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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1922

2,088 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 85 of 105

Queensland Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 October 1922 · page 7

Mr. C. Kilpatrick presided at the half-yearly meeting of the delegate board of the Queensland district of the Workers' Industrial Union of Australia (Mining…

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New Zealand Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 October 1922 · page 9

The Wellington correspondent of the Auckland "Herald," writing on the 13th instant, says:—"Considerable dissatisfaction is felt…

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Miners' Representatives' Reply

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 October 1922 · page 9

Mr. Baddeley said he desired to oppose the application. He did so because of the fact that if the proprietors were successful in obtaining a concession from…

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Price of Coal Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 October 1922 · page 7

Mr. W. J. Skelton asked the Premier in the Legislative Assembly this afternoon if it was a fact that coal contracts recently entered into by the Railway…

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Trawler Coal Contract Cancellation SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 October 1922 · page 4

At a meeting of the State Cabinet yesterday the question of the coal contract, made by the late management of the State trawlers with the…

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Coal Tribunal. Cancellation of Award Asked For. Trouble at Aberdare the Cause. the Matter Adjourned. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 October 1922 · page 9

In consequence of employees of the Caledonian Collieries refusing to obey the direction of the Chairman of the Coal Tribunal, to resume work. Mr. M'Donald…

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Organised Women What They Have Done HOW H.C.L. BECAME L.C.L. Coal by the Truck

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 October 1922 · page 6

Mrs. Andrew Glencross thinks that Government, control and high prices go hand in hand…

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Aberdare Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1922 · page 5

Work was resumed at the Aberdare an Aberdare Central Collieries yesterday morning. The Aberdare Extended and Aberdare South restarted work on…

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Ayrfield Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1922 · page 5

A conference was held at Ayrfield Colliery on Tuesday relative to the claim that the miners should have the privilege of stating when rib timbering was…

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Northern Extended Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1922 · page 5

The manager of the Northern Extended Colliery, Teralba, has notified the secretary of the miners' lodge that another six miners, two wheelers and two…

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Welsh Miners' Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1922 · page 5

A month's notices will be handed in by the miners in all the Welsh coalfields on Monday in consequence of trouble from the employment of non-union men…

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West Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1922 · page 5

At a meeting of the West Wallsend Miners' Lodge, held last night, consideration was given to the altered position which has arison as a result of the…

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Coal Tribunal. Chairman's Statement. Darg Must Cease. Mr. Willis Issues Warning. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1922 · page 4

Contending that the employees of the Richmond-Main Colliery are treating the Coal Tribunal in a contemptuous way, in not obeying the orders of the Tribunal…

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Two Mines Idle Aberdare Central and Pelaw Main Order to Cease Work Wheelers Worry About Machines

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 19 October 1922 · page 5

Aberdare Central miners ceased work again this morning. Mr. T. Hoare has received advice from a lodge official that the miners were ordered to cease work about 11, o'clock this morning. Pelaw Main is still [?] owing, it is stated, to the wheelers…

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Victorian State Coal Mine Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 October 1922 · page 5

Mr. Broome, the general manager of the State coal mine at Wonthaggi, to-day presented his annual report. This shows a net profit of £22,208 since…

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Kalingo Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 October 1922 · page 5

A conference was held at Kalingo Colliery yesterday concerning trouble arising out of the dismissal of a bricklayer's labourer. Mr. C. Jones,…

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West Wallsend Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 October 1922 · page 5

Respecting the dispute at the West Wallsend Colliery, Mr. T. Hoare, president of the federation, stated yesterday that he attended the meeting on the previous…

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Mine Electricians Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 October 1922 · page 5

By direction of the Minister for Mines, an examination for certificates of competency as mine electrician under the Coal Mines Regulation Act was held at…

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Miners' Earnings Northern Examples

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 October 1922 · page 5

At yesterday's sitting of the Coal Tribunal the claim for a reduction in miners' wages was continued. Mr. McDonald quoted the miners'…

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Stop-press Coal Tribunal

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 October 1922 · page 6

Before the Coal Tribunal in Sydney this morning, Mr. McDonald was quoting particulars of the earnings of Lambton miners…

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