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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1923

2,174 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 109

Miners in Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 5

Three of the South Greta miners who went to gaol rather than pay a fine inflicted by Mr. Crane, P.M., were released from East Maitland gaol yesterday. Five…

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The Coal Output

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 5

"Le Petit Parision" states that while only 3000 tons of coal have up to now been diverted to Allied countries, it is hoped that the output will rapidly attain…

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Prospecting for Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 5

Preparations are being made by the Broken Hill Proprietary Company to put down a bore at a site near Teralba, known as the Green Water Hole, on…

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Overton Colliery New Company Muswellbrook Enterprise

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 8

The proprietors of the Overton Colliery have formed a limited liability company with headquarters at Muswellbrook…

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Fire in Coal Stack

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 5

A stack of small coal at the Northern Extended Colliery, Teralba, has caught fire. The management is making strenuous efforts to suppress the…

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Stop-press Coal for Germany

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 6

A Reuter cable states that Glasgow cool exporters have been deluged with German orders, and all available January supplies…

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Coal and Coke Shipping Union

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 5

Mr. W. J. Stanton has been elected secretary of the Carrington Coal and Coke Shipping Union…

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"Owners Can Afford" To Increase Miners' Wages Baddeley's Contention SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 7

That the colliery proprietors can well afford to increase miners' wages without any increase in the price of coal, was the contention…

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France and Germany. Economic War. French Commission. to Control Coal Export. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 5

The Reich Commissary for Coal has unexpectedly arrived at Essen. He had a long conference with the delegates of the Reparations Commission. The…

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Mark Falls to Pieces Coal Barons Before Court-martial Impudent Taxation Fraud Germany Appeals for British Intervention London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 1

The German mark has gone to pieces on the London money market. It was quoted to-day at 112,000 to the pound. "The Times" correspondent in Berlin learns that a confidential German mission is going to London, to request intervention in…

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Wonthaggi Coal Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 7

The dispute at the Victorian State coal mine, Wonthaggi, is unchanged. The State Cabinet has definitely refused to grant a special tribunal,…

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Colliery Mechanics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 7

Mr. J. E. Pendlebury presided over a meeting of the Colliery Mechanic Association at West Maitland. Mr. H. C. Morton, general secretary, reported on…

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Wallarah Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 7

At the adjourned meeting of the Wallarah Miners' Lodge, held in the Wallarah Hall, Catherine Hill Bay, consideration was given to the arrangement…

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South Greta Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 7

A "welcome home" was yesterday extended by the South Greta Miners Lodge and the citizen to the men who had been released from Maitland Gaol…

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Newfoundland Mines Close

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 5

A message from Sydney, Nova Scotia, reports that 2500 from miners are Idle, as the result of the closing of the Wabana Mines, Newfoundland, owing to…

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British Coal Boom

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 5

Glasgow reports that all the available expert coal for January has been booked for immediate shipment to Germany, and this boom has increased certain…

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Miners and May Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 7

Mr. T. Hoare, president of the northern branch of the Miners' Federation, yesterday that West Wallsend combined committee were making early…

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Deficiency Payment At Burwood Colliery SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 5

A compulsory conference convened by Mr. Hibble, chairman of the Coal Tribunal, yesterday afternoon, considered deficiency places at the…

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Northern Miners. Explosives and Ventilation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 2

Correspondence has passed between the northern executive of the Miners' "Federation and the Department of Mines, in regard to the alleged breaches of the…

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Industrial Matters. Burwood Colliery. Deficiency Payment. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 7

After the Coal Tribunal had adjourned this afternoon, a compulsory conference convened by the chairman, was held at the Commonwealth Bank Buildings in…

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