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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1918

1,290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 65

Lymington Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 4

Lymington Colliery is to be closed down indefinitely. In accordance with this determination, fourteen days' notice was yesterday served on all the…

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Colliery Mechanics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 4

Mr. W. Waller, secretary to the Federate Colliery Mechanics, has been notified to attend at the office of the industrial Registrar, Sydney, this morning,…

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Miners' Delegate Board

Northern Times · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 5

The Delegate Board of the Colliery Employees' Federation, which commenced its quarterly meeting yesterday, continued the meeting to-day, Mr…

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Victorian Coal Arrangement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 4

Apart from the result of the visit of Mr. Holman, the State Premier, in order to induce the Victorian Government to accept a contract for the…

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Lymington Colliery. Question of Wet Roads

Northern Times · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 5

The notice of the intention of the directors of the Lymington Collieries, Limit to close down the Lymington r[?]…

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Victorian Coal Contract. Conference in Melbourne. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 5

A preliminary conference was held to-day between Mr. Holman, the Premier of New South Wales, Mr. Grahame, the Minister for Agriculture, and Mr. Bowser,…

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Our Coal Wealth. Coking Methods. Enormous Waste. Ii. (Written for the "Newcastle Morning Herald.")

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 4

Many of those connected with the coalmining industry may not be aware of the fact that about ten years ago shipments of coke were brought to Australia from…

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America's War Work. Shortage of Coal. Industries Temporarily Closed (Australian Cable Association.) WASHINGTON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 5

Owing to the shortage of coal needed for ships, the Government may close all Industries east of the Mississippi for five days…

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Lymington Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 7

The executive of the Colliery Employees' Federation when questioned yesterday as to what had been done towards bringing about a resumption of work at Lymington…

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Broxburn Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 7

Broxburn Colliery Greta is still idle. No work has been done in the mine since the beginning of the week…

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Miners' Executive

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 7

At the conclusion of the business of the delegate board meeting yesterday, the executive of the Colliery Employees Federation assembled, and met again in the…

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American Coal Saving

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 7

The Senate has passed a resolution postponing the operation of the order closing industries for a certain period in order to conserve coal…

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Coal Trimming Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 7

Coal trimming is now proceeding more satisfactorily at Carrington. During the week, coal being somewhat short, work was delayed a little. At present there…

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Coal and Shale Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 7

The annual meeting of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation will be held in Sydney on Tuesday. Representatives will be present from the…

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Lymingten Colliery. Reported Settlement, May Work on Monday

Northern Times · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 5

It is staled. though not officially, that the difficulty at Lymingtion Colliery at Cardiff has been settled. Mr. C. Rogers, managing director of…

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The Coal Contract. Mr. Grahame Reticent. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 6

Mr. Grahame, the State Minister for Agriculture, who is the Minister administering the State-controlled collieries, returned to Sydney this morning from…

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Colliery Working. Lymington Colliery. Idle Again To-day

Northern Times · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 5

At the meeting yesterday of the Cardiff Miners' Lodge certain conditions were agreed upon, at reported elsewhere in this issue, in regard to…

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Lymington Colliery Resolutions of the Lodge

Northern Times · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 4

A meeting of the Cardiff Miners Lodge was held near the railway station yesterday morning for the purpose of considering the master of the…

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Miners' Grievances. Accident Relief Benefits

Northern Times · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 5

The Miners' Delegate Board for the Bouth Coast district has decided that another effort be made to obtain an increase of the benefits of the…

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South Coast Miners Object. Wollongong

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 5

Mr. A. C. Willis, the secretary to the Australasian Coal and Shale Federation attended three delegate board meetings of the colliery employees during the week…

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