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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1919

1,622 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 82

Miners' Wages Mr. M'donald Again £25 a Fortnight Men

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 5

Mr. C. M. M'Donald, secretary of the Colliery Proprietors' Association, who is in Newcastle to day, said this morning in reply to the statement of…

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Pelaw-main Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 January 1919 · page 5

The question of machinemen's rates at the Pelaw-Main Colliery was considered at a long conference between representatives of the proprietors and the Miners'…

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Richmond-main Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 January 1919 · page 5

The compulsory conference in regard to the dispute at the Richmond-Main Colliery will be resumed in Sydney to-day…

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Miners' Earnings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 January 1919 · page 5

A statement was made a few days by Mr. C. M. M'Donald, secretary to the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association, that some miners employed on the…

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Wollongong Miners. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 January 1919 · page 5

At Wollongong much interest is attached to the meeting of the Miners' [?] Board, to be held there this [?] In some quarte's the opinion is…

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Miners' Wages Reply by Mr. Lewis

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 January 1919 · page 5

Mr. Lewis, treasurer of the C.E.F., stated to-day:— Yesterday Mr. M'Donald quoted Mr. Justice Higgins to prove that the…

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Industrial Matters. Miners' Wages. Statement by Mr. Willis. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 January 1919 · page 5

Mr. A. C. Willis, general secretary to the Australasian Coal and Shale Federation, this afternoon made a reply to the statement by Mr. C. M. M'Donald,…

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Miners' Wages. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1919 · page 5

Interviewed this afternoon, Mr. C. M. M'Donald, secretary of the Northern Colliery Owners' Association, said that the conference between the…

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A Gold Trust

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1919 · page 5

Washington reports that the Allies are discussing the possibility of forming a gold trust with a fund deposited with the Bank of England…

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The Miners Claim for Increase Next Week's Conference

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 January 1919 · page 5

Mr. Baddeley, president of the Colliery Employees' Federation, stated this afternoon, at the conclusion of the day's business before the quarter…

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Tightening the Knot New Armistice Huns' Gold Reserve LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 January 1919 · page 1

The Paris correspondent of "The Times" reports that Marshal Foch will dictate the new armistice terms at Treves. The demands will include…

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Hebburn Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 4

There was trouble at Hebburn colliery yesterday. All went to work as usual, but the wheelers held a meeting and decided not to work until a cavil was granted in…

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Miners' Wages

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 4

Wednesday next has been definitely decided upon as the day on which the conference between the owners and representatives of the Australasian Coal and…

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Miners' Wages

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 6

Sir,—Mr. M'Donald's intention is to make much, and to influence public opinion regarding the amount of wage made by miners. If they made wages that…

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Miners' Housing Conditions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 4

Inspector F. A. Dunleavy, of the Department of Labour and Industry, Sydney, arrived in Newcastle yesterday, and proceeded to the Maitland district. The…

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South Coast Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 4

The following report appeared in a Sydney paper on Tuesday: "Much interest is attached to a meeting of the Miners' Delegate Board to be held in Wollongong…

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Mining in Western Australia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 5

The annual report of mining operations in West Australia for 1917 has just been published by the Department of Mines in that State…

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Time for Strikes Past the O.B.U. DOCTRINE "Starve-and Nothing Happens" Attitude of the Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 5

"I want to ask if there are newspaper reporters here," said one of the audience at a gathering of unionists held at Newcastle Trades Hall last…

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Hebburn Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 6

There was no work at Hebburn colliery yesterday. It is pointed out that the place concerned in the trouble was included in the cavils, but the wheeler…

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Cardiff Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 6

The small Cardiff Colliery, situated at Belmont, is expected to resume operations in the course of a few days. The mine has had a period of idleness…

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