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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1919

1,622 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 82

Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 6

The regular meeting of the Wallsend miners was held at the Masonic Hall on Wednesday evening. Sr. E. Parkes in the chair. Mr. A. Lewis, district treasurer,…

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Industrial Matters. Coal Miners' Wages. No Reply From Mr. Watt. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 4

No reply bas yet been received, by the officials of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation to either of the communications which have been forwarded…

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Work at the Collieries. Intermittency Complained Of

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 4

The executive of the Miners' Federation complain that the intermittency of work in the Newcastle district is being keenly felt at certain collieries…

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Hopeful Outlook Miners Agree to Conference Premier's Untiring Efforts London, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 1

The Miners' Executive has agreed to participate in the National Conference on the industrial situation. The majorities favoring a miners' strike in six The British miners have postponed their strike notices till March 22…

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Proprietors and Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 7

A communication was recently forwarded to the Northern Collieries' Association by the miners' executive, with the object of securing at conference to discuss…

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Industrial Matters. Stanford-merthyr Dispute Statement by Miners' Executive

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 7

An overwhelming majority of the members of the miners' federation in the northern district has approved the action of the Stanford-Merthyr Lodge in…

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Labour Disputes. the Miners' Strike. Postponed for a Week. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 7

The Miners" Conference has postponed the strike notices for a week. There was a considerable difference of opinion at the Miners' Conference. It is…

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Colliery Mechanics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 March 1919 · page 4

At a meeting of the Colliery Mechanics, held at the Newcastle Trades Hall on Saturday, Mr. J. E. Pendlebury, the president, announced that the union had been…

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Colliery Inspection

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 March 1919 · page 7

An inspection was made of wallsend Colliery on February 11 to 14. The report included the following:—No. 1 Split: Intake, 18,150ft. per minute; face…

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Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 March 1919 · page 6

A meeting of the Lambton miners was old in Malbon's Hall during the past week, presided over by Mr. J. Morgan. Appeals for assistance were received…

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The Mining Situation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 March 1919 · page 4

The council of to the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation will meet in Sydney to-day, to consider what should be done to enforce their claims for increased…

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Southern Miners Dissatisfied Fourteen Days' Notice

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 March 1919 · page 4

For some time trouble has been brewing among miners on the South Coast, and on Saturday afternoon a climax was reached. The miners are determined not…

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Labor Commission Miners Consent London, Sunday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 3 March 1919 · page 1

Although the dancer of a national strike has been definitely averted, the miners' executive makes the acceptance of the Government Commission…

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Waratah Colliery

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 March 1919 · page 4

This afternoon Mr. Amram Lewis attended a conference at Waratah Colliery, when the question of a more even distribution of work between…

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Pelaw-main Colliery

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

Victimisation matters in regard to the Pelaw-Main Colliery were discussed at a conference at Kurri Kurri yesterday. Mr. R. S. Oglivie, the manager,…

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Miners and Mr. Watt

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 March 1919 · page 4

The urgent request to the Acting Prime Minister on the part of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation to arrange for Federal mediation in respect to miners' wages and conditions of work should command more earnest attention of the Federal Cabinet than was apparently given…

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The Mining Difficulty

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

While it may be held that the miners of the northern district are, as a whole, averse to any suspension of labour, al difficulty which might lead to this is…

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Colliery Surface Workers Application to the Court Sydney

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

In No. 3 Industrial Arbitration Court to-day, Judge Curlewis had before him an application by the Colliery Mechanics' Mutual Protective Association, Hunter…

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"Class Cannibalism" Compulsion Scrapped Miners' President Speaks

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 March 1919 · page 3

The morning the president of the Australian Coal and shale Employees' Federation (Mr. Baddeley) made the following reply to the…

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Coal Position Alarmist Reports

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 March 1919 · page 4

This morning Mr. Amram Lewis, treasurer of the Colliery Employees Federation, ade the following statement:…

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