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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1920

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Industrial Matters. Miners' Federation. Review of Operations

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

Mr. J. M. Baddeley, president of the Australasian Coal and Shale Federation, has prepared for submission to the members an interesting review of the…

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Colliery Mechanics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 March 1920 · page 4

The Colliery Mechanics' Mutual Protective Association have two applications set down for hearing before his Honor Judge Ourlewis in the Industrial Arbitration…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 March 1920 · page 4

Ten days constituted the full period for the fortnight, and the operations at the collieries in the district are shown to have been more satisfactory than they…

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Shortland Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 4

Shortland Colliery was idle yesterday. The cavils have not so far been drawn, and there are a number of matters outstanding which the men desire to have…

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Burwood Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 4

Burwood Colliery was idle yesterday. The cavils for the quarter have not yet been drawn. For some considerable time complaints have been lodged with the…

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Pelaw-main Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 4

Pelaw-Main Colliery was idle yesterday, over some trouble in connection with the horses and wheelers. It was reported to the executive of the federation later…

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Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 4

The piliar question will be considered at a conference to be held in the rooms of the colliery proprietors in Newcastle on Wednesday afternoon…

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British Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 5

Mr. Lloyd George, replying to a deputation from the Miners' Federation regarding the demand for increased wages, said the demand amounted to syndicalism in…

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Coal Trade Improvement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 4

The overseas coal trade with Chill, Pare, Hawaii, the Philippine islands, Java, the Straits Settlements, and other distant parts has shown a marked…

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Industrial Matters. Rothbury Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 4

The question as to the increase for wheelers in the Rothbury Colliery will have the attention of the recently-appointed tribunal at the Newcastle…

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Here and There Reduction in Bunker Coal

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 1

British coalowners have agreed that between March 24 and August 31 the price of bunker coal to outward bound vessels will be 75s per ton at South…

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African Gold Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1920 · page 5

Speaking at Johannesburg at the annual meeting of the Chamber of Mines, Mr. Wallers, the president, said it was no use for people to delude themselves with the…

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West Wallsend Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1920 · page 4

A conference was held at the Newcastle office of the Caledonian Collieries, Limited yesterday afternoon upon the position at the west Wallsend Colliery, between…

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Bellbird Colliery Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1920 · page 6

The adjourned inquest concerning the death of the clipper, Dennis James Meagher, 17, who was killed at the Bellbird No. 2 Colliery on the 10th Instant, was…

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Coal Mine History Some Northern Pits New Shaft at Abermain

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 March 1920 · page 5

Some interesting facts concerning the northern coal mines are contained in an article printed in the commercial issue of "Chemical Engineering…

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Burwood Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1920 · page 4

A meeting of the Burwood miners has been called for this afternoon at Adamstown, when the report of the conference upon the deficiency places in the mine, in…

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Industrial Matters. Rosedale Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1920 · page 4

Mr. J. M. Baddney president of the Colliery Employees Federation, and Mr. J. Elkin, secretary of the Rosedale Miners Lodge, met Mr. H. Maddison,…

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Navy Coal

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 March 1920 · page 5

In addition to the two shipments of coal which have been discharged in Newcastle from the K[?]nna and Australbrook, similar supplies of navy coal are…

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Miners' Eye Disease

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1920 · page 6

Miners nystagmus (eye discase), with special reference to its serious economic effects, was the subject of a paper read by Dr. T. Lister Llewelyn at a meeting…

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The Miners' Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1920 · page 6

Sir,—I am amused at the letter of "Mechanic," on members of his union and the purloining, of members of his union by the Colliery Employees…

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