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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
2,096 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 105
Tho House of Commons discussed at length a bill to abolish control of coal from March 31. It was pointed out time the Government was at present…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →With the second reading of the Decontrol Bill the coal problem has reached an acute crisis. The executive of the Miners' Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trouble arising out of the changing of horses from one place to another in Hebburn Colliery caused a stoppage yesterday. The lodge officers, Messrs. Wardle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shortland Colliery has been idle all the week over the dismissal of a lad. A meeting of the lodge was held to-day, with a view to the resumption of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Official control of the output of the northern coalfields has demon-strated to shippers that the overseas coal trade is in a serious position. The uncertainty which surrounds the business is driving ships away, and there is a fear that if something is not done speedily a large…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. M'Girr, the Minister for Health and Motherhood, made reference to-day to the question of hospital finance. "Since making my statement to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Messrs. Davidson, chairman, Davies and Brookfield, M.L.A., member of the select committee appointed to inquire into the metalliferous Industry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The ironstone quarry of Messrs. G. and C. Hoskins at Cadia, eleven miles from Orange, was the scene of a disaster early this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cadia, the scene of yesterday's dreadful mining catastrophe, is a mining village lying nestled in a valley off the Canoblas ranges, about 16…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The recent discovery in the Maitland district by Mr. W. R Browne, B.Sc, lecturer in the Geology Department at Sydney University, and Mr. G…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Black Ell trouble has been settled by a committee of inquiry. Henderson, who was dismissed for using bad language to a deputy, will apologise,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bellbird Colliery ,which was idle on Wednesday, resumed work on the following day. Mr. W. Brennan, secretary to the federation, visited the South Maitland district on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The South Teralba Colliery has been laid idle owing to the shortage of waggons. The company has made a purchase of a number, but these will have to undergo a certain…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A dispute took place at Burwood Colliery over a matter concerning the wheelers,, number of whom are compelled to attend military drill on certain days. Owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Criticisms of the northern miners, relative to stoppages at certain collieries, have appeared recently in the Sydney morning press. To-day, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bellbird colliery was again idle on Wednesday over trouble with the wheelers concerning a horse. At Hebburn the wheelers raised the same…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The conference between Sir Robert Horne, the President of the Board of Trade, the coal-owners' executive, en the Miners' Federation resulted in a more…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Whitburn Colliery, Greta, was idle yesterday, owing to trouble with the wheelers in regard to payment for water. There is also in dispute a claim for payment…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir.—I wish to draw the attention of our federation officers to the frequent stoppages at one of the big collieries in the Maitland field. It has become the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Although Mr. Fairweather, a superintendent of the South mine, declines to say anything about the matter, it is learned on good authority that…
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