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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1924

2,178 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 61 of 109

Bellbird Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 August 1924 · page 4

Before preparations were made for the building of the large stopping in the main haulage tunnel below No. 5 east yesterday morning, the Proto men…

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Bellbird and Rothbury Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 August 1924 · page 5

At a special general meeting of the Colliery Officials' Association of the South Maitland coalfield, on Thursday, the deputation that had interviewed the…

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Northern Extended Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 August 1924 · page 5

At the monthly meeting of the Northern Extended Miners' Lodge, held at Teralba on Thursday night, Mr. W. Heydon presided. An appeal was received…

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New Greta Miners' Lodge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 August 1924 · page 5

At a meeting of the members of the New Greta Lodge, held to hear the report of the officers on the recent inspection of the colliery, Mr. T. Hoare, the…

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Industrial Matters Miners' Claims

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 August 1924 · page 5

The outcome of the mineowners' conference, which is to be called to discuss the claims submitted to the Northern Collieries' Association, is awaited with…

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Unemployed Miners Special Council Meeting SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 August 1924 · page 2

Mr. A. C. Willis, general secretary of the Miners' Federation, stated today that in view of the position in the mining Industry, chielly owing to…

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£1500 for Roads Work for Idle Miners Neath to Kearsley

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 August 1924 · page 5

Councillor Brown, president of Cessnock Shire Council, and Councillor Cousins, with Mr. Grieve, shire clerk, and Mr. Lindsay, shire…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 August 1924 · page 5

Eleven days constituted full time at the collieries in the northern district for the fortnight. No work was done at the Aberdare Central colliery, or at…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 August 1924 · page 4

Owing to yesterday being bank holiday, the Sydney office of the Northern Collieries' Association was closed, and the usual daily statement showing the…

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New Lambton Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 August 1924 · page 4

A conference was held in Newcastle yesterday between the management and the representative of the Miners' Federation regarding the difficulty at the…

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Mine Fatality Inquest Postponed

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 August 1924 · page 5

The Inquest into tho circumstances concerning tho death of John Bryce, late president of the Richmond Main miners lodge, who died as a result…

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Effect on Gold Standard

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

General Smuts, speaking in Capetown, said "The world can at last breathe freely. I have very little doubt that Germany will accept the decision…

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Idle Mines Pelaw Main Position New Lambton Trouble

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 August 1924 · page 5

The following mines In the northern field were idle through Industrial disputes to-day:—I'elaw Main, Ducken- field No. 2, Bellbird, .Wallsend…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 August 1924 · page 9

The Northern Collieries' Association report: "Richmond-Main, Whitburn, East Greta, Stanford-Merthyr, Pelton, Aberdare, Aberdare Extended, Abermain…

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Bellbird Colliery

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

Just at present the proto men are engaged upon one of the, most difficult and hazardous of the operations they have been obliged to perform since the…

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Pacific Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 August 1924 · page 9

The conference which was to have taken place on Monday between Mr. Durie, the manager, and men, over the dispute at Pacific Colliery, was…

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Co-operative Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 August 1924 · page 9

At a meeting of the Co-operative Miners' Lodge, held at Wallsend yesterday, Mr. J. Cruickshanks in the chair, it was resolved that work be resumed…

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Stockton-borehole Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 August 1924 · page 9

The adjourned conference in connection with Stockton-Borehole Colliery matters was resumed in Newcastle yesterday. The question of the log of…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 August 1924 · page 9

The Wallarah Colliery, Catherine Hill Bay, which was idle yesterday owing to slackness in trade, will resume this morning…

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Cardiff Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 August 1924 · page 9

A meeting of the Cardiff miners was held yesterday. The matter under consideration by the members was one of a local character…

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