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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1920

1,650 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 83

Lithgow Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1920 · page 4

During the last couple of weeks Lithgow collieries have suffered considerably as a result of inadequate and irregular truck supplies, and at the end of the…

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Lost Diamond Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1920 · page 5

Lively intereset is being shown on the lined in connection with disclosures of a rich diamond mine which has been lost temporarily it is hoped, in the shifting…

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Alcohol From Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1920 · page 6

The extraction of alcohol from coal-even gas on a commercial scale was proved to be possible at a meeting of the Cleveland institution of Engineers at Middlesbrough…

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Coal and Shale Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1920 · page 6

Sir,—After reading the balance sheet of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation (Northern District), I begin to wonder how much longer our members are…

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Illawarra-miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1920 · page 5

Matters in regard to mining in the Illawarra district are reported as "going satisfactorily." The executive officers were engaged during several days of last…

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Electricity V. Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1920 · page 5

The report of the British Cool Conservation Sub-committee recommending the early construction of 16 super-power electric stations to supply the whole country…

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Maitland Mines Triangular Conference

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 March 1920 · page 2

A conference between members of the Colliery Officials' Association of South Maitland coalfields and members of the Northern District of…

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I.W.W. Prisoners Unconditional Release" Coal Employees' Demand

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 March 1920 · page 6

The northern district branch of the Colliery Employees' federation met yesterday, and discussed a telegram from Mr. J. Garden, secretary of the…

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Coal Mines Act

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 March 1920 · page 5

Messrs. A. Lewis and A. Murray, on behalf of the selected candidates of the Labour Party, last night replied as follows to the statement of Mr. A. R…

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Dudley Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 March 1920 · page 4

A conference took place at Newcastle, with regard to certain places that were deficient at the Dudley colliery. Messrs. M. Gray and T. Woods, with Mr. A. Lewis,…

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Industrial Matters. Rothbury Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 March 1920 · page 4

A day for the sitting of the tribunal agreed upon to hear the wheelers' dispute at Rothbury Colliery has not yet been decided upon. It is not expected that this…

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Bonus for Gold Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 March 1920 · page 5

The Chamber of Comm[?] conference to-day rejected a motion by Mr. M'Gregor, of Adelaide, that the Federal Government be urged to consider…

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Silver-lead Mining a Languishing Industry

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 March 1920 · page 5

Silver-leading mining on the we[?] coast of Tasmania has for some [?] past been in a very bad way, and has now practically ceased (writes the…

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Our Sydney Letter. an Important Utterance.—something the Labour Party Miss.—top Hats and Frock Coats.—notes and Gold.—our Arterial Roads.—what the Issue Is.—a Desire for a Decisive Verdict. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 March 1920 · page 4

We're all coming to see it. This is the thing harped upon in this column for months; nay, from before the war closed. It is that as things stand Australia is…

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Coal Mines Bill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 5

Mr. A. R. Gardiner last night said:—"If the statements made by Messrs. Lewis and Murray are attempted as criticism of my actions they are very amusing,…

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Mine Re-opened

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 1

The old Cardiff shaft, which will in future be known as the Cardiff Borhole Colliery, has now been unwatered to a depth of 420 feet, and mining…

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The Coal Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 10

With one exception all the miners unions have endorsed the recent agreement arrived at with the employers through the instrumentality of Mr…

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The Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 7

There will be no work at the mines in the district to-day. The federation has agreed that polling day shall be regarded as a holiday in the industry…

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The Miners' Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 5

Sir,—I do not know whether it is with the knowledge and agreement of the leaders of the Miners' Federation, but a matter that requires to be brought under…

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Obsolete Coal Handling

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 9

Melbourne labours under a great, disadvantage in the shape of obsolete coal-handling methods. The consequential delay in discharging coal from Newcastle…

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