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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1919

1,622 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 82

South Seaham Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 7

A discrepancy occurred in the report of a notice of motion from the South Seaham Miners' Lodge with regard to the action of that lodge in introducing the…

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Miners' Strike Settled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 7

The strike of miners has been settled. A meal interval has been conceded on each night. The Yorkshire Miners' Association has…

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Lithgow Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 7

A report from Cullen Bullen, on the South Coast, states that there has been a strong revival in the local coal trade, and that it was likely to be felt in…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 4

Work at the colieries of the Newcastle and South Maitland coalfields was brisk during the fortnight ended on Saturday, full time being recorded for sixteen of…

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Miners' Relief Act Payments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 4

In a communication to Mr. Fitzpatrick, New South Wales Minister for Mines, Mr. Baddeley, miners' president, pointed out the necessity for an increase in the…

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America's Gold Store

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 5

Since the beginning of the war the stock of gold in the United States has increased by £214,200,000, while more than £400,000,000 worth of gold has…

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Industrial Matters. South Coast Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 4

The fortnightly pay distributed at the end of the week at the South Coast collieries was the best for a long time. All the pits, with the exception of…

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Labour Troubles. Miners Resume Work. Clyde Trouble Unsettled. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 5

The coalminers are returning to work, and it is expected that the mines will be in full work to-day. It is expected that all the engineers…

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The Miners' Strikes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 5

The Nottingham and Derby Shire Colliery owners have withdrawn their notices to the men whom they intended to discharge to make room for demobilised men…

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Miners at Work

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 4

The mines throughout the district were idle on Monday in celebration of Anniversary Day, but since then work has proceeded in the usual wary. A…

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Mine Tragedy Broken Hill

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 5

A pass burst on an intermediate level between the 400 feet and 500 feet levels of the British Mine at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, and a fall…

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Italian Traitors. Sink a Battleship for Austrian Gold. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 5

The Milan correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" makes startling disclosures regarding a naval court martial in Genoa, held to try half a dozen persons on a…

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Coal Mining Revival

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 4

The returns published at the end of last week concerning the number of days worked at the Newcastle and Maitland mines, and the tonnages of coal exported overseas and to other States, indicate that the mining industry has during that period enjoyed something resembling a revival…

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Maitland District. Rothbury Colliery Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 6

The adjourned inquest concerning the death of William Thomas Walton, who died in the Maitland Hospital, on the 23rd instant, the result of injuries…

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Mining Fatality. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 5

Three men, who were working on the slope of the 400ft level in the British Mine, were buried by a fall of earth yesterday afternoon. A man named…

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Stanford-merthyr Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 5

Scanford-Merthyr colliery was idle yesterday. The trouble has been caused by the delay on the part of the Coal and Shale Workers' Federation in not sending…

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Richmond-main Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 5

Although there are some loyalists remaining at the Richmond-Main colliery loyalist camp, under the protection of a number of constables, that colliery is now…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 2

A meeting of the Wallsend miners was held at the Masonic Hall on Wednesday evening, Mr. E. Parkas being in the chair. In response to an appeal on…

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Labor Strife Thousands Idle More Collieries Involved LONDON, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 1

The strike of certain electricians in Glasgow resulted in the closing down of one establishment which rendered idle thousands who…

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Abermain Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 6

A conference took place at the Abermain colliery office between Messrs. Joshua Jeffries (superintendent), John Jeffries (manager), J. Fallins (manager of No. 1…

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