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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1921

2,096 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 105

Coal Loading Commissioners' Reply No Alteration Possible

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 5

Newcastle merchants say that it is impossible to load both cargo and bunkers with coal at the rate of 75 tons an hour…

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Aberdare Central Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 7

A meeting of miners was held in the Strand Theatre, Cessnock, yesterday. Mr. W. Mitchell presided. The object of the meeting was to hear the report in…

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Hebburn Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 7

A special meeting of the Hebburn Miners, Nos. 1 and 2, 'was held in Jenkins' Stadium on Thursday night for the purpose of hearing a report from the…

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Miners' Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 7

Mr. J. M. Baddeley, gneral president of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, will attend a combined meeting of the lodges in the South…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 7

There was a large attendance of miners at the combined lodge meeting held last night in Phelan's Picture Palace, Wallsend. Mr. D. Rees presided. The…

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The Coal Negotiations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 7

The position of the coal negotiations is improving. The Joint conferences resulted in a scheme which masters and men are now discussing separately…

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Coal Lumpers' Registration

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 7

The Coal Lumpers' Union, deregistered after the 1917 strike, has been granted re-registration…

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Industrial Matters. Broken Hill Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 7

Reference was made last night by Mr. Baddeley, president of the Minors' Federation, to the explanation of Mr. Kavanagh, Vice-President of the Legislative Council…

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Work of Miners Mr. Baddeley Protests Safeguards Desired

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 1

Referring to-day to the question of lack of work on the coalfields for 300 Broken Hill miners, Mr. J. Baddeley, president of the Coal and Shale…

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Barrier Miners' Compensation

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

Under the provisions of the Broken Hill Compensation Act, all workers who have not been employed at the mines since the passing of the Act, end who were not…

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British Coal Question. Decontrol Bill Passed. Miners' Proposals. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

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

The Coal Decontrol Bill was read a third time in the House of Commons at three o'clock in the morning, despite the Labour Party's attempts to postpone…

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Gold Stealing in West Australia

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

In Kalgoorlle the question of dealing with the gold-stealing "industry" still engages the attention of the mine managers of the field. The Chamber of Mines…

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Over the Coal Soldiers' Homes Land Fears of Subsidence

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 March 1921 · page 5

Nathaniel Joseph Clark, superintendent of the Caledontam Collieries was the first witness before the inquiry by the Commonwealth Parliamentary…

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Colliery Stoppages

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

A stoppage took place at the Glebe Colliery yesterday over some matter in connection with the wheelers. Through the instrumentally of the district officers,…

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British Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1921 · page 5

Addressing a mass meeting at Abertillery, Mr. John Hodge, M.P., said that if war wages came to an end on March 31 the miners should receive not only…

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Coal Tribunal

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

The Coal Tribunal will sit in Sydney on March 23…

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Miners and Unemployment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1921 · page 6

Sir,—I congratulate the officers of the Coal and Shale Federation on the stand they are taking up in regard to fetching over 300 unemployed to congest the…

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South Aberdare Wheeler Dismissed Colliery Idle

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 March 1921 · page 5

A stoppage has taken place at the South Aberdare Colliery, It is stated that a wheeler would not obey the instructions of the under…

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Industrial Matters. Broken Hill Miners. Sydney

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

Mr. Cann, the State Minister for Mines, said to-day that the Government had no intention of bringing unfit miners from Broken Hill to work in…

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Coal Mining Difficulty

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

Mr. John Hodge, M.P., speaking at Ebbetvale, admitted that the present wages were in excess of the price of coal, but suggested that the Government should…

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