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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1922

2,088 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 72 of 105

Day's Break Seaham No. 2 Mine

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 September 1922 · page 5

Seaham No. 2 colliery was idle yesterday, through trouble with wheelers, it appears that two of the lads were impressed with the belief that…

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Ambulance Money Miners Make a Levy

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 September 1922 · page 5

Mr. Thomas Provan presided over the monthly meeting of the Seaham No. 3 minors' lodge last night, when it was decided to comply with the request from…

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Industrial Matters. Cardiff-borehole Mine No Settlement Effected

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1922 · page 4

A conference was held yesterday at the offices of the Cardiff Borehole Colliery, Company, on the question of starting work. There were present for the…

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The Coal Tribunal. South Coast Claims. High Court Proceedings Injunction Upheld. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1922 · page 5

The question of the competency of the Coal Tribunal to hear the South Coast miners' claims came up before the High Court to-day, in the form of an…

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To Improve Coal Traffic Another Railway Loop Work at Port Waratah Feeding Cranes From Two "Nests"

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 September 1922 · page 6

While the people of Newcastle are clamoring for electric trains and a new railway station, the Railway Commissioners are going on in their own way to look after the district. They are building a balloon loop at Port Waratah to relieve the…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 September 1922 · page 5

The aggregate meeting of the West Wallsend, Killingworth, and Waratah Miners' Lodges will be held on the Wallsend Park this morning, and not…

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Seaham No. 2 Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 September 1922 · page 5

Seaham No. 2 Colliery has been laid idle this week, owing to trouble among the wheelers, arising out of what they claim as putting one wheeler on the…

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Coal Prices

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 September 1922 · page 5

Mr. F. C. Mallott, General manager of the Central Coal and Shiping Affeney (Sydney) stated yesterday that the latest advices from…

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West Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 September 1922 · page 2

At the last meeting of the West Wallsend Miners' Lodge, the following notices of motion, with attached notes, were passed to be sent to the executive to be…

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"Water Level" Filling Only Miners' Intervention in Westy Dispute New Order for Caledonian Collieries Decision of Aggregate Meeting

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 September 1922 · page 6

Between 500 and 000 miners from West Wallsend, Killingworth and South Warantah collieries assembled at Wallsend today, at an aggregate meeting to decide upon a plan for assisting the West Wallsend miners, who are idle owing to the gas and dust…

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A Coal Item

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 September 1922 · page 4

Quite a number of the influential have said that a characteristic of young countries is to learn what others are saying of them. Would that the list…

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Queensland Miners Meet. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 September 1922 · page 5

At a largely attended meeting or miners at Ipswich, to-day, the situation in the coal mining industry was discussed. Subsequently it was learned that the…

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Industrial Matters. Cardiff-borehole Mine Manager's Statement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 September 1922 · page 5

Mr. W. Lawson, the manager of the Cardiff-Borehole Colliery, yesterday made the following statement in connection with the dispute, as a result of…

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Not Enough Waggons Transport of Coal Department's Lack

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 September 1922 · page 6

The demand for hopper waggons is in excess of the supply, and it is not practicable to deal with applications from additional collieries for their…

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Wily Chinee Gold for East Ingenious Smuggling SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 September 1922 · page 5

Ingenious devices were employed by the Chinese to smuggle gold to the East by the steamer St. Albana to-day. The Customs men were very careful in their…

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CITY EDITION—Last Minute News Westy Coal Carter's Hard Luck' Light Punishment

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 September 1922 · page 6

Before Mr. Le Brun Brown, S.M., at West Wallsend, Arthur William Cherry was charged with stealing coal, the property of the Caledonian…

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Miners Back to Work Five Months' Strike Ends New Wages Scale Pennsylvania Resumption VANCOUVER

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 September 1922 · page 1

Anthracite miners to the number of 150,000 in Pennsylvania resumed work yesterday, after having been on strike since April…

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The American Strikes. Charge Against Strikers. Coal Famine Feared (Australian Cable Association.) New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 September 1922 · page 5

A message from Chicago states that Mr. Dougherty, the Federal Atorney-General, has presented a petition asking that the temporary injunction granted…

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West Wallsend Dispute. Other Mines Involved

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 September 1922 · page 5

The dispute at West Wallsend Colliery was the subject or consideration by a mass meeting of the miners employed at West Wallsend, Killingworth, and South…

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Mining Situation. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 September 1922 · page 5

Following on the decision of the High Court, restraining the Coal Tribunal from dealing with the south coast miners' claims, the position in regard to the coal…

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