Miners and Mechanics. Issues in Dispute
With reference to the dispute existing between the Colliery Mechanics and the Burwood Extended Lodge, the executive of the latter has been directed to issue…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1920
1,650 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 66 of 83
Maitland District. Mining Application
The South Greta Cool Company applied to Mr. G. Atkin, the Warden, at the East Maitland Police Court yesterday, for authority to enter tell acres of land near…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Industrial Matters. Northern Miners. New Award Unsatisfactory Conference Demanded
Nine machine collieries in the Newcastle district, involving the idleness of two thousand men, stopped work yesterday. The day was taken by the members of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Record Week Coal Haulage Work on the Stacks
The amount of coal hauled from the Newcastle district collieries to Newcastle last week constituted a record. Altogether 148,252 tons were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seven Months' Blaze Burning Coal Stack Long Fight at Lambton
A long fight with flames at Lambton mine has just ended. Seven months ago a six thousand ton pile of slack at the mine caught alight owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Strike. Transporters Undecided. Works Closing Down. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
Though there is little tangible evidence, there is a widespread inclination to take a hopeful view of the strike prospects. It is believed that the debate…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Settlement Unlikely Miners Will Fight to the Death Suspicions of Government Will General Election be Forced ? LONDON, Tuesday Night
The latest news does not reveal any hope of an early settlement, though the "Daily News" Labor correspondent declares that Informal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lymington Colliery
Lymington Colliery was idle yesterday as a result of a dispute between some employees engaged in the mine. The difficulty was adjusted, and work will be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fall of Coal Fatality at Neath Miner Crushed to Death
This morning at 8.30, while at work. Thos Hope, aged 67, a miner in Neath Colliery, was killed by a fall of coal. It was stated that about [?]ven…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Strike. Debate in the Commons. Conference Suggested. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
Moving the adjournment of the House of Commons in connection with the miners' strike, Sir Robert Horne, the President of the Board of Trade, said that any…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fall on Exchange Anxiety in London High Price of Gold LONDON, October 19
The weakness of American exchange continues to cause anxiety in the city. To-day's rate has fallen to 3.41 dollars to the pound sterling. In…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flooding the Mines Desperate Expedient of Strikers Government Will Prevent Destruction Cross-Channel Services Curtailed LONDON, Wednesday Night
In one important centre the miners are withdrawing every member, including those engaged in pumping operations, after October 21, which will result in the flooding of the mines. (Reuter's Telegrams.) The Railwaymen's Conference adjourned until to-morrow. No decision was reached regarding…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lymington Colliery
Owing to an outbreak of fire in the tunnel of Lymington Colliery the mine was idle yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Grievances
Grievanees which some coal miners have as a result of the 1917 strike were brought under the notice of Mr. Cann, the Minister for Labour and industry, yesterday by a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland District. Neath Colliery Fatality
Mr. Thomas Hope, a miner, living at Neath, was fatally injured by a fall of stone at the Neath Colliery yesterday. Deceased was working in No. 1 west section of the colliery with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Colliery Alight Outbreak at Lymington 1500 Feet from Entrance Burning Seam
Lymington Colliery, Cardiff, is idle owing to an outbreak of fire in the workings. Fortunately, the seat of the blaze is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Mine Wanted City Council Search SYDNEY
The City Council is looking for another coal mine, following upon the Central Illawarra fiasco. A special committee was appointed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Holding Her Gold Australia Criticised LONDON, Thursday Night
The City Editor of "The Times" says that the Commonwealth's refusal to permit the exportation of gold may compel the banks to act with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Coal Strike. No Expansion Yet. Earl Haig's Appeal. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
London is placarded with the appeal of Field-Marshal Earl Haig to citizens and comrades in the war, exhorting all to safeguard the people's welfare…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ray of Hope Coal Crisis Miners Want Settlement LONDON, Friday Night
A ray of hope has appeared in the coal situation as the result of informal conversations between Ministers and miners, and it is stated that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →