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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1922

2,088 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 45 of 105

Colliery Purchase Stockton Borehole SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 June 1922 · page 5

The high price of coal has been one of the difficulties in the B.H.P. Company's way for some time. The company has been negotiating for the…

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Wallsend Colliery Diggers' Preference Partial Resumption of Work

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 June 1922 · page 6

A meeting of Wallsend miners was asked this afternoon to accept or reject the terms offered by the management of Wallsend colliery for a…

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Central Greta Mine Still Idle Lodge Resents Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 June 1922 · page 6

The dispute ut Central Greta colliery, which took place on June 5, remains unsettled. Endeavors made by the mining department of the W.I.U.A…

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Wallsend Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 June 1922 · page 5

A special meeting of Wallsend Miners Lodge was held in Young's Hall, yesterday afternoon. There was a large attendance. Mr. W. Capewell presided, and…

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Coal Tribunal. Miners Seek Adjournment. Pending High Court Application Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 June 1922 · page 5

A meeting of the Coal Tribunal was held at the Commonwealth Bank buildings this afternoon. The miners' representatives applied for…

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British Coal Exports

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 June 1922 · page 8

Not the least satisfactory item in the encouraging Board of Trade figures for March in the marked improvement in coal exports (writes "Lloyd's Weekly…

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Coal "Dispute" Special Tribunal Adjournment Refused SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 June 1922 · page 5

At the meeting of the Coal industry Special Tribunal yesterday, held to consider the dispute in the coal industry, an application by the…

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To Learn Mining Men From London Gentlemen's Sons Wanted SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 June 1922 · page 6

Inspectors Fowler and Leary spent some time at police headquarters yesterday listening to statements made by detectives obtained from four…

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Mining Trouble Feared Extra Cost of Explosives Strange State Action Depot Moved From Newcastle

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 June 1922 · page 5

The price of explosives to miners on the northern field may be increased. If this is done, says Mr. Lewis, miners' treasurer, the probabilities are that serious trouble will take place in the northern…

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Coal Company's Profits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 June 1922 · page 6

The report and balance-sheet of the Scottish-Australian Mining Company, Limited, whose collieries are in this district, came to hand by the last mail from…

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Mining in Britain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 June 1922 · page 5

Sir Joseph Cook, in proposing success to the Institute of Mining Engineers at dinner at Sheffield, sold that coal morning was the key to Industry, and by it most…

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New Source of Coal. Developing Spitsbergen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 June 1922 · page 6

In the last few years much attention has been given to the resources or Spitsbergen, the Arctic archipelago of approximately the same size as Scotland…

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Czecho-slovak Coal. Production in 1921

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 June 1922 · page 6

According to the official figures, the Czecho-Slovak coal industry for 1921 was carried out in 372 mines, of which 139 produced pit coal, and lignite. The…

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£7312 Extra Explosives Prices Miners' Additional Tax

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 June 1922 · page 6

Referring to the proposed chance in the storage of powder from Newcastle to Sydney, and also the increased cost that would result owing…

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Wheeler Fined Breach of Mine Rules Custody of Horses

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 June 1922 · page 6

At the Newcastle Police Court this morning, John Taylor, a wheeler employed in Burwood colliery, was prosecuted by the manager, Mr. Frank…

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Council's Coal Reserves Sufficient for Three Months SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 June 1922 · page 5

Stocks of coal at present held by the electricity department of the City Council are sufficient for over three months' consumption. The contracts…

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Coal Tribunal. Proprietors' Case. Adjournment Until Friday Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 June 1922 · page 4

The Coal Tribunal resumed its sittings this morning at the Commonwealth Bank. At the previous sitting Mr. Hibble, the chairman, after formally rejecting the…

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Coal Controversy Arguments Before Tribunal High Court Application Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 June 1922 · page 6

Mr. C. Hibble, chairman of the Coal Industry Special Tribunal, at the close of the proceedings of the tribunal Yesterday, said that the question of…

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Seaham Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 June 1922 · page 4

Representations were recently made to the miners' executive to convene a conference of the Abermain Nos. 1 and 2 lodges and the Seaham Nos. 1 and 2…

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Wallsend Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 June 1922 · page 4

The position so far as the Wallsend Colliery is concerned remains unchanged. Negotiations are, however, still proceeding between the executive of the Miners'…

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