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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1919

1,622 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 37 of 82

Dudley Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1919 · page 4

A meeting of members of the Dudley Miners' Lodge was held at Adamstown on Tuesday afternoon to consider the position at the Dudley Colliery. During the…

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Industrial Matters. Abermain Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1919 · page 4

The victimised men were the subject of a conference at Abermain No. 1 Colliery office yesterday, When the company was represented by Mr. J. Jeffries,…

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Stanford-merthyr Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1919 · page 4

Mr. H. M. Cohen, chairman of the Stanford-Merthyr Tribunal, Yesterday informed the executive of the Colliery Employees' Federation that the board will…

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Old Co-operative Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1919 · page 4

A difficulty has arisen at a small mine which was referred to as the Old Co-operative Colliery, situated at Wallsend, where about twenty-five members of the…

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Dudley Colliery Victoria Level Platform

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 May 1919 · page 4

The work of creating the platform at the level of the Victoria seam (where the recent fatality occurred) having gone sufficiently forward to be…

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Clearing Up Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1919 · page 5

There are 14,600 volunteers aboard 430 British mine-sweepers, now at work clearing up 100,000 British mines laid during the war. It is hoped the task will be…

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British Coal Commission

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1919 · page 5

Sir Charles Wade, the, Agent-General for New South Wales gave evidence before the Coal Commission. He stated that the Railway Board of…

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African Mining Crisis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1919 · page 5

In the South African Senate, during a debate on the gold-mining crisis, the Minister for Mines said that the Government was considering legislation to compel the…

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Power for Mines. Value of Central Stations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1919 · page 6

In the course of a paper on the value of central power stations for mines, read at the Engineers' Club of Northern Minnesola (U.S.A), Mr. A. Tancig said:—…

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Coal Commission. Twenty-first Sitting. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1919 · page 5

The sitting of the Coal Commission was continued to-day. Particulars of the contracts existing between J. and A. Brown and the North…

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Coal for Shipping. Important Considerations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 5

A correspondent writing in the Trade Supplement of the "Times" on March 22, says:— In view of the possibilities of American…

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Industrial Matters. Victorian Miners' Claims Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 5

Mr. Watt, the Acting Prime Minister presided at the coal conference to-day, to consider wages and prices in Victoria…

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Coal Commission. Twenty-second Sitting. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 4

The sittings of the Coal Commission were continued before Mr. J. L. Campbell, K.C., in No. 2 Jury Court, this morning…

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Cost of Coal Prices and Profits How the Money Goes

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 6

It costs 17s 9d to purchase a ton of coal on the wharf at Newcastle (says the Melbourne "Argus"). It costs at least £2 to have a ton of coal…

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Southern Mines Unaffected

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 May 1919 · page 7

To date no slackening in the South Coast coal trade has been experienced, as a result of the strike. Its only effect has been to put an extra burden on the…

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The Enemy Mine Fragments from Anna Bay

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 31 May 1919 · page 5

Fragments of the enemy mine that was exploded last week at Anna Bay by the naval authorities arc still being picked up in tho neighbouring bush…

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Coal Commission. Twenty-third Sitting. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 May 1919 · page 7

The Coal Commission sat again at the No. 2 Jury Court to-day. This was the twenty-third sitting since the commencement of the proceedings…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 June 1919 · page 5

Work at the collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland districts for the fortnight ended on Saturday last, was of an Intermittent character, owing to the seamen's…

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Monthly Coal Export

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 June 1919 · page 4

The quantity of coal shipped at Newcastle during last month for placers beyond the State was 270,113, of which 183,151 tons was for Commonwealth and New…

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Miners and Income Tax

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 June 1919 · page 5

The South Wales Miners' Conference has passed a resolution requesting members to refuse to pay income tax until the exemption is raised to £250…

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