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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1920

1,650 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 52 of 83

Colliery Engine-drivers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1920 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the Now South Wales Colliery Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association was hold in the Trades Hall, Newcastle, on Saturday night, Mr…

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El Dorado Gold in Hunter-street

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 September 1920 · page 3

Crowds in the vicinity of Palling's warehouse, in Hunter-street. are attracted by a veritable gold mine. displayed in connection with the…

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Broken Hill Levy Miners at Variance Auckland (N.z.)

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 September 1920 · page 5

The coal miners at Huntley, Pukomire and Rotorua struck as a result of their failure to obtain their demands for railway concessions when…

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Oil on Troubled Waters British Trade Union Congress Will It Avert Coal Strike? Questions of Vital Import LONDON, Monday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 September 1920 · page 1

The anxiously-awaited Trade Union Congress, which it is hoped will avert the threatened coal strike by securing meidation between the miners and the…

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Coal Supplies

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 September 1920 · page 2

Hector McLennan writes from Melbourne on behalf of Messrs. James and Alexander Brown:— We observe in one of the recent…

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Wheeler Wants £17 Accident at Colliery

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 September 1920 · page 5

Before Acting Judge Mocatta, in the Newcastle District Court this afternoon, Andrew Harrower claimed £17 from the Calodonlan Collleries,…

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Miners' Accidents Belief Fund Scales

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 September 1920 · page 5

In the Assembly recently, Mr. Kearsley asked the Secretary for Mines for information about the allowances made to beneficiaries under the Miners…

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Ready for the Worst Government Preparing for Coal Strike Organising Food Distribution Labor Congress Silent London, Tuesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 September 1920 · page 1

The Government is evidently preparing for the worst in case the minors' leaders prove obdurate, and has begun organising for the distribution…

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Glebe Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 September 1920 · page 5

A conference has been arranged for Tuesday afternoon upon the cavils in dispute at the Glebe colliery…

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Cessnock Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 September 1920 · page 5

A conference will be held at the proprietors' rooms at Newcastle at 11.45 on Monday morning, with respect to the matters in dispute at the Cessnock…

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Wallarah Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 September 1920 · page 5

The employees of Wallarah Colliery ceased work on Monday, following upon the expiration of their 14 days' notice, and the mine has since been idle. The…

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Minmi Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 September 1920 · page 5

A conference was hold at the proprietors' rooms yesterday noon upon the question of an increase in the scorage rate for bankers-off employed at the…

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Shortland Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 September 1920 · page 5

An inspection of Shortland Colliery will be made on Tuesday by the tribunal, presided over by Mr. C. Hibble…

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Miners' Relief Allowance Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 September 1920 · page 5

Mr. Kearsley, in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, asked the Minister for Mines: "In the case of beneficiaries under the Miners' Accident Relief Act,…

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No Coal Where Newcastle Benefits

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 September 1920 · page 2

A grievous state of affairs in Wellington (N.Z.) is described by a previous resident of Newcastle in the following letter to a friend:—…

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British Coal Difficulty. Mr. Lloyd George Returns. Anxious Over Situation. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 September 1920 · page 5

The situation with regard to the coal difficulty has assumed a somewhat brighter outlook as the result of a telegram from Sir Robert Horne to…

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Secret Diplomacy Smillie Condemns Notorious Labor Practice Spirit of Moderation Manifest Coal Strike may be Averted LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 September 1920 · page 1

The most notable incident in yesterday's debate at the Portsmouth Trade Union Congress was Mr. Robert Smillie's bitter onslaught on Labor's…

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Colliery Inspection

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 September 1920 · page 6

Following is the report of Messrs. James Iceton and James Means, cheek inspectors, of on inspection made of Wallsend Colliery on the 24th to the 27th ultime:—No. 4 split…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 September 1920 · page 5

Wallsend Miners' Lodge met on Wednesday evening. Mr. R. T. Reay being in the chair, in response to a communication from the Coat and Shale Employees Federation, Mr…

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Conference Fails Coal Miners Disappointed Government Has Nothing to Offer Stoppage Not Desired LONDON, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 September 1920 · page 1

The conference between the miners' executive and the Minister for Labor from which so much was hoped, has failed. Mr. Robert Smillie informed Sir Robt. Home that the executive was of the…

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