Collieries Idle
Richmond Main, Pelaw-Main, and Hebburn collieries were idle yesterday. This was due to local disputes. Practically the whole of the remaining mines were…
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Mining & the mines, 1920
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Whitburn Colliery
Whitburn Colliery was idle yesterday. For some time past the miners have been using part gelignite and part black powder, and when they went to work…
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There is a general fear that the disputes existing between the members of the Miners' Federation and of the Deputation and Shotfirers' Association will lead…
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The miners' unions have endorsed the agreement arrived at between their delegates and the coal mine owners. The minimum wage will be 12s a shift…
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Work was resumed at Richmond-Main colliery yesterday, after several days' idleness…
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The dispute at Hebburn Colliery is still unsettled, and the mine was again idle yesterday. A conference was held at the colliery…
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Mr. J. L. Campbell, K.C., the Coal Commissioner, heard further evidence at Parliament House to-day. Mr. J. A. Brown, with Mr. J. R. Hooton, appeared…
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Dr. Dick, Medical Officer of Health for the Hunter River District, gave evidence to-day before the Royal Commission inquiring into the coal trade…
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Mr. Handley Page states that the latest experiments prove the practicability of the construction of safe 25 norse power aeroplanes with more…
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A deputation from the Shortland Colliery employees met Mr. Ruttley, the manager, with regard to Yardage rates after machines, and the matter of house…
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Judge White, at the District Court at East Maitland this morning, announced that he had reconsidered his decision in respect to the sentence of…
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The returns showing the mineral production of the State which were published yesterday necessarily do not indicate, for a variety of reasons, any…
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A largely-attended general meeting of the colliery officials of South Maitland coalfields was held at Cessnock this morning, to discuss the dispute…
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The dispute on the Maitland coalfield, in which half a dozen mines have been thrown idle, was commented on by Mr. A. C. Willis, secretary of the…
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A number of collieries on the South Maitland field, including Hebburn, Richmond-Main, and Pelaw-Main, were again idle yesterday. Mr. Baddeley, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Commission. Northern Conditions. Dr. Dick's Testimony. Sydney
Further evidence was taken to-day by Mr. J. L. Campbell, K.C., who is inquiring into the conditions of the coalmining industry in New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Stoppages. Meeting at Cessnock. Temporary Settlement
The aggregate meeting of the Deputies and Shotfirers' Association held at Cessnock yesterday represented seventeen collieries, and was largely attended…
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The evidence given before the Royal Commission in regard to the housing of miners, particularly that of Mr. Fell, has created much discussion among those in…
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Mr. J. M. Baddeley, the president of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, dealt with the position in the course of a statement last night. There…
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Mr. Baddeley, the district president of the Miners' Federation, stated last night that as far as the executive knew, all the collieries on the Maitland field…
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