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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1918

1,290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 46 of 65

Miners' New Log Rejected By Proprietors

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 August 1918 · page 2

Recently the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation submitted to the various associations of proprietors a log covering a proposal for a minimum daily…

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Cardiff Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 August 1918 · page 5

The rates and conditions to be observed at the Cardiff Colliery, situated at Belmont, formed the subject of a conference, held at the Trades Hall yesterday. There…

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Richmond Main Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 August 1918 · page 5

Richmond-Main Colliery is once more the scene of industrial trouble. In consequence of a dispute between the management and the lodge regarding the…

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Mines on the Coast

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 August 1918 · page 6

A sensation was caused at Eden by the news that two enemy mines were discovered at 6 p.m. on Sunday by the steamer Emerald Wings, bound from Sydney…

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Mining Disputes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 August 1918 · page 5

The dispute at Abermain, as a result of which two collieries in that district have been idle for fifteen days, is to be considered at a meeting of the council…

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Coal and Shale Workers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 August 1918 · page 5

The log prepared by the Coal and Shale Workers' Federation, and submitted to the colliery owners on July 29, has been rejected. The men demanded a minimum…

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Allies' Need of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 August 1918 · page 5

It is understood that the coal situation in Britain is more serious than is generally realised. The Government proposes to lay the…

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Coal Purchase Board. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 August 1918 · page 5

The Coal Purchase Board sat in Sydney to-day. Its transactions were carried out in camera and at the conclusion of the meeting no announcement was…

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Stanford Mesthyr Idle Equal Share of Earnings Miners' Objection

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 August 1918 · page 5

Stanford Merthyr miners stopped work to-day, and the mine has been thrown idle. The trouble has arisen over a notice of motion before the last meeting of the lodge to…

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Stanford-merthyr. Miners v. WHEELERS

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 August 1918 · page 4

Stanford-Merthyr Colliery was thrown idle yesterday as a result of a disagreement between the miners and wheelers relative to rates of pay. The miners…

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Industrial Matters the Coal Federation. Meeting of the Council. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 August 1918 · page 4

The council of the Australasian Coal and Shale Federation met in Sydney to-day, and considered a number of matters, including the Abermain Colliery dispute…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 August 1918 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Wallsend miners was held at the Masonic Hall on Wednesday evening. Mr. E. Parkes presided…

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Mr. Grahame Challenged to Visit Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 August 1918 · page 5

Mr. Amram Lewis (treasurer of the Colliery Employees' Federation) this morning made the following comments with regard to statements reported to have been made last…

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Coal and Shale Federation. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 August 1918 · page 4

The council of the Australasian Coal and Shale Federation resumed its adjourned sittings at the federation's offices in Rawson-chambers to-day…

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The Coal Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 August 1918 · page 10

The attempt of the chiefs of the Miners' federation to stir up trouble between the miners and the owners of the coal-mines seems for the moment to have failed…

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Mining Difficulties

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 August 1918 · page 6

It is to be regretted that the difference which has occurred at Abermain should be regarded from a political standpoint. The question has…

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Industrial Matters Mining Disputes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 August 1918 · page 7

The criticisms of Mr. W. C. Grahame in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday in connection with mining disputes in Newcastle were dealt with by Mr. A…

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Miners' Phthisis. Board of Trade Inquiry. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 August 1918 · page 7

The inquiry into miners' phthisis was resumed by the Board of Trade at the University Chambers, Sydney, this morning. The chairman, Mr. J. B. Holme,…

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Western Coal Shortage. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 August 1918 · page 4

Matters at Broken Hill continue troubled, as a result of the coal shortage, brought about by the dispute at Port Pirie over the working of the gantries…

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Pelton Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1918 · page 5

The rates and conditions to he observed at Pelton Colliery, in the South Maitland field, were discussed at a conference yesterday between Mr. N. J. Clark,…

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