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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1919

1,622 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 82

Industrial Matters. Coal Miners' Claims. Conference on Friday. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 March 1919 · page 4

Mr. Watt, the Acting Prime Minister, has had a further conference with Mr. Baddeley, the President of the Coal and Shale Federation, and Mr. Willis, the…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 March 1919 · page 5

Mr. E. Parkes presided at the meeting of the Wallsend miners held at the Masonic Hall last evening. Among the correspondence was a…

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Copper Miners Seek Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 March 1919 · page 4

A deputation from Cobar waited upon Mr. Fitzpatrick, the Minister for Mines, in Sydney yesterday, and asked that the Government take over the Great Cobar…

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Miners' Opportunity Strike Deplored Railwaymen's Demands LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 March 1919 · page 1

The Miners' Conference has recommended the acceptance of Mr. Justice Sankey's report. It will ask the Government immediately to…

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Miners' Claims Victorian Criticism React on State Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 March 1919 · page 5

"It seems to me that the more money the members of the Coal Employees' Federation get the more stoppages there will be, because they…

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Terms in Operation Gold and Ships Paris, Wednesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 March 1919 · page 1

The movement of German ships under Allied control has begun with the sailing steamers Cleveland. Patricia, and Cape Finisterres. They are on…

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Richmond-main Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 5

Richmond Main Colliery is still idle, owing to the fact that no conference seems to be available to consider the matter in dispute. This has relation to…

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Minmi Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 5

The position of the employees of the Minmi Colliery, numbering nearly 200, is regarded as being acute owing to the slackness of work in that district, and an…

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British Miners' Claims

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 5

It is officially announced that the Miners' Conference has decided to recommend the acceptance of the Government's terms, which are in accordance with Mr…

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Coal Loading Board to Investigate Statement by Minister

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 5

When Mr. John Reid, on behalf of a deputation, asked the Minister for Works (Mr. Ball) to arrange for the erection of further electric movable…

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Miners on Strike 80,000 Down Tools London, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 4

The British miners are indulging in unauthorised strikes, which are spreading, and more than 80,000…

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Collieries Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 7

Aberdare Colliery was idle yesterday. The cause of this was a dispute over a clipper, who maintained that he was not paid the wage he Was entitled to…

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Coal Conference All Parties Silent

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 1

The joint conference of colliery proprietors and miners' delegates, convened by the Acting Prime Minister, was opened in Melbourne yesterday…

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Coal-loading Appliances. Increase Not Favoured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 6

The matter of improving the loading appliances at Newcastle was yesterday placed before Mr. Ball, the State Minister for Works, who in replying to the…

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Industrial Matters. the Coal Conference. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 7

At the conclusion of to-day's conference between representatives of the Coal and Shale Federation and the Colliery Employers' Association, Mr. Watt, the…

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Shipping, Coal and Sugar Workers' Co-operation

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 8

At the annual meeting of shareholders in Howard Smith, Limited, in Melbourne, the chairman of directors said that the…

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Labour Troubles. Railway Settlement. Strikes of Miners. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 7

Mr. J. H. Thomas, the general secretary to the National Union of Railwaymen, has announced that the conference of railwaymen have accepted the…

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Serbia the Scapegoat Hungary Declares War Russian Gold How the Soviets Gained Power Hungary has declared war on Serbiz

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 1

It is reported that Lenin sent a wireless message to the Hungarian Government urging it to despatch an army against Vienna. He promised 100,000,000 kronen (approximately £4,000,000) to…

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British Miners Resuming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 March 1919 · page 5

The majority of the miners have resumed work. The ballot among the Nottingham miners resulted in 21,000 voting for a…

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Industrial Matters. Colliery Workmen's Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 March 1919 · page 6

A meeting of the Colliery Workmen's Mutual Protective Association was held in the Masonic Hall, Wallsend. Mr. J. Blakemore, president in the chair…

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