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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1922

2,088 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 82 of 105

"Sun's" Letter-box Baby Mines Waratah Man's Surprise

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 October 1922 · page 4

William McIlroy writes from Waratah in defence of "baby" mine owners:— Having read in the "Sun" the…

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"Everybody Doing It" Coal for the Railways Porter Gaoled Other Charges Fail

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 October 1922 · page 6

John H. Goulder and Joseph E, Goulder, carters, of Mayfield, were charged before Mr. Le Brun Brown, S.M., at Newcastle Police Court to-day…

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Aberdare Collieries Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 October 1922 · page 5

The three Aberdare collieries working on tonnage were idle yesterday, consequent on the refusal of the management to make up wheelers' tonage receipts to 17s…

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Colliery Mechanics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 October 1922 · page 5

Mr H. C Morton general secretary to the Colliery Mechanics' Association, has been advised by Messrs. Braye and Cohen, sollcitors, in the case of Munro v. the…

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Kalingo Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 October 1922 · page 5

The dispute at Kalingo colliery, following notice of dismissal given to a bricklayer's labourer, on the ground that he was incompetent, reached a further stage…

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Gold Miners' Wages. Rebuke to the Shearers. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 October 1922 · page 5

In the Federal Arbitration Court today, the Bendigo Amalgamated Gold-fields sought to vary the award against the mining section of the A.W.U…

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West Wallsend Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 October 1922 · page 5

Work was resumed at the West Wallsend colliery yesterday, and the matter in dispute was the subject of a conference. This was adjourned until to-day…

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Maitland District. Ayrfield Colliery Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 October 1922 · page 6

The inquiry into the death of Alexander Settler, who was fatally injured by a fall of coal in the Ayrfield colliery on October 4, was resumed at the West…

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EYE-TREATMENT Colliery Workmen Join In

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 October 1922 · page 4

Following the lead set by the miners and the colliery mechanics unions, the officials of the Colliery Workmen's Mutual protective…

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Levies Not Needed. Colliery Workmen Grants to Unemployed

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 October 1922 · page 3

One of the proudest boasts of the colliery workmen's Mutual protective Association is that it has been able to pay relief money to its unemployed…

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Miners' Wages New Zealand Reduction Wellington (N. Z.)

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 October 1922 · page 5

The Arbitration Court has ordered a reduction in the excess rates of remuneration of miners over and above the standard rates fixed by the awards…

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Gold Miners' Wages. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 October 1922 · page 6

In the Federal Arbitration Court to-day, Mr. Justice Powers continued the hearing of the application by the Bendigo Amalgamated Goldfields Company…

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New Colliery Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 October 1922 · page 6

The Millfield-Greta Collieries, Limited, has been registered with an authorised capital of £30,000, in 120 shares of £250 each. The company will trade as colliery…

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Coal Tribunal. Proprietors' Claims. Southern Miners to Resume Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 October 1922 · page 9

The Coal Tribunal met at the Commonwealth Offices this afternoon, when the miners' representatives took objection to the proprietors' claims for a…

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Wordy Warfare Coal Tribunal Arguments Wages and Lights Southern Mines Reopening SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 October 1922 · page 4

Proceeding opened at the sitting of Coal Tribunal yesterday by Mr. Hibbie, chairman, intimating that he would hear the claim of the coal…

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Not Worth Living Troubles of a Coal King Mr. John Brown's Viewpoint "Miners' Attempt to Rule Community" London, Tuesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 October 1922 · page 6

Mr. John Brown, the Newcastle colliery proprietor, in an interview with a representative of "The Sun," said that it would be an excellent idea to send a delegation of coal miners and mine owners to study English conditions. It would realise…

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Is It Settled? Coal Trouble To-Morrow Will Decide SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 October 1922 · page 5

The order of the chairman of the Coal Tribunal that the South Coast mines should be reopened at once, and that the men should…

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Aberdare Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 October 1922 · page 6

The Aberdare, Aberdare Central, and Aberdare Extended colleries are still idle, owing to the dispute with regard to the minimum daily wage not having…

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West Wallsend Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 October 1922 · page 6

The dispute et the West Wallsend colliery has been the subject of conference for the past three days, but finality has not yet been reached. The…

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Back to Work South Coast Miners Only Three Collieries Idle Full Resumption Expected SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 October 1922 · page 6

The dispute on the southern coalfields has ended, and the majority of the mines are now being worked. The whittles blew last night an an intimation that the owners were opening up the mines, and this morning the miners presented themselves for…

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