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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1921

2,096 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 33 of 105

British Coal Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 April 1921 · page 7

Representatives of the coal owners, the miners, and the Government again conferred yesterday. Sir Robert Horne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, presided in the…

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The Reichbank's Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 April 1921 · page 7

The Reparations Commission has sent a Note to the German Government, in view of the refusal to transfer the Reichsbanks gold to an occupied area,…

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Industrial Matters. Miners' Federation. Aggregate Meetings Arranged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 April 1921 · page 6

The proposal put forward by the Council of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation that May 1 in each year be recognised as Labour Day and…

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Coal "Black" Disturbing Element Railwaymen Suspended LONDON, Tuesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 April 1921 · page 1

While the general opinion is that there is now a glimmer of hope of a coal settlement owing to the new terms offered by the owners, an…

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South African Gold Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 April 1921 · page 7

Addressing the last annual meeting of the South African Chamber of Mines, Sir Evelyn Wallers said the relief afforded to the gold mining industry by the gold…

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State Coal Mines. Development in Queensland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 April 1921 · page 7

In the departmental review of coal mining operations in Queensland during 1920, there are interesting particulars of the developmental work of the State…

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Wallsend Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 April 1921 · page 4

A stoppage occurred at Wallsend [?] Pit yesterday, the miners returning home in consequence of the alleged refusal of the management to compensate a pair…

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Houses for Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 April 1921 · page 4

In reply to a question by a miners' delegate, Mr. W. Reece (Westport-Stockton Mining Company) stated at the coal conference in Wellington (N.Z.) that his…

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The Coal Strike. Conference Continued. Result Still Doubtful. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 April 1921 · page 5

The result of yesterday's conference between representatives of the coal owners, the miners, and the Government is very gloomy…

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Coal the Key Vital to the Community Railwaymen's Embargo "Attempt to Starve the Nation" London, Wednesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 April 1921 · page 1

The Railwaymen's Union executive has decided that the embargo on the bundling of coal will not apply to coal for hospitals, public utility purposes,…

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Coal-mining Disputes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 April 1921 · page 4

The request made to Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, for the establishment of local boards to deal with questions that arise from time to time in…

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West Wallsend Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 April 1921 · page 5

The four collieries at West Wallsend were idle on Wednesday, and the men knocked off early yesterday morning, owing to a resolution not to work on…

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Broken Hill Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 April 1921 · page 5

Mr. Cann, Minister for Mines, who has returned to Sydney after a visit to Broken Hill, states that arrangements have been made to send 300 miners…

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Miners' Aggregate Meetings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 April 1921 · page 5

In connection with the miners' aggregate meetings to be held in the northern district on Monday, arrangements have been completed. Mr. J. M. Baddeley,…

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The British Coal Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 April 1921 · page 6

Sir,—As an old miner I would like to ask what sort of leaders have the miners got in the old country that they cannot make some arrangement about wages. Why…

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Mining Conferences Teralba and Pelaw Main West Wallsend Pits

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 April 1921 · page 3

Conferences have been arranged by officials of the Miners' Federation relative to points at issue between the miners and the employers…

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The Coal Strike. Government Offer. Settlement Expected. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 April 1921 · page 5

The conference between representatives of the miners and mine owners was continued yesterday. Sir Robert Horne, on behalf of the…

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Another Deadlock Miners Reject Offer Government Subsidy Increased Lloyd George's Final Word London? Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 April 1921 · page 1

The miners have rejected Sir Robert Horne's offer and another deadlock has occurred. The Minister for Labor offered the miners uniform national reductions of 3[?], the Government to contribute half a million monthly during a trans[?]ional period of…

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Coal Mining Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 14

The New Zealand Mineowners' Association and the Miners' Federation met in conference at the end of last week, and after three meetings failed to come to…

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Wallarah Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 5

The miners brought their tools out of Wallarah Colliery, Catherine Hill Bay, on Monday, at the expiration of fourteen days' notice to terminate their…

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