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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1919

1,622 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 53 of 82

Mortality Money Miners Go Short

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 August 1919 · page 2

Newcastle Eight-Hour Committee has written to the miners' lodges of the district, asking each member to purchase an art union ticket. The…

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"Triple Alliance" Another Conference Miners Advised to Resume LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 August 1919 · page 1

A meeting of the Triple Alliance has postponed the ballot, pending a further conference, consequent "upon the changed conditions."…

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Field of Diamonds Gold Coast Find LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 August 1919 · page 1

An interesting discovery of diamonds was made on the Gold Coast last February. The stones occur in shallow quartz gravels near the village…

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Rhondda Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 August 1919 · page 5

A conference, to consider the question of "last to come, first to go," as affecting employees of the Rhondda Colliery, will be held at the proprietors' rooms,…

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Industrial Matters. Collieries Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 August 1919 · page 5

The following collieries were idle yesterday for want of trade:—East Greta, Stanford-Merthyr, Abermain No. 2, Senham No. 2, Duckenfield, Co-operative,…

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South Coast Collieries. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 August 1919 · page 5

Favoured with an early resumption of shipping traffic, colliery managers on the South Coast anticipate that the difficulty experienced by some of the South Coast…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 August 1919 · page 4

A meeting of the Wallsend miners, presided over by Mr. J. Frow, was held in the Masonic Hall on Wednesday evening. Reference was made to a man who,…

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Owners' Ultimatum Miners Must Resume London, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 August 1919 · page 1

The Yorkshire mineowners decline to meet Mr. Smith (president of the Yorkshire Federation), and to reopen negotiations until the miners return…

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Mines Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 August 1919 · page 6

Twenty-three collieries were idle yesterday in the Newcastle and Maitland districts. The direct cause in most cases was the want of trade, but four mines were…

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Abermain No. 2 Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 August 1919 · page 6

The difficulty at Abermain No. 2 Colliery has been adjusted, and work will be resumed as soon as there is trade offering. A conference was held at the once…

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Coal Export

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 August 1919 · page 3

The quantity of coal shipped at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State was 23,055 tons, of which 5963 tons was for Victoria and New Zealand,…

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Coal Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 August 1919 · page 6

A meeting of the Council of the Australian Coal and Shale Employees Federation will be held in Sydney on Wednesday. Among the matters that will be…

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The Rand Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 August 1919 · page 7

Giving evidence at Johannesburg before the Law Grade Mines Commission, representatives of the shop stewards' committees of the Witwatersrand Mines stated…

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Industrial Matters. Miners' Earnings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 August 1919 · page 6

Reference was made yesterday by Mr. Baddeley to statements in the Melbourne press showing the high rates that are being earned by the miners on the Maitland…

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Wonthaggi Miners Resume. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 August 1919 · page 6

The scrutineers at the Wonthaggi Colliery reported to a stop-work meeting of miners to-day that the underground travelling roads had been fixed up, and the…

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Recovery of Sunken Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 August 1919 · page 7

Gold ingots to the value of £7,000,000 are on board the hulk of the steamer Laurentic, which lies at a depth of ten fathoms, broken by the pressure of the…

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Coal at Adelaide Furst Bulow Load

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 16 August 1919 · page 5

The arrival of the Furst Bulow at Port Adelaide yesterday with 9500 tons of coal from Newcastle means considerable relief to people suffering…

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Our New Zealand Letter. Wellington, August 4. Miners and Coalowners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 August 1919 · page 10

The one over-riding interest of the people at present is in the question of whether they are to be given any more coal by the miners. It is the one topic…

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The Colliery Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 August 1919 · page 3

Sir.—I notice in the "Newcastle Morning Herald" of August 9 the report of the delegate board meeting, give by the president, Mr. J. M. Baddeley. In reference…

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Co-operative Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 August 1919 · page 4

A conference that was to be held yesterday in connection with matters affecting the Co-operative Colliery, Wallsend, was postponed, owing to the absence in…

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