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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1920

1,650 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 42 of 83

Collieries Inspection

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 August 1920 · page 4

Mr. W. Brennan, general secretary to the Miners' Federation, received information yesterday that the inspection of Whitburn and Greta Collieries, which…

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Cessnock Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 August 1920 · page 4

A conference between the representatives of the owners and the employees of Cessnock No. 2 Colliery was to have taken place yesterday, but owing to the…

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Minmi Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 August 1920 · page 4

Minmi Colliery is still idle. A conference was held in Newcastle yesterday between Messrs. M'Donald and Welford, representing the owners, and Messrs. D…

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Pelaw-main Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 August 1920 · page 4

The adjourned conference of the representatives of the owners and employees of Pelaw Main Colliery was held yesterday at the Newcastle rooms of the…

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Richmond-main Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 August 1920 · page 4

Richmond Main Colliery was idle yesterday in consequence of a dispute with regard to the wheelers…

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Colliery Engine-drivers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 August 1920 · page 4

The unsatisfactory position of the engine-drivers, firemen, pumpers, and certain other classes of labour employed at the northern collieries was…

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Shortland Colliery Tribunal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 August 1920 · page 4

There will be a sitting of the Shortland Colliery tribunal at Newcastle to-morrow. Mr. C. Hibble, the chairman, who has been engaged on the Mount Kembla…

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Central Greta Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 August 1920 · page 4

Central Greta Colliery was idle yesterday. The matter will receive the attention of the district officers…

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Industrial Matters. Coal Position

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 August 1920 · page 4

The outcome of the miners' deputation to the Prime Minister is awaited with much interest in Newcastle. Mr. C. M. M'Donald, secretary to the Northern…

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Barrier Strike Conference Resumed Owners' Reservation Question of Coal Supplies SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 August 1920 · page 5

The tribunal appointed by the Federal and N.S.W. Governments to endeavor to bring about a settlement of the Broken HIll strike opened a…

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Wonthaggi Coal Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 August 1920 · page 5

Work at the State coal mine, Wonthaggi (Vic.) is proceeding satisfactorily, and the daily output is now 1850 tons. The miners are working under an…

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Redhead Collieries, Limited

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 August 1920 · page 4

Among the new companies registered in Sydney is the Redhead Collieries Limited, with a capital of £250,000 in 250,000 ordinary shares of £1 each. Its objects are…

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Burwood Extended Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 August 1920 · page 5

Burwood Extended Colliery was idle yesterday. The men complain of the dusty condition of the mine roads, and state that the supplies of grease for the…

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The Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 August 1920 · page 4

There have been signs lately of increased activity in the trading relations between America and Australia, and according to a statement made by Mr…

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"Straightening Out" the Coal Problem

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 August 1920 · page 4

The hope expressed by Mr. Willis before the Broken Hill Tribunal yesterday, that "everything in connection with the coal industry would be straightened out," will be echoed throughout the Commonwealth, and in no part more than among the people most directly concerned in this…

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Industrial Matters. the Coal Difficulty. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 August 1920 · page 5

Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, had an interview to-day with Mr. Baddeley, the president of the Coal and Shale Workers' Federation, and other representatives of…

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Barrier Tribunal Pulmonary Complaints Evidence for Miners SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 August 1920 · page 5

The Broken Hill tribunal appointed to bring about a settlement of the record strike at the Barrier mines resumed its sitting to-day in the No…

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British Coal Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 August 1920 · page 5

Sir Robert Horne, the President of the Board of Trade, interviewed, foreshadows the Government's determined refusal of the coalminers' latest demands…

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Shortland Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 August 1920 · page 4

The Shortland Colliery Tribunal, of which Mr. C. Hibble is the chairman, sat in Newcastle yesterday. The hearing was concluded, and it was decided by both…

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Aberdare South Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 August 1920 · page 4

A conference has been arranged between the Caledonian Collieries and the Miners' Federation respecting the abolition of the third shift at the…

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