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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1924

2,178 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 56 of 109

Southern Miners Assisting Butchers WOLLONGONG

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 July 1924 · page 7

The Miners Delegate Board had before it a letter from a member of the Meat industry Employees Union, setting out the treatment be[?] mo[?]…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 July 1924 · page 6

Full time of eleven days was put in at sixteen of the collieries of the Newcastle and South Maitland coalfield for the fortnight ended on Saturday last. The…

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Industrial Matters Killingworth Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 July 1924 · page 6

Mr. J. W. Iceton, district check inspector, in a report furnished to the northern executive of the Miners' Federation regarding an inspection of…

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Queensland Coal Output

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 July 1924 · page 6

The official returns of the coal output of Queensland for the half year have not yet been fully received by the Mines Department, but it is known that generally,…

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Colliery Explosions Causes and Prevention No. Ii

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 July 1924 · page 7

The six cases quoted in the preceding article furnished irrefutable evidence that if safety lamps had been in use, with their attendant discipline, the…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1924 · page 5

The Northern Collieries' Association reported yesterday: "Pacitic, Duckenfield No. 2, Abermain No. 2, Wallsend, Rothbury, Bellbird, and Seaham No. 2…

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Pelton Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1924 · page 5

Mr. H. Sutherland, State organiser of the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Union, was advised yesterday by the general secretary of that…

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Bellbird Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1924 · page 4

Shiftmen and a special squad without the proto apparatus, were busy all day yesterday in making preparations for the next advance…

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Wireless in Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1924 · page 4

The practical value of wireless is making itself apparent in many ways. Experts and experimenters have been turning its uses to numerous services…

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Wanted, a Road Transporting Coal

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 July 1924 · page 4

The proprietors of the Belmont colliery, having found a market for their coal in Newcastle, resolved to have a road made on which motor…

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Industrial Matters Northern Miners. Meeting of Delegates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1924 · page 5

The representatives of the various group committees appointed from the northern branch of the Miners' Federation was held at the Trades Hall…

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Miners Agreeable Seaham Manager's Assurance Work to Resume

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 July 1924 · page 5

seaham No. 2 miners held a meeting in the Oddfellows' Hall, West Wailsc[?] and discussed the stoppage of work at the mine. It was…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 July 1924 · page 9

The Northern Collieries' Association reported yesterday: "The following pits remain idle, owing to industrial disputes: Pacific, Abermain No. 2, Duckenfield No…

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Nationalisation of Coal Mines Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 July 1924 · page 9

In the Legislative Assembly this afternoon, Mr. W. Davies, M.P., gave notice of the following motion: "That, in the opinion of this House the present…

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Bellbird Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 July 1924 · page 6

Good progress was made yesterday with the work of clearing up the last section of the colliery which was recovered in the last advance. Its…

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Abermain Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 July 1924 · page 9

Mr. A. Lewis, the district treasurer of the Miners' Federation, stated yesterday, in reference to the matter in dispute at Abermain No. 1 Colliery, and…

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Coal Tribunal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 July 1924 · page 9

A compulsory conference, convened by the chairman of the Coal Industry Special Tribunal, was held yesterday at Newcastle, in connection with a…

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Kicked by Horse Colliery Accident

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 July 1924 · page 6

While working in Jesmond colliery this morning, J. Sheldon, 22, who lives at New Lambton, was kicked on the chin by a pit horse. The result…

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Industrial Matters Mining Outlook

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 July 1924 · page 9

Mr. Hoare, miners' president, stated last night, in the course of a reference to the question of unemployment, that the outlook certainly looked ominous, in view…

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And Still They Strike Five Mines Idle

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 July 1924 · page 5

The miners at Neath colliery are on strike. The disputes at Rothbury, Bellbird, Wallsend and pacific collieries have…

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