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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1922

2,088 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 67 of 105

Explosions in Coal Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 August 1922 · page 7

Some interesting views in regard to the prevention and limitation of explosions in coal mines are contained in an article by Mr. R. Mattckooich, of Queensland,…

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Industrial Matters. Coal Tribunal Stockton-borehole Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 August 1922 · page 4

The Coal Tribunal was occupied yesterday, at the Newcastle rooms of the Northern Collieries' Association, in hearing the claims of the Stockton-Borehole…

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Coal and Petroleum Chemical Relations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 August 1922 · page 6

The [?]ea that coat and petro[?] may have a common origin, and that petroleum is a product of the formation of coal is far from being new, and white there are…

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Workers' Hours Increased Output Mr. Murray on Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 26 August 1922 · page 3

Continuing his speech on the 48 hour week, Mr. D. Murray, M.L.A., said:— Up to 1908 the miners worked under…

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Forecasting Earthquakes. Importance of Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 August 1922 · page 7

To the miner this subject has a special interest (writes Mr. T. A. Rickard in the "Engineering and Mining Journal-Press"), because he is familiar…

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American Strikes. Many Collieries Resume. the Railway Difficulty. (Australian Cable Association.) New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 August 1922 · page 5

Senator Walsh has introduced a resolution in the Senate, authorising President Harding to take over the mines, and asking for a million dollar appropriation…

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Mining Shares London Sales LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 26 August 1922 · page 1

Yesterday's mining quotations were: British, buyer 25s, seller 27s 6d; Mount Elliott, unchanged. Sales—British, 25s, 6d, 26s 10d…

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American Strikes Stumbling-block Still Deadlock Reached Coal Famine Feared VANCOUVER

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 26 August 1922 · page 5

The question of seniority rights was again the stumbling block in the two-day conference between the Brotherwood heads and the…

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Canadian Mines' Agreement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 August 1922 · page 5

The Canadian Labour Department has announced that the coal miners and operators in Western Canada have signed an agreement by which the miners…

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Broken Hill Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 August 1922 · page 4

The total value of the products of eleven mines at Broken Hill from the time operations were commenced up to the end of last year, amounted to £150,764,256, and of…

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Industrial Matters. Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 August 1922 · page 4

A meeting of the Wallsend Miners' Lodge was held yesterday, at which a number of matters having relation to the resumption of work a fortnight ago were…

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Richmond Main Mine Still Idle

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 August 1922 · page 5

Richmond Main was idle again on Saturday, and is also idle to-day. A meeting of lodge members was to have been held yesterday morning,…

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Rescue Station Government Aid Sought Training Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 August 1922 · page 3

A project is on foot to include a rescue station for the Newcastle district in the new building for the Newcastle and District Ambulance. The…

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The American Strikes. Railway Difficulty. the Coal Commission (Australian Cable Association.) New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 August 1922 · page 5

The negotiations to end the railway strike have collapsed. The representatives of the companies flatly refused to restore their seniorship to the strikers…

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OPTIMISTIC! Pelaw Main Mine

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 August 1922 · page 5

Mr. Mat. Ternant, secretary of the Pelaw Main miners' lodge, says that though the mine was idle last week for two days, work was resumed on…

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Legislation Delayed Another Chance for Anthracite Mines America's Struggle for Coal Railwaymen's New Demand Vancouver

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 August 1922 · page 1

A message from Washington states that legislation, empowering President Harding to take over the anthracite mines, was sidetracked this week, because the belief prevails that the Penn[?] miners will soon follow the lead of the bituminous fields,…

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How Much Coal Is There?

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 August 1922 · page 3

In view of Germany's reluctant under taking to deliver 2,000,000 tons of coal monthly, it is interesting to consider just how the chief coal-producing countries…

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Industrial Matters. Miners' Federation. Meeting of Executive

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 August 1922 · page 4

A meeting of the northern executive of the Miners' Federation was held at the Newcastle office of the organisation yesterday, and occupied the whole of the…

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German Coal Shortage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 August 1922 · page 5

The collapse of the mark has brought to a standstill the importation of English coal. It is hoped that the adoption of an…

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Miners' Homes Sites at Ellalong

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 August 1922 · page 5

It is the intention of miners employed about Ellalong to select some residential sites at the new township which has been planned there. They…

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