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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1921

2,096 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 105

Queensland State Coal Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 March 1921 · page 7

According to Mr. Jones the Qneensland Minister for Mines, the development work at the Baralaba State coal mine, in the Dawson Valley district, is progressing…

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Miners' Discipline

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 March 1921 · page 6

The occurences at the Hebburn mine illustrate the necessity for action being taken by the Miners' Federation to deal with such cases in order to ensure…

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Broken Hill Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 March 1921 · page 7

Mr. J. J. O'Reilly has been elected secretary to the Broken Hill district of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation. He secured 904 votes, Mr. G…

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Gas Masks Dangerous in Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 March 1921 · page 5

An American journal says that there has been much talk of utilizing the vast numbers of army gas masks left over from the war for use in mines. This hope…

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Victorian Coal Departmental Neglect a Gippsland Experience

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 March 1921 · page 2

Never before in the history of Victoria (writes the Melbourne "Age"), has the inexcusable folly of remaining dependent on outside sources of…

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Kaisers at Court Coal Which Disappeared Cases from Westy

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 March 1921 · page 5

At the West Wallsend Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Le Brun Brown, S.M.. James Brierley, charged with using threatening language on the…

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War Still on Fiendish Hun Plans Damages to French Mines

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 March 1921 · page 7

In the mines of France and Belgium the owners are still looking for a different kind of mine—the explosive traps set by the Germans to kill or disable…

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Work in the Mines Few Applications Mr. Baddeley's Advice Broken Hill

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 March 1921 · page 5

There were 270 applicants for the 300 vacancies in the coal mines the South Coast district. There was a slackening off in the number of…

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Caledonian Collieries

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 March 1921 · page 5

Caledonian Collieries, Ltd., realised a net profit of £133,217 for the year ended December 25 last, that amount comparing with £71,631 for the…

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Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1921 · page 4

A combined meeting of the South Greta, East Greta, and Ashtonfields lodges was held in the Federal Hall, East Maitland, last night. Mr. W. Neate…

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Whitburn Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1921 · page 4

Messrs. Skillicorn and Houston, delegates from the Whitburn Miners' Lodge, yesterday conferred with Mr. J. Clayton, general manager of the Newcastle Coal…

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Whitburn Colliery Two-shift System

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 March 1921 · page 5

A number of matters affecting the employees at the Whitburn Colliery were the subject of a conference yesterday between Messrs. J. Clayton,…

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Caledonian Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 5

Caledonian Collieries, Limited, realised a net profit of £133,217 for the year ended December 25 last, comparing with £71,631 for the previous twelve months…

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Aberdare Central Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 5

A conference was held at the Newcastle rooms of the Northern Collieries' Federation yesterday respecting the abolition of the second shift at the Aberdare Central…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 5

A meeting of the combined lodges in the Wallsend district will be held In Phelan's Picture Palace at 7.30 this evening Mr. Baddeley, the president, will be…

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Coal for Russia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 5

A Russian wireless message states that a contract to supply 300,000 tons of British coal was signed in London yesterday…

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The Coal Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 4

The fact that the coal output in New South Wales constituted a record, beating the previous one in 1913, affords not only evidence of a satisfactory…

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Industrial World South Coast Mines

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 7

The South Clifton and Coalc[?]ff collieries on the South Coast were idle yesterday owing to trouble with the lads…

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Victorian Brown Coal. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 4

Representatives of the Victorian Division of the Coal and Shale Federation interviewed Mr. Lawson, the State Premier, to-day, and asked that the men formerly…

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The Mount Morgan Mine. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 5

During the hearing of an application by the new Electrical Union nor the variation of an award for the electrical-engineering industry of Queensland to-day…

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