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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1919

1,622 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 82

Britain Conserves Gold

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

The Press Bureau states that the Board of Trade announces the prohibition of the exportation of gold coin and bullion from Great Britain to all destinations…

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Coal Shipping Union New Award Wanted

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 31 March 1919 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Carrington Coal and Coke Shipping Union was held in the school of arts, and was largely attended. Officers elected…

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Pelaw-main Miners Presentation to Mr. E. Thompson

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

Mr. E. Thompson, who occupied the position of secretary of Pelaw-Main Miners' Lodge for over ten years, is one of the men who have not been allowed to…

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Property and Building Mining Township Allotments

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 31 March 1919 · page 6

"Gazette" approval is announced of the after auction sale of a number of allotments in the townships of Abernethy, Aberdare, Billiard and Pelaw…

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Labor Position Miners and Railwaymen's Claims International Reforms London, Sunday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 31 March 1919 · page 1

Nearly 20,000 miners in the Rhonda Valley struck last week as a protest against the Government's non-acceptance of all the demands made by the Miners' Federation…

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Monthly Coal Export

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 4

The quantity of coal shipped at Newcastle during last month for places beyond the State was 261, 956 tons, of which 212,818 tons was for Commonwealth and…

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Ipswich Miners' Case Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 5

Mr. Justice M'Cawley gave Judgment in the Arbitration Court-to-day regarding the complaint of the Colliery Employees Union, that a black list from New South…

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The Mining Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 4

It is to be hoped that the conference which is now proceeding in Melbourne between representatives of the mine-owners and the colliery employees, if…

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Industrial Matters. the Coal Conference. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 5

The conference between the representatives of the Colliery Proprietors' Association and the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation sat all day without coming to…

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Fell From Coal Shoots Evidence at the Inquest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 5

Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, held an inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, into the death of a coloured man named Jack Andrews, who died in…

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Early Waratah Coal and Wine Bad Roads Inherited

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 3

Over 50 years have sped into oblivion since the Waratah Coalmining Company was formed, with a capital of £60,000, to mine under the…

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Built for the Coal Trade

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 April 1919 · page 5

The ill-fated steamer was built at Middlesborough in November, 1913, for the Australian Steamships, Ltd. Details of her construction are:…

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Industrial Matters. the Coal Conference Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 April 1919 · page 4

The conference between representatives of the Colliery Proprietors' Association and the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, was continued to-day, the sitting…

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Miners' Next Move Speeding Up Condemned Reduced Output Possible

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 April 1919 · page 6

Even should the present claims of the miners be conceded, a future application of the drag is considered inevitable. By this means do they hope…

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Labour Troubles. the Mining Strike. Many Men Resuming. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 April 1919 · page 5

The Nottingham miners' strike has ended on the basis of substantial increases of pay. Mr. W. C. Bridgeman, Parliamentary…

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Colliery Engine-drivers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 April 1919 · page 3

His Honor said he had received information that the nomination made on Tuesday for employees' representative on the Engine-drivers' (Northern Collieries')…

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Colliery Mechanics' Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 April 1919 · page 4

Mr. H. C. Morton, secretary of the Colliery Mechanics' Association, writes:—" I wish to give an emphatic denial to the statement made on behalf of the…

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Miners' Conditions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 April 1919 · page 3

Sir,—I desire to write on the system coalminers work under, which has such a far-reaching, disastrous effect on the human frame. We see sweating carried…

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German Miners' Object

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 April 1919 · page 5

The miners on strike in the Ruhr district of Germany have telegraphed to the Hungarian Government promising to use every means to establish a German Soviet…

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Industrial Matters. the Coal Conference. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 April 1919 · page 4

The conference between representatives of the Colliery Owners' Association and the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, was continued to-day, and adjourned to…

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