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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1921

2,096 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 43 of 105

Newcastle Warden's Court. Tuesday, May 31. (Before Mr. M. Longfield, Warden.) Proposed Mining Expenditure

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 June 1921 · page 9

In connection with the application of A. F. Hall, acting for James Moth Morris, for authority to enter portions 24 and 25, parish of Awaba, to mine for…

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South Greta Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 June 1921 · page 5

South Grata Colliery, which has been idle since Tuesday, will resume work this morning. This decision was arrived at by a largely-attended meeting of members,…

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South Teralba Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 June 1921 · page 5

After an idleness of between two and three months, the South Teralba Colliery, located on the Toronto railway line, has resumed work. The whole of the men…

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Teralba Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 June 1921 · page 5

The Northern Extended miners held a special meeting to discuss the notices given to a number of their members. Mr. Lewis, the district treasurer, was in…

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Coal Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 June 1921 · page 5

A meeting of the council of the Coal and Shale Workers' Federation has been convened for this afternoon in Sydney…

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Coal Industry Tribunal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 June 1921 · page 5

The Coal Industry Special Tribunal will sit in Newcastle early next week, in connection with a demand by the northern branch of the Australasian Coal and Shale…

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Miners and Compulsory Drill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 June 1921 · page 5

At a meeting of the South Waratah Miners' Lodge, held at the colliery, and attended by Mr. A. Lewis, district treasurer of the federation, the question of…

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The Coal Strike. Lloyd George Indignant. No Threat Made. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 June 1921 · page 5

Mr. Lloyd George, in a letter to Mr. Hodges, writes:—"I observe that you suggest that the Government on Saturday [?] to subject the miners to…

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Collieries Idle Early Adjustments Likely

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 June 1921 · page 6

Aberdare South and West Wallsend [?]olli[?]ries are idle owing to disputes having arisen. Mr. Lewis, treasurer of the Northern…

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King Coal Abdicates Oil As Fuel Rude Shock for Miners LONDON, June 1

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 June 1921 · page 1

While the ministers' executive councils are still passing resolutions against the Government's latest offer, there are unmistakable signs that the…

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Industrial World Colliery Troubles a Non-union Pit

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 June 1921 · page 6

At the quarterly meeting of the Maitland Electorate Labor Council, it was reported by the Muswellbrook branch that the Railway Commissioners were…

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Five Storeys [?] Miners' New Home Building "Second to None"

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 June 1921 · page 4

Some particulars of the extensive building project under consideration by the Northern Miners' Federation were given at last night's meeting of…

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Wonthaggi Coal Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1921 · page 4

There has been further trouble at the State coal mine at Wonthaggi, in Victoria. A set of trucks got away and were…

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Queensland Miners State Colliery to Close

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1921 · page 4

Mr. A. J. Jones, the Queensland Minister for Mines, has offered the miners employed at the Baralaba State Colliery, the option of hewing at tonnage rates or…

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Miners' Eye Disease

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1921 · page 4

For many years the actual cause of nystagmns, the eye disease which affects coal miners, was not understood. It has now been definitely…

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British Coal Crisis. the Facts Reviewed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1921 · page 3

Barclay's "Bank Review' of April states:—There have been very important and far-reaching developments in the coal question during the past month. We have…

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Waste of Energy Coal and Oil Supply Other Sources of Power

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 June 1921 · page 8

"Six months ago, when the country was on another crest of the coal dispute, Sir Robert Hadfield, writing in our columns, lamented the…

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"Painful Surprise" Cotton Industry Paralysed Sequel to Coal Strike London, Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 June 1921 · page 6

Negotiations in the cotton dispute resulted in a complete deadlock, and created a gulf between the masters and the operatives. The proposals…

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As Costly As the War. Disastrous Coal Strike Britain in the Toils Crisis in Cotton Industry

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 June 1921 · page 1

Negotiations in the cotton dispute have broken down and all the mills will stop at noon on Saturday. LONDON, Friday Night. The coal strike is now costing…

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Premier and the Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 June 1921 · page 5

The Prime Minister has replied to the miners executive that the Government has nothing further to purpose than its offer of May 27, and that the…

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