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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1918

1,290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 31 of 65

Mining and Transport. Deputation From Newcastle. Mr. Poynton Sympathetic. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 May 1918 · page 4

A deputation, consisting of Messrs. D. Watkins and M. Charlton, Ms.H.R., J. Baddeley, president of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation;…

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Miners' Compensation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1918 · page 5

A conference of the three districts of the Coal and Shale Federation, together with the metalliferous miners of Broken Hill, is to be commenced shortly for the…

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New Greta Colliery Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1918 · page 5

Owing to the fact that Mr. M'Donald, the secretary of the Northern Proprietors' Association, is absent in Melbourne, arrangements have been made to hold…

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Mine Sweeper Sunk

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1918 · page 5

The Admiralty announces that a minesweeping sloop was torpedoed and sunk on May 6. Two officers and 13 men are missing…

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The Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1918 · page 4

The request of the miners for the re-establishment of the Federal Coal Board is in itself evidence of their desire to avoid future interruptions in…

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Lymington Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1918 · page 4

Mr. Rodgers, the managing director of Lymington Collieries, will visit Cardiff this morning, and it is expected that he will, during the day, confer with Mr…

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Industrial Matters. New Greta Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1918 · page 4

Mr. A. Lewis, district treasurer of the Colliery Employees' Federation, and Mr. W. Nevin, secretary of the New Greta Lodge, will proceed to Sydney to-day, and…

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Coal Loading Record

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1918 · page 4

Some good coal-loading performances are being put up at Carrington, and vessels are being got away with very commendable despatch. The railway…

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Four Cranes Coal Loading Record

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 May 1918 · page 5

Nowadays, speed is essential in almost every avenue of activity. Where the world formerly crawled, It is note walking; where it walked it is running. There is no place for…

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Colliery Employees' Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 4

Mr. Baddeley, president of the federation, attended a meeting of the Elermore Vale Lodge, Wallsend, last night. He will proceed to Kurri Kurri this…

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Industrial Matters. Lymington Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 4

A conference in regard to the dispute at Lymington Colliery, Cardiff, was held in Newcastle yesterday. Mr. Colin Rodgers, managing director of Lymington…

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Coal Export

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 5

The following amounts of coal were shipped in interstate ports from Newcastle during the week ended to-day, at 2.30 p.m. Victoria, 16,850 tons. South Australia, 10,820 Queensland,…

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Newcastle Coal Loading

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 5

The Huddart Parker steamer Werribee will load at four cranes simultaneously to-day, Nos. 8, 9, 10 and 11 cranes, in the Basin. The James Paterson…

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Mine Wheeler's Death Compensation Award

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 3

A compensation claim presenting an unusual feature was before Judge Fitzhardinge in the District Court this morning, when the East Greta Coalmining Company, Ltd.,…

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Coal for Victoria Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 6

The question of the supply of 200,000 tons of coal a year by New South Wales to Victoria was referred to in the House of Representatives this morning, when Mr…

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Rhondda Mine Case Claim for Compensation

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 5

This morning, Judge Fitzhardinge commenced the hearing of the third contested arbitration claim under the Workmen's Compensation Act which has been before the…

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Boil on the Back Miner Secures Compensation Hebburn Colliery Case

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 3

Argument was heard before Judge Fitzhardinge in the District Court this morning in the claim under the Workmen's Compensation Act by Bartholomew Hinds, miner,…

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Port Improvement Rock Drill Trouble Barges for Coal

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 5

The chief Engineer for Public Works (Mr. Cutler), in a letter to the Chamber of Commerce this morning, stated regarding the rock drill for deepening the Newcastle bar…

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With Australian Miners. Great Fight Under Hill 60. How They Outwitted the Enemy Part 1. F. M. Cutlack, Assistant Official Correspondent with A.I.F. Headquarters, France, February 7

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 4

When you look back over our own side of the line from the positions we captured from the Germans last year, you wonder how on earth, with the…

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Want More Wages Miners Appealed to Maintaining Coal Output LONDON, Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 1

The executive of the Miners' Federation yesterday decided to call a special conference of the delegates on June 6 to decide whether to demand an increase of wages…

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