. A. Edden, M.P., at the Manchester…

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Here and There Cardiff Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 May 1918 · page 5

The Cardiff miners connected with Lymington colliery are still idle, and there is no immediate, signs of a resumption of work. The settlement of the difficulty that was…

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Lymington Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1918 · page 7

Lymington Colliery, Cardiff, which ceased operations on May 1, is still idle…

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Rothbury Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1918 · page 7

Workmen have been put in dveloping the bottom atom at the Rothbury Colliery. This seam has just been opened by the completion of a stone drive. The…

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Mine Sweeper Sunk

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1918 · page 7

The Admiralty reports that a British mine-sweeper was mined and sunk on the 1st May. Three officers and twenty-three others,…

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Minmi. Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1918 · page 3

A special meeting of the Back Creek and Duckenfield Miners' Lodge was held in Peel's Hall on Thursday evening. The secretary, Mr. P. M'Laughlan, read the…

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Colliery Working Equalising Trade Some Owners Agree

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 May 1918 · page 3

Discussing this morning the proposal to be put before the Acting Prime Minister by Mr. Baddeley, on behalf of the Colliery Employees' Federations, for an equal…

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Lymington Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 May 1918 · page 5

Mr. Rodgers, the managing director of Lymington Colliery, informed the miners' executive on Saturday that he would visit Newcastle on Wednesday, for the purpose…

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Industrial Matters. New Greta Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 May 1918 · page 5

Mr. A. Lewis, the district treasurer of the Colliery Employees' Federation, was informed on Saturday that in consequence of the absence of Mr. C. M. M'Donald, in…

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