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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1920

1,650 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 76 of 83

Bayswater Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 November 1920 · page 6

Messrs. Hill, Peat, and Co. are making good progress with the Bayswater Colliery at Ravensworth, eleven miles north of Singleton. Boring operations, which…

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Rhondda Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 November 1920 · page 6

Rhondda Colliery, which has been idle for several days, will resume this morning. A conference on the matter in dispute will be held during the day at the…

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Baralaba State Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 November 1920 · page 6

Reports received from Queensland state that good progress is being made with work at the State coalmine, Baralaba. Active operations were commenced in 1919…

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Water Restrictions Heavy Consumption Colliery, Demands

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 November 1920 · page 5

The Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board met to-day. The board engineer reported that during last week 36,[?]28,415 gallons of…

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Industrial Matters Brown Coal Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 November 1920 · page 6

The trouble which has arisen over the refusal of the Victorian Government to abide by the decision of the Special Coal Tribunal in regard to the brown…

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Oversea Coal Trade Hampered by Control

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 November 1920 · page 7

The imposition of restrictions on the export of Maitland coal is having a grave effect upon the charter market. Newcastle coal—that is coal from the…

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Struck a Mine Fate of the Sphinx London, Monday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 November 1920 · page 1

It is reported that the Messageries Marltimes steamer Sphinx, on her Tray to Marseilles, with several hundred passengers, struck a mine…

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Barrier Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 November 1920 · page 5

Mr. J. Middling has been elected president of the Barrier district of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, defeating Mr. G. Kerr, who held…

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State Mines Lithgow First National Park Scheme SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 November 1920 · page 5

A deputation from the United Laborers' Union to-day asked the Minister for Labor and Industry and Mines to establish a State coal mine in…

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Industrial Matters. Brown Coal Trouble, Interview with Prime Minister

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 November 1920 · page 5

Messrs, J. Baddeley and A. C. Willis president and general secretary respectively of the Australasian coal and Shale Employees' Federation, had an interview…

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Our Neglected Port Profits From Coal Trade Earnings of Railways

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 November 1920 · page 5

When previous Ministers declared that something over £3,000,000 had been spent on the port of Newcastle to date they appeared to have an…

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State Coal Mine. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 November 1920 · page 4

A deputation from the United Labourers' Union yesterday asked Mr. Cann, the Minister for Labour and Mines, that a State owned and controlled coal mine be…

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New Greta Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 November 1920 · page 5

Matters relating to the New Greta Colliery were the subject of a conference yesterday between the manager and the representatives of the men. Mr. W…

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Richmond-main Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 November 1920 · page 5

Work was not, as expected, resumed at Richmond-Main Colliery yesterday. The contention of their employees is that the floor is dipping in the east section, as a…

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Special Coal Tribunal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 November 1920 · page 5

The Special Coal Tribunal, at the sittings in Newcastle yesterday, dealt with matters brought forward on behalf of the miners employed at Wallarah Colliery,…

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Ashtonfields Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 November 1920 · page 7

Mr. W. Brennan, secretary to the Miners' Federation, in conjunction with the Ashtonfields Colliery lodge officers, at a conference with Mr. Dixon, the…

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New Greta Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 November 1920 · page 7

A conference on several matters connected with the New Greta Colliery took place at the office of the company, Greta, on Thursday. There were present, on…

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Southern Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 November 1920 · page 7

Mr. J. M Walker, secretary to the coke workers' district of the Miners Federation stated yesterday that the coal and coke industries on the South Coast were…

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Coal Tribunal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 November 1920 · page 7

There was a further sitting of the special coal tribunal at the rooms of the Northern Collieries' Association yesterday, at which consideration was…

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Broken Hill Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 November 1920 · page 7

Reports received by the Miners' Federation from Broken Hill show that work is being steadily resumed at the mines there after the protracted stop…

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