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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1923

2,174 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 78 of 109

Colliery Mechanics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 September 1923 · page 5

A conference was held at Lithgow, on Tuesday, in reference to a notice of fourteen days served on a number of miners and mechanics by the Oakey…

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Cardiff-borehole Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 September 1923 · page 5

The Cardiff-Borehole case came on for hearing before Mr. Hibble, the chairman of the Commonwealth Coal Tribunal, at the Newcastle rooms of the Northern…

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Mine Owners Give £2500

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 September 1923 · page 5

The Northern Collieries Proprietors' Association will give £2000, and the Southern Collieries Proprietors' Association £500 to the Bellbird relief…

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Mine Owners Give £2500. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 September 1923 · page 5

Mr. C. M. M'Donald, secretary of the Northern Collieries' Association, stated to-day that the northern and southern proprietors' had decided to subscribe…

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"Hands Off Funds!" "Safety," or "No Coal!"

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 September 1923 · page 6

At a conference of delegates from every miners lodge on the South Maitland coalfields, at the Royal Oak Hotel. Cessnock, on Saturday afternoon. It was decided to…

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Industrial Matters West Wallsend Miners Statement by Mr. Lewis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 September 1923 · page 6

The West Wallsend Collery will be closed down at the end of the week. Referring to the position that will present itself then, when the mine will cose…

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Mine Rescue Stations "Important as Wireless" English Example Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 September 1923 · page 6

The proposals of the Colliery Employees' Federation that the inquiry into the cause of the Bellbird disaster should extend further, and include the…

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Hope for Bellbird Miners Sinking an Airshaft Work for Fifty Men Ultimate Re-employment for All

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 September 1923 · page 6

There is more than a possibility that most of the men thrown out of work by the Bellbird mining disaster may be found work before very long in the new tunnels at the same colliery. It is believed that when the new air shaft has been sunk the new…

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Abermain Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 September 1923 · page 8

Mr. Justice Edmunds who was appointed to arbitrate in the dispute at the Abermain No. 1 Colliery will resume the inquiry into the claims…

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Burwood Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 September 1923 · page 8

The question of payment for deficiency places in the Bur wood Colliery was considered yesterday by the chairman of the Coal Tribunal, at the…

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Industrial Matters West Wallsend Colliery. Deputation to Premier. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 September 1923 · page 8

Messrs. Baddeley, Murray, and Connell Ms.P., have arranged with the Premier to receive a deputation at Parliament House on Thursday…

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Lighting of Mines. Trouble at Scarborough. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 September 1923 · page 8

Mr. Davies moved the adjournment of the House this afternoon to discuss "the defective lamps at the Scarborough mine." He said there were generally 300…

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Items of Interest to Hamilton Belmont Railway Mine Rescue Work United States Activity Training Men to Give First Aid Department's Profit Company States Its Case

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 September 1923 · page 8

"This is to certify that—has been trained in the use of mine rescue apparatus at the Government Mine Rescue station at—, during which training he performed hard labor within a evidence filled with noxious and irrespirable gasts, and The agitation for a better service on the Newcastle-Belmont line in marked by a petition to the Railway Commissioners now being signed by…

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Richmond Main Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 September 1923 · page 4

A stoppage took place at Richmond Main Colliery owing, it is alleged, to a clipper not observing the instructions given by a deputy of that…

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Miners' Nystagmus

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 September 1923 · page 4

The question of nystagmus was brought before the annual conference of the Miners' Federation, which assembled at Folkestone in the latter part of July…

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Safety in Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 September 1923 · page 4

In the course of his presidential address to the annual conference of the British Miners' Federation, which was held at Folkestone in June, Mr. Herbert Smith…

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Coal Shipping Union

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 September 1923 · page 4

At the monthly meeting of the Carrington Coal and Coke Shipping Union. Mr. L. Kelly the president made reference to the disaster at the Bellbird…

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American Coal Export

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 September 1923 · page 4

During the first half of 1922 the coalowners of the United Kingdom were able to practically exclude the United States from the European trade. Conditions…

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African Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 September 1923 · page 5

A message from Capetown states that mining and industrial circles on the Rand are perturbed by the threat of another mine strike…

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Coal Trade of India

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 September 1923 · page 4

According to recent advices, the Indian coal trade, especially that of the Bombay field, is seriously depressed owing to the competition of the South African…

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