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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1921

2,096 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 105

Mining Committee on Tour

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 February 1921 · page 5

The special committee appointed by the Legislative Assembly to inquire into the depression in the mining industry in general paid a visit to the…

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Coal Trimmers' Picnic Day at Toronto

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 February 1921 · page 5

It is a far cry from the ship's bunkers to the green shores of Lake Macquarie, but on one day every year, the members of the Coal Trimmers'…

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Last Phase of Strike Jo'burg Miners Submit to Reference Board CAPETOWN, Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 February 1921 · page 1

A message from Johannesburg stales that to-day saw the last phase of the sensational miners' strike. The men on the Consolidated Langlagte are…

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Explosives Coal Miners Confer Want Prices Reduced

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 February 1921 · page 5

Consideration was given to the price of explosives to-day, at a conference of representatives of 41 miners' lodges in the northern district of the Coal…

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Killingworth Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 February 1921 · page 5

The dispute at Killingworth Colliery has been settled, and work resumed…

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Industrial Matters. Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 February 1921 · page 5

Work generally at the mines of the Newcastle and Maitland coalfields was brisk for the past fortnight, full time of eleven days being put in at 16 of the…

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Coal Trimmers' Picnic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 February 1921 · page 6

The annual picnic of the Newcastle branch of the Federal Coal Trimmers' Union was held at Toronto on Saturday, and was attended by a record number of…

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Coal for New Zealand

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 February 1921 · page 5

An Anglo-New Zealand firm has purchased 150,000 tons of Welsh coal on behalf of New Zealand. Sir James Allen, the high…

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UNEMPLOYMENT Miners' Drastic Move LONDON, Sunday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 February 1921 · page 1

The South Wales Miners' Federation has resolved in favor of drastic action within a fortnight to enforce the Labor party's unemployment…

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Rothbury Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 4

An Inspection of the Rothbury Colliery will be made to-day (by the chairman of the tribunal which is hearing claims submitted by the lodge. Mr. A. Lewis,…

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Wallarah Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 4

A stoppage took place at the Wallarah Colliery, Catherine Hill Bay, yesterday, owing to a misunderstanding with regard to one of the terms of the award in…

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West Wallsend Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 4

West Wallsend Colliery was idle yesterday owing to some difficulty with regard to a member going on the coal. Efforts were made by the officers of the…

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Northern Extended Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 4

Mr. D. Rees, deputy president of the Miners' Federation, will attend a meeting of the Northern Extended Lodge at Teralba this evening, and will present a…

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Industrial Matters. Miners' Federation. Conference of Lodges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 4

A conference of the lodges of the northern district branch of the Miners' Federation was held at the Newcastle Trades Hall yesterday. Delegates…

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Oversea Coal Slackness at Pits Diversion of Shipping

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 5

Considerable apprehension is being felt in Newcastle for the overman shipping and coal trade. The port is at present practically descried as…

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Scaham Collieries, Ltd

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 6

A special meeting of shareholders of the Seaham Colliery Company, Ltd. held yesterday agreed to resolutions for the winding-up of the company…

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Colliery Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 5

Sir,—It is your custom to publish fortnightly an account of the number of days worked at the various pits. Many of your readers are mine workers, and would…

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Stanford-merthyr Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 7

Stanford Merthyr Colliery was again idle yesterday owing to a local dispute…

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Wages in Britain. Material Reduction. Coal Mining Difficulty. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 7

Statistics for January issued by the Ministry for Labour show the first substantial decline in wages, 1,450,000 persons sustaining a net decrease of £168,000 weekly,…

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The Union "Three Gold Coins."

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 9

The popular screen star, Tom Mix better known to his vast army of admirers as "the daredevil of the screen." will open a three nights engagements…

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