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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1922

2,088 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 105

Miners Sent Home Look-out Claimed Kurri Coal Trouble

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 5

Pelaw Main miners were sent home to-day owing to trouble yesterday. The miners take is serious view of the position…

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Maitland Rosedale Colliery

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 5

The Railway Commissioners have informed Mr. O'Hearn, M.L.A., that they have given a further contract to the Rosedale Colliery. Mr. O'Hearn is…

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Morwell Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 4

Coal mining at Morwell, in Victoria, on a commercial scale will begin about May or June of this year, by Which time it is anticipated that the steam shovels,…

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Muswellbrook and Rosedale Miners Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 4

Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.P., to-day meds a statement regarding the Muswellbrook and Rosedale collieries. In regard to Muswellbrook, Mr…

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Miners' Decisions Combined Meeting Shotfirers Amalgamate

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 5

Mr. T. Provan presided over a combined miners' meeting held in the Oddfellows' Hall, West Wallsend, last night. There was a large muster of…

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Joyless Johannesburg No Mid-day Trams All lines Curtailed South African Coal Strike Johannesburg

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 1

Johannesburg is trainless in the, middle of the day. Considerable incorvenience is caused owing to the lack of power during the curtailed…

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Pelaw-main Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 5

When the Pelaw-Main Colliery employees arrived at the pit-head yesterday morning they discovered that the lamps were not ready for use, and that the…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 5

Mr. J. M. Baddeley, president of the northern district branch of the Miners’ Federation, will be present at the meeting of the Glebe Miners’ Lodge…

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American Coal Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 5

A message from Washington states that a general strike of soft coal miners is inevitable at the end of March, when the wage contracts expire…

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Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 4

The annual report of the Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company for the year ended December 31 showed a profit of £23,641. An interim dividend of 10s…

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Killingworth Mine Check Inspector's Report Ventilation Improved

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 5

A report by Messrs Iceton and Allen, check inspectors, upon killing-worth Colliers, states that the ventilation of the mine has improved since…

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"Yours in Unity" Vision of the Future Appeal to Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 5

Under the caption, Yours in "Unity," "Common Cause," the official organ of the Mining Department of the W.I.W.A., pleads for greater…

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Trouble Expected African Strike Use of "Black" Coal More Natives Go Johannesburg

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 1

Johannesburg is handicapped in the same way as yesterday. It is anticipated that essential services will cease to-morrow, and in the unlit towns the…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 January 1922 · page 4

Work of at the collieries of the Newcastle and South Maitland coalfields was fairly brisk for the fortnight ended on Saturday last, and full time of eleven days was…

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Miners Sent Home Lock-out Claimed Kurri Coal Trouble

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 January 1922 · page 2

Pelaw Main miners were sent home to-days owing to trouble yesterday. The miners take a serious view of the position…

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Maitland Rosedale Colliery

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 January 1922 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners have informed Mr. O'Hearn, M.L.A., that they have given a further contract to the Rosedale Colliery. Mr. OHearn is…

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Industrial Matters. Pelaw-main Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 January 1922 · page 4

The following statement has been made by the chairman of the Coal Industry Special Tribunal, regarding the situation which has arisen at the Pelaw-Main…

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South Coast Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 January 1922 · page 4

At a meeting of the Illawarra Miners' Delegate Board, held at Wollongong, the question of miners being compelled to work singly instead of in pairs in the…

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Queensland Silver Mine Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 January 1922 · page 5

The Mungana silver-lead mine, in the Chillagoe district, over which the Government has control for twelve months, with the option of purchase, is being…

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Ply for Hire Cessnock Miners' Cars

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 January 1922 · page 6

Miners at Cessnock are sometimes in the habit of using cars for hire in their spare time, and regular taxi drivers, who object to this asked the…

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