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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1919

1,622 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 82

Abermain Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 4

At a meeting of the Abermain Miners' Lodge, held in Roderick's Hall, Mr. Baddeley and Mr. Lewis, district officers, were in attendance with members of…

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Charges Against Miners' Officials

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 4

At a meeting of the South Maitland miners' lodges, held at Cessnock on February 9th, a resolution was carried demanding the appointment of a Royal…

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Industrial Matters. Miners' Relief Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 4

The executive of the Miners' Federation has received a reply from Mr. R. H. Cambage, Under-Secretary, Department of Mines, intimating that the Minister has…

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Elermore Vale Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 5

The dispute at Elermore Vale Colliery remains unsettled. A meeting of the men presided over by Mr. H. Hughes was held at Wallsend yesterday. Mr. W…

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Burwood Extended Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 February 1919 · page 6

Burwood Extended Colliery was idle yesterday, owing to a difficulty in connection with the working of the cage in the main shaft. The contention of the men…

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Elermore Vale Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 February 1919 · page 6

Elermore Vale Colliery is still idle. The cause of this is a difference of opinion between the management and the men regarding an engine-driver. The miners…

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Coal Purchase Scheme

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 February 1919 · page 6

Within two or three, thousand tons, there| are now 100,000 tons of coal stacked at the Dyke, Carrington, and at Catherine Hill Bay. As his quantity completes the…

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Miners and the Government

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 February 1919 · page 5

The miners have received the reply of the Government to the demands for a six-hour day, 30 per cent. increase in wages, and the nationalisation of the…

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Gold Output African Shortage London, Wednesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 February 1919 · page 1

Reuter's Johannesburg correspondent, telegraphs: The "South African Mining Journal" says that a period of lower gold outputs is probable, which…

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Strikers Warned Rrussianism Denounced Miners' Refuse Terms LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 February 1919 · page 1

The executive, of the Miner's Federation has rejected the Government's terms…

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Abermain Colliery Old Dispute Settled

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 14 February 1919 · page 4

What was known of the "flaky band" dispute at Abermain No. 1 colliery has been settled with dramatic suddenness. The dispute extended…

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Reply to the Miners Committee Proposed Points for Consideration LONDON, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 14 February 1919 · page 1

The British Miners' Federation intends to take a strike vote. The Government's reply to the miners states that in regard to the…

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Elermore Vale Colliery. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 6

The adjourned conference between the owners nod the employees' representatives, in connection with the dispute at Elermore Vale colliery, was resumed at…

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Peat Instead of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 8

Peat, the product of the partial decomposition of vegetable matter in marshes and bogs, has long been used in Europe, especially in Ireland, where coal…

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German Gold Securing Assets London, Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 5

The Economic Committed of the Armistice Commission has been instructed to draft terms preventing the exportation and disappearance of…

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Elermore Vale Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 February 1919 · page 4

A meeting of Elermore Vale miners was hold at Wallsend on Saturday. Mr. H. Hughes presided, and Mr. W. Brennan, the district secretary, was present…

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Mine Stoppages Aberdare and Greta

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 17 February 1919 · page 5

Stoppages occurred at Aberdare and Greta collieries to-day. Officials of the C.E.F. are investigating…

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Gold in South Africa

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 February 1919 · page 5

A Johannesburg message reports:—A rich strike of gold is reported from Elsbury, near Germiston. The reef has been tested for over a…

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Price of Coal SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 17 February 1919 · page 5

Mr. A. C. Willis, general secretary of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, has written to the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Watt)…

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Ships and 'Flu Coal Trimmers Anxious Insufficient Quarantine

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 17 February 1919 · page 5

Mr. J. Eiffe, the secretary of the Newcastle Coal Trimmers' Federal Union, has written the following letter to the citizens' influenza…

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