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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1918

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

New Mining Company Sale of Leases

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 December 1918 · page 6

Mr. S. W. Griffiths, secretary of Broken Hill South Extended (no liability), has announced that an arrangement had been made for the sale…

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Whitburn Miners' Lodge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 December 1918 · page 6

At a mooting of the Whitburn Miners' Lodge, the deputtaion who met Mr. H. Thomas, the manager, regarding the addition of two more special places to be…

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The Coal Shortage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 December 1918 · page 9

The seriousness of the coal situation was further revealed by Sir Arthur Stanley, President of the Board of Trade, at the conference of London and home county…

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Industrial Matters. Miners' Increases

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 December 1918 · page 6

The council of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation recently applied to the colliery proprietors for a conference to discuss the proposed wage…

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Our London Letter. London, October 5. Our Position on the West Front.—the Labour and Socialist Conference.—the Coal Shortage.—plan to Avoid Strikes. Our Position on the West Front

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 December 1918 · page 9

We have only just driven the Germans back to their March line, which they should never have been permitted to pass. The causes which led to their…

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Empire Gold Output

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 December 1918 · page 5

Lord Inchcape's committee finds that during the period of the war the production of gold in the Empire slightly exceeded the production in the…

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Miners' Wages Statement by Mr. Lewis

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 December 1918 · page 4

The Coal and Shale Federation recently requested an advance of 25 per. cent. in the wages of its members as from January 1. A conference with…

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Miners' Wages

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 December 1918 · page 4

Mr. A. Lewis, treasurer of the Northern District Branch of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, stated that the miners and other workers…

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Price of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 December 1918 · page 4

It is considered probable that, with the increased shipping that is expected shortly at Newcastle, the question of increased coal prices will be given attention in the…

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King Coal Stacked—Not Available

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 December 1918 · page 4

Although thousands of tons of coal is stacked in Newcastle, and has been for some time, several steamers are held up to-day owing to a shortage of…

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