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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1921

2,096 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 105

Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 4

Wallsend Miners' Lodge met at Wallsend School of Arts on Tuesday evening, Mr. W. Capewell presiding. Correspondence was read from the…

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State Mine

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 2

Concerning the Cabinet's desire to expedite the work on the State coal property at Lithgow, an amazing feature of the whole business is that in…

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Victorian Coal Shortage. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 5

At the conclusion of the State Cabinet meeting to-day. Mr. Lawson, the Premier, said: "It has to be remembered that the Wonthaggi mine has been…

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Deep Mining on the Rand

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 6

In his presidential address to the South African Institution of Engineers, Mr. J. Whitehouse states that observations made at the Village Deep Mine show that the…

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Kalgoorlie Mining Dispute. Kalgoorlie

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 5

A meeting of the mining branch of the A.W.U. last night decided that the point in dispute between the management of the Horseshoe goldmine and the filter…

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Com Is the Key Romance of the Mines The Maitland Fields

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 3

While the controversy rases as to whether the coal miners produce more per man now than formerly, and shippers are agitated as to whether there…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 4

There was a general resumption of work at the northern collieries yesterday. Lambton B Colliery did not start owing to a local dispute…

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Coal Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 4

A commencement was made in Sydney yesterday with the annual meeting of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation…

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Waiting for Coal

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 4

There can be no doubt that regulations which necessitate a vessel waiting 104 days before it is able to secure a full coal cargo are not operating in the best interests of the port of Newcastle The oversea coal trade has always been carried on under difficulties. At one time…

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The Coal Stacks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 4

There remains less than seven thousand tons of coal of the immense stack that, since 1917, had become one of the landmarks of the Dyke, at Carrington. The…

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Killed in Mines Three Brothers' Fate Fatality at Bellbird

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 5

A miner, John William Rosa, aged 40 employed in Bellbird colliery, was killed yesterday afternoon by a runaway skip loaded with coal, while…

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British Coal Trade. Effect of the Strike. Prices and Wages

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 5

It would be an exhaustive task to estimate what the coal strike involved in material loss to the United Kingdom, but one or two facts relating to the effect of…

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Collieries' Staff

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 7

The collieries' staffs of the northern district will entertain Mr. Duncan M'Geachie, the retiring superintendent of the Caledonian Collieries, Ltd., at a dinner in…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 7

Conditions on the coalfields of the northern district are now described as being normal, with indications of constant work for some months to come. Production…

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Industrial Matters. State Coal Mine. Progress Not Satisfactory

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 7

As previously reported, the Government is not satisfied with the progress being made by the Railway Commissioners in the development of the State coal…

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Wallarah Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 7

A meeting of the Wallarah Miners' Lodge took place in the local hall at Catherine Hill Bay on Thursday night, Mr. J. Price presiding. A number of matters…

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Coal Dust

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 8

From the report of H.M. inspector of Mines in Great Britain for 1919, the following is taken:—"A large number of collieries have now laid down appliances for…

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Mining Department. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 7

The first annual meeting of the council of the mining department of the One Big Union, formerly the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation,…

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One Big Union. Miners and Transport Workers. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 7

A meeting of interstate delegates of various transport unions was held at the Trades Hall yesterday and to-day for the purpose of forming the Transport…

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Burwood Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 5

A conference will be held at the rooms of the Northern Collieries' Association in Newcastle this afternoon for the purpose of discussing the deficiency question,…

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