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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1919

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Coal Commission. Railway Coal Stacks. Thirty-fifth Sitting. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 6

Mr. J. L. Campbell, K.C., the Coal Commissioner continued his inquire at Parliament House to-day. William Farrow, an officer of the…

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Ascot Gold Cup. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 5

The Ascot summer meeting was continued this afternoon, when the principal event, the Ascot Gold Cup, resulted as follows:—…

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South African Mint Surplus Gold Capetown, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 1

That the South African Mint should coin over 30,000,000 sovereigns annually was proposed in the Assembly to-night, and the measure is likely to…

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Abermain Colliery

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 June 1919 · page 1

The report of the Abermain colliery covers the year ended April 30. A net profit of £42,416 is Shown, compared with £36,019 for the previous…

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French Coal Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 June 1919 · page 5

The coal strike threatens a coal famine in France. This critical turn is due to the Chamber of Deputies refusing to pass the Eight-hours Bill, of which the…

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Among the Mines Scanty Work Coal for Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 June 1919 · page 2

The position among the mines of the Newcastle and Maitland fields in respect to continuity of work is at present unsatisfactory, owing to the…

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Oil From Colliery Waste

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1919 · page 4

Many pertinent questions have been put by Mr. Robert Smillie, miners' president, to witnesses before the Coal Commission in England regarding the…

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Search for Coal New Zealand Shortage

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 June 1919 · page 3

Replying to a Christchurch deputation about the shortage of coal in New Zealand, Sir James Allen, Acting Prime Minister, said that the…

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Colliery Mechanics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1919 · page 4

Messrs. J. Pendlebury, president, and W. Poole, treasurer of the Colliery Mechanics' Association, have gone to Sydney to attend the Industrial Court in…

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British Coal Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1919 · page 5

Mr. Justice Sankey's report on the coal Industry recommends the immediate purchase of royalties and State ownership within three years…

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South African Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1919 · page 5

A report from Johannesburg says that, when speaking in the Chamber of Mines, Mr. Wallers, the president, strongly criticised the amazing indifference to the…

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The Coal Commission. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1919 · page 5

Further evidence was heard by Mr. Campbell, K.C., the Commissioner appointed to inquire into the coal trade, at Parliament House to-day…

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Coal Control New Zealand Scheme Wellington (N.z.)

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 June 1919 · page 3

The Board of Trado inquiry into the cool trade report that there was no exploitation during the war, and makes important recommendations for…

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French Coal Strike Miners Resume London, June 23

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 June 1919 · page 1

Reuter's Paris correspondent, cabling on June 20, reports that the miners at Pasdecalais had resumed work on that day…

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The Coal Commission. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 June 1919 · page 4

Mr. J. F. Campbell, K.C., the Commissioner appointed to inquire into matters appertaining to the coal industry, took further evidence at Parliament House…

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Loyalist Miners' Claim. J and A. Brown Sued. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 June 1919 · page 5

An action for the recovery of £942, alleged to be due as wages and expenses, was heard to-daiy before Mr. Justice Sly and a jury. The plaintiffs, Owen Alflred…

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National Control Coal Problem Commissioners at Variance LONDON, June 21

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 June 1919 · page 1

The differences between the members of the Coal Commission will probably result in the shelving of the project of national control, for which the…

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Industrial Matters. Miners' House Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 June 1919 · page 4

Various complaints have reached the executive of the Colliery, Employees' Federation from members employed at the Lymington Colliery of the unsatisfactory…

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The Coal Commission. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 June 1919 · page 4

The Commissioner appointed to inquire into matters relating to the coal industry was to-day engaged in investigating documents which have already been…

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Loyalist Miners' Claim. Further Evidence. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 June 1919 · page 5

The hearing was continued to-day, before Mr. Justice Sly and a jury, of the claim brought by Owen Alfred Stevens and Edward Charles Taylor, loyalist…

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