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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1919

1,622 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 36 of 82

Mine at Anna Bay Destroyed on

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 May 1919 · page 4

In accordance with instructions from headquarters, a small naval party in the charge of Commander Fearnley went from Newcastle on Friday morning to Anna…

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Sydney's Gas No More Coal Collier Crows Idle

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 May 1919 · page 5

The crews of Messrs. J. and A. Brown's fleet of colliers, the Duckenfield, Pelaw Main, and Alice, also the schooner Cavan, have now given…

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Railway Coal Old and New Prices Double Invoices Wanted SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 May 1919 · page 5

Contractors for the supply of coal to the New South Wales railways received a shock this morning in the shape of a letter from the Comptroller…

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Mines Idle Coal Accumulating

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 May 1919 · page 4

To-day there are many surplus tons of coal available, and the inevitable stoppages at many of the collieries have occurred. Whitburn has been…

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Colliery Troubles

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 May 1919 · page 5

It is expected that the miners of Dudley Colliery will decide at a special meeting this afternoon to resume work to-morrow…

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The Saar Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1919 · page 5

The Council of Four has modified the formula by which Germany is to pay gold for the Saar mines if the plebiscite to be hold in 1931 goes against France…

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Coal Shipments Clearances

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 May 1919 · page 5

Clearance was granted to the following vessels at the Newcastle Customhouse to-day, up to 2.30 a.m.: Walpori, for Lyttelton, with 2700 tons of…

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Work for Maimed Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1919 · page 4

The Labour Bureau at Washington, United States, recently announced that the replacement of men in the mining industry, who are injured in mining accidents,…

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Cessnock Isolation Miners to Consider

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 May 1919 · page 3

At a meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council yesterday the matter of the isolation of the town was discussed, and it was resolved at the conclusion…

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"LUMBAGO" "Latent, Lurking Terror" Miners' Claims

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 May 1919 · page 1

"The methods adopted by the medical representative of the employers have created a storm of resentment throughout the Miners' Federation."…

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Coal Combine Southern Agency Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 May 1919 · page 4

Interesting facts concerning the operations of the South Coalowners' Agency was given before the Royal Commissioner (Mr. Campbell; K.C.),…

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Coal Commission. Nineteenth Sitting. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1919 · page 5

The nineteenth sitting of the Coal Commission was entered upon in No. 2 Jury Court to-day. James Johnson, general manager, B…

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Anna Bay Mine Where Was It Laid?

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 May 1919 · page 1

The mine which was found washed up on the beach at Anna Bay on Wednesday, and was exploded by C.P.O. Harman, under the direction of…

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Dudley Mine Fatality. Continuation of Inquest. Death by Misadventure

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1919 · page 4

The request into the death of Joseph Mordue, an onsetter, who was killed through falling down the shaft of the Dudley Colliery on May 16, was…

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Dudley Miners Enginedriver Going

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 May 1919 · page 5

One of the conditions on which the Dudley miners are resuming work, is the dismissal or the enginedriver credited by the coroner with having been…

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A Newcastle Denial Miners Stand Out

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 May 1919 · page 5

When a report regarding the likellhood of the miners making common cause with the wharfies was mentioned to a miners' official to-day,…

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Coal Commission. Twentieth Sitting. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 May 1919 · page 4

The sittings of the Goal commission were continued to-day in the No. 2 Jury Court. John Taylor Irving, carrying on a…

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Surplus Coal 50,000 Tons Available

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 May 1919 · page 5

A huge surplus of coal has quickly; accumulated owing to the shipping hold-up. To-day it was estimated by an man in the business that 50,000 tons…

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Coal Distribution Problems Still Acute All Parties Involved

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 May 1919 · page 4

Directors of the present coal arrangement have not yet been confronted by the omnipresent problem of distributing trade on an equable…

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Industrial Matters. Brown Coal Workers. Wage Increase Sought. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 May 1919 · page 5

Representatives of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, including Mr. J. M. Baddeley, the president, Mr. A. C. Willis, the general secretary, and Messrs. J…

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