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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1921

2,096 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 27 of 105

Russian Congress Miners' Attitude May Send Delegate

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 6 April 1921 · page 5

That a representative of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation may be sent to Russia to attend an international industrial conference was…

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Industrial World Mount Morgan Mine Question of Wages

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 6 April 1921 · page 2

In the Industrial Court in Brisbane yesterday, the. Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company asked to withdraw its application for the consolidation…

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World Prices and Gold. General Decline Forecasted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 April 1921 · page 4

Interesting details as to the relations of world prices of commodities and international trade with the value, or price, of gold, were submitted by…

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Coal Crisis Debate in Commons Premier Avoids Argument LONDON, Tuesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 6 April 1921 · page 5

In the House of Commons, Mr. Lloyd George, replying to a debate on the coal question, avoided a controversy, but again stated the…

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The Coal Crisis. Labour Leaders' Efforts. to Avoid Its Spread. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 April 1921 · page 7

The coal situation is increasingly threatening. The latest evidence of danger is that the executive of the Transport. Workers'…

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The Black Pits of Scotland Ruthless Flooding of Mines Piped on to Self=destruction. Triple Alliance Taken to Task Sturdy Labor Leaders Stand Aloof London, Tuesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 6 April 1921 · page 1

Skirling bagpipes head the marches or Scottish miners, who are the most determined and most ruthless of all the strikers in forcing the absolute…

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Mt. Vincent Colliery New Company Formed Mine Near Awaba

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 4

The Newcastle-Mount Vincent Colliery, Ltd., has been registered with A capital value of £150,000, divided into' 150.000 shares of £1 each. For…

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South Teralba Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 4

Operations at the small South Teralba Colliery have been suspended for the past six weeks, but repairs and the providing of waggons are going on. There is no…

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Seaham No. 2 Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 4

A conference has been arranged between the executive of the Miners' Federation and Mr. Gibson, the manager of Seaham No. 2 Colliery, when a matter in dispute…

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Industrial Matters Hebburn Colliery Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 4

Hebburn Colliery was idle yesterday owing to the company having taken into employment as a shot-firer a workman who had previously been employed at the…

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The Coal Strike. Miners Stop Pumping. Furnaces Put Out. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 5

There is an increasingly ugly temper, especially among the younger miners. The pumps in the naval collieries at Pen-y-Craig have been abandoned, and…

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Stacked Coal. Danger of Combustion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 5

The deterioration of stacked coal, and the danger of its spontaneous combustion are questions which have exercised the minds of engineers for many years (says…

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Miners' Strike Fresh Negotiations Lloyd George's Request LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 5

It in officially announced that Mr. Lloyd George has written to the president of the Coal Association, and the secretary of the…

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Triple Alliance Transport Workers Join Miners Lloyd George's Grave Announcement "Negotiations Impossible" London, Wednesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 1

The Transport Workers' Conference to-day decided to support the miners and immediately to negotiate with the railwaymen and miners with a view to the Triple Alliance taking action. The Premier (Mr. Lloyd George) announced in the House of Commons that…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 4

The collieries In the northern district ore working well, and the individual stoppages have during the week been fewer than for some time. Three large collieries…

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Colliery Engineers New Tribunal

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 4

The Federal Government has appointed a special tribunal, to be known as the Engineers' (Coal Industry) Special Tribunal, to deal with industrial…

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British Coal Strike. Lloyd George's Offer. Resumption of Pumping. Refused by the Miners. Miners to Meet Premier. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 5

Mr. Lloyd George, the Prime Minister, wrote to the Mineowners' Association and the Miners' Federation, suggesting the desirableness of resuming negotiations, and…

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Mute Sufferers in Coal Strike

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 1

After refusing to allow many of the pit ponies to be brought to the sur[?]fact the striking British miners have at last agreed that the ponies shall not be left below, public protests against their previous callousness having prevailed. The picture shows the removal of the ponies during the last strike. These ponies have been underground for six, years.—"Daily Mirror" photo…

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Dirt Fines Miners' Objection Wonthaggi Trouble

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 4

Advice has been received by the executive of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation that trouble has arisen at the Wonthaggi State coal…

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£1 a Ton Drop Coal Charter Hudson Maru's Loss

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 5

A charter just completed in Newcastle Illustrates the world-wide drop in freights. The Japanese freighter Hudson…

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