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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1918

1,290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 52 of 65

Ardlethan Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 September 1918 · page 4

The men at all the principal tin mines in the Ardlethan district according to latest advices demanded an increase in wages ranging from 2s to 3s 9d per…

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Coal Crisis Over

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 September 1918 · page 5

The coal strikes are over for the time being, but the respite may be of short duration. The Government compelled the owners to moot the men, but the…

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Miners Return Conference Promised

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 September 1918 · page 5

Work was resumed at Richmond Mala to-day. To-morrow the men will return to Abermain Nos. 1 and 2 collieries. Mr. Beeby has promised to call a…

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Industrial Matters. South Coast Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 September 1918 · page 4

Full time was recorded at nearly every mine on the South Coast last week. The output was considerably affected by the absence at a large number of wheelers at…

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Here and There Mining Amalgamation

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 September 1918 · page 5

It is understood that final arrangements have been made for the amalgamation of the companies controlling the Hebburn and East Greta private railways…

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Wallarah Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 September 1918 · page 5

The officials of the Wallarah Colliery and a few friends of other occupations tendered the departing under-manager, Mr. Thomas Wolford, a smoke concert at…

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Cardiff Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 September 1918 · page 4

The rates and conditions to govern work at Cardiff colliery, Belmont, will form the subject of a conference to-morrow between Mr. A. Lewis, the district treasurer of…

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Industrial Matters. Abermain Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 September 1918 · page 4

Abermain No. 1 and No. 2 Collieries will resume work this morning. Both mines have been idle for seven weeks…

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Japanese Coal Supplies

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 September 1918 · page 6

With ample supplies of coal, iron ore, copper, and tin, an advantageous geographical situation, magnificent harbours, a favourable climate, an energetic and…

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Coal Lumpers' Award. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 September 1918 · page 4

An application for a variation to the award of the Coal Lumpers' Transport Group (No. 23), Newcastle Board, was made on behalf of the Newcastle Coal…

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Abermain Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 September 1918 · page 5

The two Abermain collieries resumed work yesterday, and hopes, are entertained, in the interests of the district generally, that the conference to be held…

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Colliery Mechanics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 September 1918 · page 5

Mr. W. Waller, the general secretary of the Colliery Mechanics, stated last night that the members of that union who had been affected by the stoppage at the…

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Stop-press News Miners' Complaints

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 September 1918 · page 1

When the complaints of returned soldiers, that they were brought to a Maitland mine on misrepresentation, was mentioned to Mr. Beeby,…

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Miners' Accident Relief Fund. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 September 1918 · page 5

Referring in the Legislative Assembly to-night to a suggestion by Mr. Davies during the discussion on the Mines Department Estimates regarding the…

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Mr. Grahame and the Miners. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 September 1918 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly to-night, Mr. Davies asked the Minister for Agriculture if the was still prepared to address the miners in the Maitland…

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Dissatisfied Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 19 September 1918 · page 5

The Newcastle office of Messrs. J. and A. Brown to-day denied that there had been any misrepresentation in the case of a number of men coming from Melbourne,…

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Important to Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 19 September 1918 · page 5

Judge Fitzhardinge decided at Newcastle District Court this afternoon that mining companies, in calculating the basis of compensation to miners incapacitated for work…

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Abermain Collieries Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 September 1918 · page 8

The position arising out of the conference in Sydney on Thursday, in regard to the Abermain collieries' dispute, will be considered at meetings of the men to…

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Cardiff Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 September 1918 · page 8

A conference was held at Belmont for The purpose of arranging tonnage rates and other conditions for the Cardiff Colliery. The company was represented by…

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Coal Purchase Scheme

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 September 1918 · page 8

It was learned yesterday that the applications for relief orders under the coal purchase scheme have considerably diminished, the collieries for which assistance…

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