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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1921

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

Coal Tribunal Where Do We Stand? Miners Anxious Adjourned to Melbourne SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 5

The coal trbunal under the chairman of Mr. Hibble, met this afternoon. The proceedings were held in camera and subsequently it was…

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Pulverised Coal As Fuel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 6

The use of pulverised coal as fuel is a branch of combustion engineering which has developed rapidly in the last few years. Further progress and an…

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No Coal Melbourne's Plight MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 5

The shortage of coal due to the steward's strike and the holidays on the coalfields is likely to have a serious effect upon the industrial life of…

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NON-UNIONISTS Miners Cease Work BRISBANE

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 1

The miners at Red Bank, in the Ipswich colliery district, yesterday ceased work because of the continued employment of non-union man. A…

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Industrial Matters. Coal Position. Meeting of Tribunal

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

The executive of the Miners' Federation received yesterday a special summons to attend before the coal Tribunal in Sydney to-day, and a further summons…

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Industrial Matters. State Coal Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 4

It was announced a few days ago by Mr. Estell, the State Minister for Works, that the Government was thinking very seriously of entering as a competitor…

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Northumberland Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 4

At a meeting of the members of Northumberland No. 2 Miners' Lodge, yesterday, a report was presented respecting the conference held in Newcastle on…

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NORTHUMBERLAND Colliery Still Idle

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 5

The Northumberland Colliery is still idle. Mr. A. Lewis, treasurer of the Colliery Employees' Federation, visited the mine yesterday and a…

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Coal Shipments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 4

Although the quantity of coal drawn to the port yesterday showed an improvement on the output of the previous day, there was still a marked shortage. Four…

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Coal Tribunal. Adjourned to Melbourne. Brown Coal Trouble. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 4

The Coal Industry Special Tribunal held a sitting at the Commonwealth Bank buildings, Sydney, this afternoon. Mr. C. Hibble, chairman, presided. Messrs. J. S. Bragg and…

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Old Coasting Steamers. Conversion to Coal Hulks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 5

Three well-known coasting steamers have been recently dismantled at Mort's Dock, and converted into hulks for coal-carriage. These are the old paddle-wheel…

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West Australian Strike. Distress on the Goldfields. Kalgoorlie

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 4

This morning between two and three thousand members of the mining branch of the Australian Workers' Union, who are out of work through the mines closing…

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Stanford-merthyr Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 5

Stamford-Merthyr Colliery was idle yesterday. The difficulty was due to a wheeling dispute. A meeting of the men was held in the afternoon, at which Mr…

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Economising Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 6

Even when normal conditions are restored, we cannot expect to obtain coal at anything like pre-war prices (says "Engineering"). We shall accordingly be…

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British Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 5

There is a slump in the South Wales coal trade, owing to the stoppage of French purchases. France, during the recent British strike,…

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Lymington Colliery Re-opened To-morrow

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 1

Arrangements have been made to re-open Lyminton Colliery, Cardiff, to-morrow. A fire occurred in this colliery last October and the mine…

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Greta. Whitburn Miners' Lodge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 3

The monthly meeting of Whitburn Miners' Lodge was held on Tuesday, Mr. J. Skillicorn presiding. The following officers were elected for six months:…

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Industrial Matters. Lymington Colliery. Reopening Possible Shortly

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 5

There is a probability of the Lymington Colliery, Cardiff, being re-opened shortly. The mine in October last, took fire, and has since been hermetically…

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Fuel for the Mines Kalgoorlie

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 5

A conference of local bodies and representatives from eight unions connected with the mining industry met in Bolder Town Hall to-day, to endeavour…

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Brown Coal Workers' Claim. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 5

A meeting of the Federal Coal Tribunal was held in Liverpool Buildings, William-street, this afternoon. The Chairman asked if there was any…

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