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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1920

1,650 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 51 of 83

British Coal Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1920 · page 7

The miners' executive has decided to give strike notices that work will cease on September 25…

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The Coal Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1920 · page 4

To add to our difficulties some of the coal miners have resumed the go-slow policy and are out for irritation strikes and stop-work meetings. Coal, already…

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Northern Collieries Grievances

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1920 · page 7

Mr. C. Hibble, chairman of the Special Tribunal, and Mr. C. M. M''Donald, secretary to the Northern Collieries' Association, will next week deal with matters…

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Glanmorgan Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1920 · page 7

Arrangements have been made to deal with the dispute at Glanmorgan Colliery at a conference to be held in Newcastle next week…

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Lymington Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1920 · page 7

Information was received yesterday by the miners' executive that so far as shaft workings at the Lymington Colliery were concerned, the company contemplated…

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Miners' Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1920 · page 7

Mr. J. M. Baddeley, president of the Miners' Federation, who has been occupied on the special coal tribunal in Sydney all the week, returned to…

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Hebburn Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1920 · page 7

There was a resumption of work at No. 1 and No. 2 tunnels, at Hebburn Colliery, yesterday…

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Wallarah Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1920 · page 7

The employees at the Wallarah Colliery are working out their notice this week, and unless some arrangement is made by he company or the Proprietors'…

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Northern Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1920 · page 7

Much interest in being taken in the proceedings of the coal conference now continuing its deliberations in Sydney. The probable increase in wages is one…

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Coal Loading Appliances

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1920 · page 7

There is a feeling among the, shipping and colliery representatives in Newcastle that if the coal output is to be expeditiously dealt with on lines…

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No Coal Auckland's Plight Auckland

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 September 1920 · page 5

Owing to its failure to socure supplies of Newcastle coal, the Gas Company has reduced its pressure, the result being great disorganisation of…

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Coal for New Zealand. Wellington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1920 · page 7

Mr. Massey, the Prime Minister, in the House of Representatives, stated that a message had been received from the Australian Prime Minister stating that, as…

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Coal Tribunal. Mr. Hibble to Decide. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1920 · page 7

The Coal Tribunal met again to-day, and the Chairman, Mr. C. Hibble, conferred with the representatives of both sides. No agreement as to the wages claims was…

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Coal Tribunal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 September 1920 · page 4

The request from Bulli that the representatives of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation should withdraw from the Coal Tribunal has been…

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The Miners' Claims

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 September 1920 · page 5

The newspapers publish a lengthy official statement by the miners of their case. It declares that the miners are not claiming all to which they believe themselves…

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Second Preference Coal for New Zealand

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 September 1920 · page 1

Speaking in the House of Representatives in New Zealand on the subject of the coal shortage, Mr. Massey said he had received a telegram from…

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Labor View-point Southern Miners' Stand No Stop-Work Meetings

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 September 1920 · page 4

An unexpected announcement wan made last week, that the decision of the delegate board of the Illawarra branch of the Coal and Shale…

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British Coal Question. Hopes Entertained of Peaceful Settlement. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 September 1920 · page 5

The miners' conference lasted only A quarter of an hour, and it has been unofficially announced that there is no hope of mediation from the Triple…

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Glanmorgan Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1920 · page 4

A meeting of the men of the Glanmorgan Colliery, Plattsburg, was held on Sunday morning. Messrs. J. M. Baddeley and D. Rees were present, and advised…

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Preston Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1920 · page 4

A conference was held yesterday afternoon between Messrs. M'Millan and M. Cromarty, representing the Preston Colliery. Curlewis, and Mr. D. Rees, acting…

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