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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1922

2,088 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 78 of 105

Miners and Nystagmus. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 September 1922 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly this afternoon Mr. Davies asked the Minister [?] Mines if he was aware that there had be a very serious increase in miners'…

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State Coal Reserves Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 September 1922 · page 5

Although the stacks of coal usually held by the Government to cope with any emergency have been considerably reduced during the last year or so,…

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Industrial Matters. Northern Miners To-day's Meetings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 September 1922 · page 4

Combined meetings of the miners employed at the seven collieries of the Calodonian Company will be held to-day at Cessnock, Killingworth (West Wallsend),…

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South Coast Ultimatums Miners' Bid For Union Support SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 September 1922 · page 5

The coal miners declare that they have been promised big support, and this is borne out by the fact that at yesterday's meeting of the Council of…

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Miners Clear the Way Darg Lifted for Week Westvy Case before Tribunal Decision of Aggregate Meetings

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 September 1922 · page 5

The fear that the dispute over three officials in the West Wallsend mine, which has resulted in the darg in all the Caledonian collieries in the district, would spread into a general strike, was alleviated this morning…

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Coal Strike Situation Easier Struck by Lightning Italian Explosives Depot Portress Blown Up London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 September 1922 · page 5

Reuter's correspondent at Spezzin, in Italy, states that the fortress at Falconers, midway between Muggiano and Portonsola, used as an…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 6

A number of the collieries in the northern district have been losing time owing to "local" grievances. A meeting of the Northern Extended…

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Queensland State Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 3

At the Bowen State coal mine the development work necessary to provide for the output that will be required on the completion of the railway to the field has…

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Colliery Mechanics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 6

A combined meeting of the Wallsend district members of the Colliery Mechanics' Mutual Protective Association has been convened to consider the question…

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Colliery Deputies' Award

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 6

On the application of the Colliery Officials' Association of the South Maitland coalfield, Judge Beeby has ordered the following addition, as a new clause, to…

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Richmond-main Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 6

Mr. Thomas Armstrong, manager for J. and A. Brown, Newcastle, owners of the Richmond-Main Colliery, writes: "It is not the practice of my firm to rush…

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Miners' Lamps

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 4

Investigations carried out in Great Britain have established the fact that miners' eye disease is caused by defective light. Prevention, therefore,…

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Old King Coal the Northern Field Lambton and Newcastle A and B Pits Lambton Colliery

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 7

The Lambton colliery is Owned by the Scottish Australian Coal Mining Co., Ltd. The holding is 1772 acres of freehold. The company was formed…

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Industrial Matters. Caledonian Collieries. Question of the Darg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 5

The question of whether the "darg" should be lifted from the collieries owned by the Caledonian Collieries, Limited, in the northern district, was considered…

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Institution of Engineers. Coal-washing Methods

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 7

At the fifth general meeting of the 1922 session of the Institution of Engineers, Newcastle division, held at the Chamber of Commerce rooms,…

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South Coast Mines No Agreement. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 5

A conference between representatives of the Southern Colliery Proprietors' Association and the Miners' Federation was held at the offices of the former…

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Liner Puts Back Fears Coal Strike Capetown Supplies CAPETOWN

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 5

The liner Bendigo sailed yesterday for Australia, put buck to-day on receiving news of the likelihood of an Australian coal strike, and is taking…

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Northern Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 October 1922 · page 4

The executive of the Northern Miners' Federation anticipate a that the whole of the collieries will be at work to-day. In these are included the Caledonian…

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Northern Extended Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 October 1922 · page 4

The Northern Extended miners held a meeting at Teralba yesterday. Mr. Heydon in the chair. A deputation which waited on the under-manager,…

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Colliery Deputies Annual Holidays Variation of Award

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 2 October 1922 · page 6

The following clause has been added to the colliery deputies' award regarding the Maitland coal field:— Each deputy shall be entitled to…

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