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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1921

2,096 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 52 of 105

South Maitland Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1921 · page 4

Mr. J. M. Baddeley, president of the federation, was occupied throughout yesterday in the Cessnock district on a number of matters affecting the miners…

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Northern Extended Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1921 · page 4

Northern Extended Colliery, Teralba, is shortening hands. Eleven have completed their notices, and seven more are to go…

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Colliery Employees. Senior Cadet Drills

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1921 · page 4

During last month, the executive of the Miners' Federation in the Northern district brought under the notice of the Department of Defence, through its…

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British Coal Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1921 · page 5

Six thousand miners at Wigan (Lancashire have rejected the settlement, and have instructed their delegates to vote against acceptance…

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Back to Business End of Coal Strike Commons Confirms Subsidy LONDON, Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 July 1921 · page 5

The House of Commons voted to continue the Government subsidy to the mining industry, without a divi-sion. Sir Robert Horne said that the…

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Industrial Matters. Northern Miners. the Coal Tribunal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 July 1921 · page 4

A conference of miners was held at the Newcastle Trades Hall on Saturday morning. All the lodges in the Newcastle district were represented, and Mr. D. Rees…

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Colliery Engine-drivers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 July 1921 · page 4

A meeting of the Colliery Engine-drivers' Association was held at the Newcastle Trades Hall on Saturday night. Mr. T. R. Scott presided. The meeting was…

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The Miners' Tribunal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 July 1921 · page 4

The complaint that is put forward on behalf of the miners that the Coal Tribunal is unable to give its attention to local difficulties with sufficient…

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Hartley Hill Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 July 1921 · page 5

A meeting will be held at Tunnel Mouth at 7 a.m. To-morrow. D. Officer will attend. W. CURRY, Secretary…

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The Coal Settlement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 July 1921 · page 5

At a meeting of the miners' executive, in view of the overwhelming vote favouring the acceptance of the Government's terms, the miners were instructed…

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Coal Struck Boring at Belmont

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 July 1921 · page 5

The bore that has been out down a little over a mile from Belmont station has struck coal. This fact is important for the district, as the…

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Broken Hill Mines. Cause of Decline

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 July 1921 · page 5

Interesting evidence on the position in regard to the mining industry was given by Mr. C. J. Emery, general manager of the British Broken Hill Proprietary…

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Colliery Officials

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1921 · page 6

There was a large attendance at Miss Chamberlain's rooms on Saturday evening for the first annual dinner of the United Collieries Staffs Associations, presided over by the…

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Wallarah Colliery. Stop-work Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1921 · page 4

A stop-work meeting of the Wallarah Miners' Lodge was held at Catherine Hill Bay yesterday. Mr. E. Gray presided. The meeting was addressed by Mr…

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South Maitland Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1921 · page 4

Mr. Baddeley, president of the Miners' Federation, will be occupied to-day at Cessnock on South Maitland matters…

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Industrial Matters. Coal Tribunals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1921 · page 4

Mr. W. Humble, formerly chief inspector of coal mines in New South Wales, supports the view of the miners, as expressed at a conference held in…

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Mine-fatality Fall of Stone Inquest on Miner

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 July 1921 · page 2

Mr. Charles Hibble, the district coroner, held an inquest yesterday into the death or William Adamthwaite a [?] miner, who was killed through the fall…

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Coal Embargo Control Extended Borehole and Teralba Affected "Disastrous" Government Action

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 July 1921 · page 5

Several local shipping agents were advised on Saturday morning that the Government control hitherto exercised on the Borehole seam and Teralba. This brings practically every colliery in the…

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Miners at Work Some Pits Damaged May Never Re-open LONDON, Monday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 July 1921 · page 1

Reports from the coalfields indicate[?] that the miners generally have resumed work, though only a limited number of coal-getters are able to…

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Wallsend Colliery

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 6 July 1921 · page 4

Following a period or idleness extending over three weeks, resulting from trouble due to the presence of water in the mine, a resumption of…

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