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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1920

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Myall Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 5

The small Myall Colliery, in the Cardiff district, is now being worked, operating on the same seam as Lymington. There are, so far only eight men employed…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 5

Mr. R. Reay presided at a meeting of the Wallsend miners on Wednesday evening at the Masonic Hall. A letter was read from the…

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Coledale Colliery. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 5

Work has been resumed at Coledale Colliery, on the understanding that the proprietors will consider, the men's grieyances regarding deficiency claim as soon…

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Coal Shipments

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 5

According to tho clearance book at the Newcastle Custom-house, the following quantities of coal were shipped from Newcastle for interstate and…

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Coal at Cardiff

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 5

The Lymington Collieries have recently pumped out the South Walls end shaft and beadings at their old cardiff colliery, and propose to work…

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Coal in Britain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 5

The Miners' Federation met Mr. Lloyd George, the prime Minister, on Wednesday afternoon, in reference to coal prices, the shortage of domestic supplies of coal,…

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Position in Newcastle. Six Thousand Miners Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 5

The disastrous effects of the marine engineers' strike on the coalmining industry can be gathered from the fact that there were yesterday between five…

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Miners and Coal Supplies

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 7

At the conference of representatives of the miners with Mr. Lloyd George, the Prime Minister, Mr. Smillie, the president of the Miners' Federation, declared that…

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Whitburn Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 7

Whitburn Colliery, Groia, was idle yesterday. A few men who are employed on the surface handling small coal are not members of the C.E.F., and although…

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Rosedale Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 7

Rosedale colliery was idle on Tuesday, owing to a dispute with the management with regard to the payment for men working in wet places, and also with respect…

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Colliery Inspection

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 10

Mr. J. W., Iceton, district check inspector, visited the Dudley colliery on January 22 and 23, for the purposes of inspection, and reports as follows:—Main intake,…

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Coal Export

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 2

The marine engineers' trouble is continuing seriously to affect the coal trade at Newcastle, the week's shipments for places beyond the State totaling only…

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Coal Nationalisation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 9

Coal nationalisation, as proposed by the Now Zealand Parliamentary Industries Committee, is dealt with at length in the report of the sub-committee of the…

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Miners' Annual Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 7

The annual meeting of the miners' delegate board will be held next week. The delegates will assemble at the Trades Hall, Newcastle, at 9.15 on Monday morning…

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Industrial Matters. Coal and Shale Workers. Alteration of Conditions. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 7

The adjourned council meeting of the Australasian Coal and Shale Federation was resumed In Sydney to-day, at 10.30 o'clock…

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Cheaper Coal British Hearths Affected a Boomerang Benefit London, Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 1

At the conference of miners' delegates the president (Mr. Robert Smillie) amp[?]ed his previous statement. He declared that the miners…

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The First Shot Miners' New Claims Abolition of Contracts Voice in Control a 30-Hour Week

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 4

The first shot in what it is feared will be one of the biggest battle between capital and labor was fired on Friday by the council of the…

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Miners' Earnings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 February 1920 · page 4

During a discussion at the annual meeting of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows, Newcastle District, held on Saturday, Bro. G. C. O'Brien, who…

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Nationalisation of Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 February 1920 · page 5

Mr. Lloyd George the Prime Minister proposes to clear the ground for discussion of the question of nationalisation of mines by taking the view of the people…

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Industrial Matters. Miners' Conference. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 February 1920 · page 4

The principal subject of discussion yesterday's sitting of the council of the Australasian Coal and Shale Federation was with respect to the One Big Union. It…

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