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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1921

2,096 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 69 of 105

Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1921 · page 4

Work at the collieries in the lower field showed a fairly substantial improvement this week on that of the corresponding period, although the days…

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Wallarah Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1921 · page 4

A meeting of the Wallarah Miners' Lodge was held at Catherine Hill Bay yesterday. Mr. E. Gray, chairman of the lodge, presided. Mr. Baddeley, president…

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Victorian Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1921 · page 4

Mr. W. Ramsay, a representative of the Victoria district of the Coal and Shale Workers' Federation, writes that the fact of the executive having received from Sir…

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Virginian Mining Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1921 · page 5

A message from Charlestown, West Virginia, states that the Governor has requested the War Department to rush a thousand troops to the State to meet 5000…

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Miners' Safety Lamps Check Inspector's Report

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1921 · page 4

The department of Mines recently supplied to the Miners' Federation a number of safety lamps of different makes with a view to ascertaining which…

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The Rumr Mining District

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1921 · page 12

An article in the "Hamburgische Correspondent" points out that now all the Ruhr mining companies have issued their annual reports for 1920, it is possible to…

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Industrial Matters. Miners' Federation. All-australian Congress

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1921 · page 4

The minutes of the All-Australian Labour Congress, held in Melbourne during June, have been under consideration by the lodges in the northern…

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Tragedy at Coal Point. Area Officer's Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1921 · page 5

The body of William Whipp Long, aged 38 years, military area officer, who lived in William-street, Singleton was found yesterday afternoon in the week-end place…

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Nine Days in Fortnight Distribution of Pit Work What Miners Want Proposal to Pool

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 27 August 1921 · page 6

That no coal he produced except within nine days a fortnight. This was the substance of a decision arrived at to-day by a meeting of representatives of miners' lodges. Lodge representatives, numbering 22,…

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Virginian Miners' Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 August 1921 · page 5

It is reported from Logan West Virginia, that posses of civilians armed with machine guns, are lying in the mountain passes awaiting an army of miners which…

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Coal Output and the Community

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 August 1921 · page 4

There seems to be a big quarrel developing on the point as to who is responsible for the failure of the coalmines to maintain a constant output. Some blame the coal embargo and others the sectional strikes on…

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One Shift a Month Lambton Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 August 1921 · page 4

Lambton miners are beginning to wonder when they are going to get any relief from the long spell of work less days. For a month now they have…

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Miners' Federation. Conference of Lodges. Limiting Working Period

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 August 1921 · page 4

A conference of the district lodges was held at the Trades Hall on Saturday. This had been convened by the executive of the Northern Branch of the Miners'…

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Proposed Coal Pool Not Easy of Attainment Nine Days' Scheme Inconsequential Business Men's Condemnation

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 August 1921 · page 6

"Bristling with difficulties." That is how the miners' suggestion to pool coal was referred to in Newcastle mining and shipping offices this…

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From Bad to Worse Capital Out of Famine Russia's Industrial Collapse Coal Production Failing London

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 August 1921 · page 1

"The Times" correspondent at Warsaw reports the receipt of advices from Moscow, which show that a silent denationalisation of commerce…

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Queensland Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1921 · page 5

Mr. Jones, the Queensland Minister for Mines, stated the other day that the output of the Styx Colliery, owned by the Government, was principally…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1921 · page 5

Work at the collieries in the lower field yesterday was considerably improved upon that of any other Monday for five or six weeks, this being due to a…

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British Coal Mining. Terms of Settlement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1921 · page 5

Although the ballot taken by the miners on the terms offered by the owners resulted in a majority against acceptance, states Barclay's Bank "Review,"…

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Northumberland Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1921 · page 5

The ventilation of Northumberland No. 2 Colliery is reported by the district check inspector to be in very good order, and other conditions are favourable…

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Industrial Matters. Pacific Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1921 · page 5

A large bathroom, containing 10 cubicles 6ft x 4ft, has been erected for the convenience of the employees at the Pacific colliery. "This," says Mr. J. Iceton,…

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