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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1924

2,178 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 53 of 109

Industrial Matters Newcastle Coal Mining Operating Coastal Seams

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 July 1924 · page 9

The enormous development in the collieries operating the Greta seam, in the South Maitland district, has for the last twenty years somewhat overshadowed…

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Most Miners at Work Wallarah Shift Dispute

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 July 1924 · page 5

The whole of the mines on the South Maitland fields, with the exception of Stanford Merthyr are working to-day…

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Less Revenue Big Coal Shipments Imports Reduced

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 July 1924 · page 1

The revenue collected at the port of Newcastle for the half-year ended June 30, represented a big falling off. The total of £193,496 is 7d is…

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New Coal Lines [?]finished And Unnecessary Bullock Island Alleged Railway Waste

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 July 1924 · page 5

What is alleged to be a costly blunder on the part of the construction authorities of the Railway Department in Sydney has…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1924 · page 4

The Northern Collieries' Association reports: "Abermain No. 2 resumed operations yesterday morning, but Duckenfield No. 2. Pacific, and Wallsend pits…

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Bellbird Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1924 · page 5

Men using proto apparatus continued yesterday the work of consolidating that section of the mine which lies between No. 3 and No. 4 west…

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Burwood Extended Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1924 · page 4

A meeting of the members of the Burwood Extended Misers' Lodge, at which Mr. A. Lewis, district treasurer, attended, was hold at the pit head to hear…

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Fires in Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1924 · page 7

Sir,—I read with interest Mr. W. Humble's article on "Fires in Mines," and found a lot of information useful to me as a student of mining. There is one…

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Industrial Matters Coal Tribunal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1924 · page 4

The chairman of the Coal Tribunal stated yesterday that he had decided to summon a compulsory conference tinder he Industrial Peace Act in connection…

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Miners and A.l.p. Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1924 · page 6

Sir,—The first All Australian Trades Union Congress certainly carried a resolution in favour of granting affiliation to bona-fide working-class organisations…

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All at Work Busy Maitland Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 July 1924 · page 5

The whole of the mines on the Maitland field are busy producing coal to-day. Suppers are fervently hoping that…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 7

The Northern Collieries' Association reported yesterday that, owing to disputes, the following pits were idle:—Duckenfield No. 2, Pacific, and Wallsend…

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Bellbird Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 8

Yesterday morning the stopping, commenced on the previous day at the cut-through leading into the travelling' tunnel, was completed, and a start made…

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Industrial Matters Colliery Disputes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 7

Conferences were held yesterday at the Newcastle rooms of the Northern Collieries' Association in regard to matters affecting Shortland and…

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Wallarah Miners' Lodge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 7

A conference, to discuss the question of the abolition of the afternoon shift at the Wallarah Colliery was held at the proprietors' rooms. Mr. C. M…

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Northern Mines Busy

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 5

The whole of the South Maitland [?] are working again to-day, and the hoppers are fully engaged transporting coal to the m[?]halling yards at…

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Idle Miners New Zealand Dispute Detonators Supply Wellington (N.z.)

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 5

Seven mines are idle at O[?], and 800 men are out owing to a dispute over the men having to supply their own electric…

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Wonthaggi Coal Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 July 1924 · page 4

A meeting of the Wonthaggi (V.) coal miners decided to give the disputes committee power to deal with difficulties arising from day to day. During the…

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Wallarah Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 July 1924 · page 4

A special meeting of the Wallarah Miners' Lodge was held on Thursday, to hear the reports of the delegates to the conference in connection with the…

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Northern Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 July 1924 · page 4

The Northern Collieries' Association report that the position is unchanged at Pacific, Duckenfield No. 2, and Wallsend, these three pits remaining idle…

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