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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1922

2,088 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 36 of 105

Land for Hospital Reservation for Coal

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 May 1922 · page 3

The Lands Department informed the committee of the Maitland District Hospital last meeting that the block of land adjoining the institution could…

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Labor Affiliation Miners' Position Question of Withdrawal

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 May 1922 · page 6

The Miners' Federation is considering the question of breaking away from the A.L.F., and a notice of motion to this effect is being submitted…

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Miners' Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 May 1922 · page 4

The executive of the Miners' Federation yesterday re-submitted to Sir Thomas Henley, Minister for Works, and Mr. Farrar, Minister for Labour, the…

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Colliery Idle Helensburgh

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 May 1922 · page 6

The Metropolitan colliery has been thrown idle through the miners refusing to work on account of a charge of victimisation against…

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Government Coal Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 May 1922 · page 6

Amongst the matters considered by Cabinet yesterday and announced by the Premier was the question of the Government coal stocks. The matter was…

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Lucknow Mine Ores Orange

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 May 1922 · page 6

Mr. Harper, Government geological surveyor, visited Lucknow goldfield for the express purpose of collecting data for a special confidential report on the South…

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Coal From Wales. New Zealand Importations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 May 1922 · page 4

Mr. Massey, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, recently delivered a speech in which he defined the policy of his Government in regard to railway administration…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 10

The monthly meeting of Wallsend Miners' Lodge was held at the Masonic Hall on Wednesday evening. Mr. T. O'Brien was voted to the chair, the…

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Restoring Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 5

In this no doubt we in Australia will do whatever is done in England. The other day the Chancellor of the Exchequer was asked in Parliament when…

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Melbourne's Coal Supplies

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 14

Now that the winter is upon us the old question as to whether Melbourne and its industries are ensured of sufficient coal supplies for the winter is being raised…

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Tin Mining in Malay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 6

The principal items of cost of tin delivered to the smelter at Penang or Singapore are labour, equipment, and supplies, fuel, transportation charges, and…

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Miners' Presidency Mr. Hoare's Appeal Address at Wallsend

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 6

One of the candidates for the district presidency of the Miners' Federation, Mr. Thomas Hoaro (South Seaham Lodge), who was also…

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Coal the Crux Industrial Position Big Fight Pending

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 8

No reduction in the living wage, no economy of Government, no removing of those fetters which the Labor regime clamped upon the industries of…

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British Miners Wages Decline Serious Trouble Feared LONDON, Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 6

Speaking on the mining estimates in the House of Commons, Labor members declared that serious trouble was brewing in the mining industry,…

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Steel Works Closure Last Mill Next Week Coal Costs Compared

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 6

The last of the mills in operation at the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's steel works at Port Waratah will probably close…

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Muriel Tank Gold Mount Boppy Interest Manager's Approval CANBELEGO

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 6

One of the latest developments in connection with the Muriel Tank gold find is the report that the Mount Boppy Company is seeking an option…

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Canbelego Rush 150 CLAIMS Gold at Muriel Tank NYNGAN

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 3

Nyngan is 60 miles from the scene of the gold discovery at Ca[?]elego, but it is stirred by the stories that are coming in from the fields out around…

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Entombed by Coal Miners' Terrible Ordeal

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 May 1922 · page 6

Two men who were buried for nearly 24 hours by a great fall in the Bargoed colliery, South Wales. had a thrilling escape from death. One of…

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Kidnapping Manager Riotous Scene at Colliery "You Must Pay"

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 May 1922 · page 6

Wild scenes which occurred at a colliery were described at a special court at Blackwood, near Pontypool (Wales), when 16 men were charged…

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Tin-mining at Malay Americans v. Australians SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 May 1922 · page 7

"There is virtually an American invasion taking place in the tin-mining, industry of Federated Malay Slates, and if the present depression continues, it is quite…

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