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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1923

2,174 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 41 of 109

New Seam Coal at Belford

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 May 1923 · page 6

A seam of coal has been discovered on Mr. Adams's property at Belford. Investigations are being…

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Building and Dancing How Miners Spend Time Coalfields Calm

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 May 1923 · page 6

The calm of the South Maitland coalfields remains undisturbed. It is regarded as an indication that a serious view of the situation is being…

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Industrial Matters. the Coal Difficulty Reply to Mr. Willis. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1923 · page 5

The statement issued by Mr. A. C. Willis, secretary to the Coal Federation, and published in to-day's "Newcastle Morning Herald," was replied to this…

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Coalfields News and Concerns More Coal Lands at Mount Vincent B.H.P. Prospecting

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 May 1923 · page 8

Some months ago, the Broken Hill Proprietary Company, Ltd., took up, on an application to enter to prospect for coal and shale, large blocks of…

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Will Coal Trouble Spread? Owners Terms Regarded as Challenge Shipping Already Affected Over 1000 Seamen Now Unemployed

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 May 1923 · page 6

Anxiety concerning the ultimate outcome of the mining dispute is general throughout the districts affected or likely to be affected, but no fresh developments were reported this morning. As far as the general public is concerned, it would be difficult to say…

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New Coal Mine Wollongong

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 May 1923 · page 4

The first output of coal from the new mine opened at Baigowrie, called the Mount Kembla (Extended) Mining Company, has been despatched…

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Waiting in Silence Coal Owners and Miners Conference To-day Intercessory Service for Justice

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 May 1923 · page 5

In view of the meeting or the coal owners to-day and or the council of the Miners' Federation to-morrow neither side was prepared to say anything on the coat situation this morning but there are still no outward signs of excitement in Newcastle. There is,…

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The Coal Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 May 1923 · page 4

Meetings of representatives of the colliery proprietors and of the miners are to be held respectively to-day and to-morrow, and the situation will be…

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Royal Gold Plate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 May 1923 · page 4

The plate at Windsor is valued at nearly £2,000,000. It includes a gold service, ordered by George IV., for 140 persons, and one of the finest wine-coolers in the…

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Southern Miners' Views. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 May 1923 · page 4

The members of the Miners' Federation employed on the South Coast express the opinion that if some of the clauses insisted on by the proprietors in…

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Coal-lumper Shot Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 May 1923 · page 6

On Saturday night Percy Dalton, aged 36 years, a coal-lumper, who resides in Hill-street. Surry Hills, was admitted to Sydney Hospital with a bullet wound…

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Industrial Matters. Northern Miners. Nationalist Intrusion Rejected

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 May 1923 · page 4

The dispute in regard to the South Maitland Collieries will, it is expected, be carried a step further at the adjourned conference in Sydney…

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Miners' Trains Deputation from Redhead Belmont Line New morning Service

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 May 1923 · page 5

The railway wants of minera employed at the pits on the Belmont line were detailed this morning by a deputation representing the men…

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Northern Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1923 · page 4

Messrs. T. Hoare, president, A. Lewis treasurer, and W. Brennan secretary, accompanied by Mr. J. M. Baddeley, M.P., the representative of the Northern…

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Miners' Trains

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1923 · page 4

A deputation of Newcastle miners was introduced to Mr. Prentice, acting district superintendent of railways, yesterday, by Mr. J. M. Baddeley, M.P., the…

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Oil and Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1923 · page 4

Despite the facts that the world's shipping trade continues to be far less in volume than before the war and that a large number of vessels are…

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No Backing Down Will Mines Dispute Extend ? Non-unionist Possibilities Coal Owners Stand Together SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 May 1923 · page 5

"The coal mines will be thrown open for work as noon as the miners agree to tho owners' terms. Otherwise, work for the unionists in hopeless." This is what Mr. McDonald, secretary of the Northern Colliery…

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Southern Mines Resume. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1923 · page 4

Mr. T. Morgan, assistant secretary of the Southern Colliery Proprietors, stated to-day that advice had been received that all the idle collieries on the South Coasts…

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The Mining Situation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1923 · page 3

Sir,—The intrusion of Messrs. Cromarty and Weaver, Ms.P., into the dispute by addressing public meetings on the subject at the present delicate…

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Wonthaggi Mine Dispute. Width of Bord Determined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1923 · page 4

Some months ago a dispute occurred at the State coal mine, Wonthaggi, regarding the width of bord and longwall hand-mining. The parties to the dispute…

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