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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1922

2,088 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 75 of 105

Light in Mines Conference Arranged

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 September 1922 · page 6

Mr. J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A., has been advised by the Premier's Department that a conference to deal with the question of lighting coal mines has been arranged for…

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Singleton Gold Cup Excellent Programme

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 September 1922 · page 2

Singleton Race Club has arranged a good programme for its Cup meeting on Saturday. October 28. The prize money amounts to £665. The…

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Enterprise Muzzled Insufficient Coal Waggons Inconvenient Precedent

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 September 1922 · page 3

It appears that any new coal mining enterprises in this district will not get a a supply of hopper waggons from the Railway Commissioners…

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Entombed for 23 Days Mine Tragedy Thirty Bodies Recovered VANCOUVER

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 September 1922 · page 5

The bodies of the majority of the 47 miners entombed 23 days ago in the Argonaut mine at Jackson, in California, were found to-day after a…

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Germany Finds Gold 10,000,000 Marks Paid Banker Visits England LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 September 1922 · page 5

Reuter's correspondent at Berlin states that Herr Haverstein, director of the Relehsbank, has returned from London after a conference with the…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 September 1922 · page 4

A number of collieries in the northern district are still idle from different causes. West Wallsend has not worked for over a month, nor has Pelton worked…

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Pelton Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 September 1922 · page 4

Mr. Lewis, district treasurer of the Miners' Federation, visited the Pelton Colliery on Tuesday, and had an interview with Mr. Hill, the manager, and Mr…

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Richmond Main Colliery Employees Fined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 September 1922 · page 7

The charges against the twenty employees of the Richmond Main Colliery who received their summonses last week for having on or about September 8, 1922,…

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Novel Coal-handling Plant

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 September 1922 · page 3

Engineering visitors to British ports have been struck with the great improvements made during recent years in the mechanical appliances for loading coal…

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Wallaroo Mines Case. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 September 1922 · page 4

In the Federal Arbitration Court, today, Mr. Justice Powers granted the application of the Wallaroo and Moonta Mining Company to employ men at the…

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Run Over by Car Miners' Officials Deaths Probable

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 September 1922 · page 5

Regret was expressed at the Trades Hall this morning when it became known that Messrs. T. Ball, president of the Broken Hill branch of the…

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The Coal Commission. Proprietors' Costs Paid. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 September 1922 · page 6

It was ascertained to-night that the costs of the colliery proprietors, incurred through representation before the coal industry Royal Commission in 1919,…

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Mining Disputes

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 September 1922 · page 5

The dispute at Abermain will form the subject of another conference, to be attended by members of Abermain Nos. 1 and 2, and Seaham Nos. 1 and…

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Queensland Coal Export. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 September 1922 · page 6

Steps are being taken by the Government to establish an expert trade in coal from the State mines at Styx River, Baralba, and Bowen River, and…

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Industrial Matters. Northern Miners. Many Grievances Existing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 September 1922 · page 4

There are a number of grievances existing at different collieries in the northern district, and it is the view of the miners that these should have prompt…

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Coal Fusion New Company Abermain and Seaham

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 September 1922 · page 5

Meetings of shareholders of Abermain Collieries, Ltd., and of Seaham Collieries, Ltd., were held in Sydney yesterday for the purpose of…

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Organise and Prepare Miners' Unrest Official Statement SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 September 1922 · page 5

It is officially stated by the Coal Miners Union executive that there in unrest ami resentment on the various coalfields…

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Miners' Meeting. West Wallsend Trouble Many Appeals Relief Pay Granted

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 September 1922 · page 4

A special combined miners meeting was held in the Oddfellows' Hall. West Wallsend, on wednesday, with Mr. F. Craig as chairman…

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Abermain-seaham Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 September 1922 · page 4

The scheme for the amalgamation of the Abermain Collieries, Ltd., with the Seaham Collieries, Ltd., was approved at meetings of the respective…

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Mining Explosives Increase in Price Tax on Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 23 September 1922 · page 8

The tax on miners' earnings owing to the increased cost of explosives led to the Government being questioned by Mr. Baddeley in Parliament. He…

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