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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1921

2,096 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 25 of 105

The Coal Difficulty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1921 · page 5

The critical coal negotiations have entered upon a new phase. Sir Robert Horne, the president of the Board of Trade, has accepted the…

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Miners' Plunge "Waters of Revolution" The Only Hope LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 March 1921 · page 3

A Laborite considers that the miners' decision "to plunge into the waters of revolution" indicates the desperate extent to which the leaders…

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Wallarah Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 4

As a result of a dispute at the Wallarah Colliery, Catherine Hill Bay, the mine was idle yesterday. The quarterly meeting of Newcastle and…

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Wallsend Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 4

The Wallsend Colliery, which has been idle since Tuesday, will be idle again to-day. The cause of the trouble was a dispute over the fitness of a horse to…

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Teralba Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 4

A combined meeting of the lodges in the Teralba district was held last night, for the purpose of hearing Mr. Baddeley, president of the federation, on general…

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South Seaham Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 4

A stoppage of work took place at South Seaham Colliery yesterday. A meeting of the lodge was hold last night, at which Messrs. D. Rees and A. Lewis, executive…

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The Coal Crisis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 5

The executive of the Miners' Federation met Sir Robert Horne, the President of the Board of Trade, last night in a last effort to avert a stoppage of work…

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Morwell Brown Coal. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 4

After a conference which Messrs. Asquith and J. M'Vicars , representing the Victorian" branch of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, had with Mr…

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Austral Main Mine Suit in Equity

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 8

The suit of James Ralston against Mark Percival Button Christian. Andrew Adam, and Vivian Henry Edward Atock, trading as the Austral…

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New Industrial Fuel Powdered Brown Coal

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 3

Not very many years ago (writes Melbourne "Age") the idea of utilising Victoria's immense brown coal resources for industrial purposes was…

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Riverina Coal Wide Field Explored Coorabin Preparations

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 7

According to the Melbourne "Age," considerable interest is being manifested in the work that has been in progress in Southern Riverina for a…

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Mount Morgan Mine Proposed. Wages Seduction ROCKHAMPTON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 5

Delegates of the unions that met in conference with Mr. Boyd in reference to the Mount Morgan Company's proposal to reduce wages 20 per cent…

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Miners and Council Defining Positions O.B.U. POLICY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 8

A clearing or the ground leading to definite statements of agreement between the Newcastle Industrial Council and the Coal and Shale Employees'…

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Copper Mines Close 33,000 Operatives Idle VANCOUVER

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 1

Some 33,000 copper operatives are out of work because of the shutting down of the Anaconda and other great mines in the State of Montana…

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Coal Export Control of Trade Telegram to Mr. Hughes

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 5

The coal section of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce has reported to the council on the subject of the abolition of Federal control of the coal…

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The German Rising. Fighting Continues. Communists Occupy Mines. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 5

A message from Berlin says that two police officers and ton policemen were killed at Groebers while attempting to dislodge Communists, who used a…

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"National Crime" British Coal Crisis Futile Conference Menace of Triple Alliance London, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 1

The coal situation has suddenly taken a most serious turn. The conference with the Miners' Federation executive, which it was hoped was…

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Wallsend Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 7

A special meeting of Wallsend Miners' Lodge was held yesterday for the purpose of dealing with the wheelers' dispute, which has entailed the idleness of the…

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Dudley Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 7

Matters in dispute, at Dudley Colliery were considered at a conference of the employers and employees in Newcastle yesterday. Mr. A. Cant, representing the…

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Slackness of Trade Idle Miners Coal Board Constitution

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 5

That the coal miners are suffering in some cases from slackness of work was stated to-day by the president of the Coal and Shale Employees…

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