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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1921

2,096 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 68 of 105

Redhead Leases 10,000,000 Tons of Coal Enough for 45 Years Companies in Conflict

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 August 1921 · page 5

The hearing by the Newcastle mining warden, MR. Le Brun Brown, of the application of Edward Fallins, on behalf of Redhead Collieries, Ltd., for…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 August 1921 · page 3

There were seven collieries in the Newcastle field idle yesterday, owing to trade slackness, while several were idle in the South Maitland field owing to disputes…

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Rhondda Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 August 1921 · page 3

Rhondda Colliery has been idle for over a week owing to a dispute with the manager of the company and the employees with regard to the…

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Hebburn Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 August 1921 · page 3

The dispute at Hebburn No. 2 Colliery is still unsettled. The proposals emanating from the conference held in Newcastle on Saturday between the…

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Gunnedah-muswellbrook Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 August 1921 · page 3

Effort to induce the Government to secure the restoration to the Gunnedah and Muswellbrook Collieries of members of the Miners' Federation who…

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Redhead Mining Leases

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 August 1921 · page 3

The decision in the Warden's Court, upholding the objection of the New Redhead Estate and Coal Company to the granting by the Minister of the…

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Redhead Coal Leases. Warden's Decision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 August 1921 · page 3

Hearing was resumed at the Newcastle Warden's Court yesterday, before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, the warden, of four applications by the Redhead Collieries,…

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Falls of Coal Accidents at Seaham

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 August 1921 · page 3

Two miners were injured in Seaham No. 1 colliery yesterday through falls of coal in different parts of the mine…

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Miners' Utopia Homes Away from Work Remedy for Unrest London

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 August 1921 · page 4

A sort of miners' Utopia is recommended in the Ministry of Health committee's report in regard to housing in South Wales. Discontent and…

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Heavier Fine Next Time Jump From Train Miners Take a Risk

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 August 1921 · page 3

"If any more of these cases come before me I'll make the penalty very much heavier," stated Mr. Le Brun Brown, S.M., at the Newcastle Police…

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Colliery Engineers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 August 1921 · page 4

The Engineers' Coal Industry Special Tribunal, of which Mr. C. Hibble is the chairman, continued the hearing or the claims of the colliery engineers in…

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Aberdare Central Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 August 1921 · page 4

The chairman and members of the Coal Tribunal aid visa and inspect the Aberdare Central Colliery on September 2…

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Coal Tribunal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 August 1921 · page 4

A sitting of the Coal industry Special Tribunal will be held at the Wollongong Courthouse on Monday next, to finalise the south coast claims…

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Mines Idle Wheelers' Trouble

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 August 1921 · page 6

Trouble has again occurred at the collieries around West Wallsend. Yesterday West Wallsend pit was idle through trouble with the wheelers…

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Industrial Matters. the Miners' Log. General Claims to Proceed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 August 1921 · page 4

Mr. J. M. Baddeley, president of the Miners' Federated, returned to Newcastle from Melbourne last night. In repay to an inquiry as to whether…

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Coal Price Down British Trade Chemical Works Re-open LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 August 1921 · page 1

The price of domestic coal has been reduced 7s 6d a ton at Newcastle. One of the drat effects of the recent [?] of the [?] Bill is…

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Rhondda Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 August 1921 · page 4

The Rhondda Colliery is still idle. A meeting of the members of the lodge has been called for one o'clock to-day…

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Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 August 1921 · page 4

Although there were still a number of collieries idle yesterday owing to trade sickness, the position had during the two days improved, there being a greater…

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"A Myth" Coal Stoppages Mr. Lews in Reply

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 26 August 1921 · page 5

Replying to a statement by Mr. McDonald (secretary of the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association), which appeared in the Sydney…

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Loss of Foreign Coal Trade Mr. M'donald's Comments. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 August 1921 · page 5

The situation which has arisen in connection with the loss of Australia[?] foreign coal trade owing to sectional strikes at the collieries, was to-day the subject…

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