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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1924

2,178 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 109

Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 5

The Northern Collieries' Association report:—Duckenfield No. 2, Co-operative, Wallarah, and Northern Extended pits remain idle. Abermain No. 2 resumed…

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Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 4

The gold won in the State to the end of 1923 amounts to 14,892,722 ounces fine, valued at £63,260,440. The production for last year showed a further decline, the…

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Coal, Coke, and Shale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 4

Coal.—Notwithstanding the restricted output from the northern field owing to industrial troubles in the Maitland district, the quantity of coal wrought…

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Foundered in Pacific Mary Horlock Steamer's Coal and Cargo Shift Echo of Previous Disaster SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 5

Information received in Sydney states that the British steamer Mary Horlock has foundered in the Pacitic Occan in lat. 32 degrees north and long. 133 degrees west. The American freighter President Taft picked up the Mery…

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Industrial Matters Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 4

The report issued yesterday by the Northern Collieries' Association stated that Duckenfield No. 2, Co-operative, and Northern Extended pits were still on strike,…

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British Miners' Wages

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 5

A joint committee, consisting of representatives of the Mining Employers' Association and Miners' Federation, has again discussed the miners' wages…

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Tasmanian Mines. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 4

Mr. A. C. Willis, general secretary to the Miners' Federation, who left Sydney for Tasmania some days ago, returned to Sydney to-day. The purpose of his…

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Labor Ssembly Miners Promise Support

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 5

A meeting of the Teralba district miners' lodge was held in the School of Arts on Tuesday night, Mr. W. Heydon presided, and Mr. J. M. Buddeley M.L.A…

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Cheaper Than British Australian Coal Mr. McDonald Returns SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 5

Mr. C. M. McDonald, president of the Northern Collieries' Proprietors' ASsociation, returned by the Orsova yesterday, from a six months visit to…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 4

The Northern Collieries Association report: Duckenfield No. 2. Co-operative Cessnock, South Greta, and Northern Extended collieries remain idle. Wallarah,…

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Collieries Revolutionised Safer Working in the Mines Attitude of Employers Mr. Barnett Claims Substantiation

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 5

Mr. J. Barnett, check inspector of the South Maitland coalfields made an important statement to a "Sun" representative to-day. As the result of the aggregate…

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Miners' Wages

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 5

The Miners' Delegate Conference has decided that the owners' terms are inadequate and unacceptable. They urged the Government to pass the…

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Great Depth of Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 5

Mines continue to sink deeper, says "Science Siftings," quite a number having pricked the earth to more than a mile, though the St. John del Rey, in…

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British Miners General Strike Likely

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Night. The Coalminers' Federation conference rejected the owners' offer and…

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Industrial Matters Coal for Newcastle Proprietors' Objections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 4

The decision of the Commonwealth authorities to bring further cargoes of Welsh coal to Australia for naval purposes is viewed by Newcastle…

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Five Full Time Fortnight at Mines Pits' Operations

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 5

Only five collieries in the northern district worked full time during the past fortnight ended to-day. Full details or…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 March 1924 · page 4

Eleven days constituted full time a the Northern collieries for the fortnight. The long-continued dispute at Northern Extended accounted for the idleness of…

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British Miners' Vote

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 March 1924 · page 4

Publications received by this week's mail from London contain details of the Miners' Federation ballot on the question of giving three months' notice to…

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American Mine Explosions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 March 1924 · page 4

Mr. D. Harrington, who is quoted in the British technical press as one of America's foremost mining engineers, recently delivered an address to the…

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Boys Sacked Richmond Main Strike Miners Sympathetic Cessnock Still Idle

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 17 March 1924 · page 5

Trouble developed at Richmond Main mine this morning over the dismissal by the manager of two boys…

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