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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1924

2,178 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 74 of 109

Hebburn Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 7

Hebburn No. 2 Colliery has been idle for three days in consequence of one of the employees having been taken from the occupation he was then…

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Bellbird Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 5

The attention of the manager and his Proto men is now being directed to the securing of No. 8 cast section, which is one of the largest in the colliery…

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Our New Zealand Letter Nationalising Coal Mines Wellington, August 28

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 13

In the House of Representatives, Mr. Henry Holland, the leader of the Labour party, got leave to introduce a bill for the nationalisation of the…

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Miners' Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 7

Mr. A. Lewis, district treasurer of the Miners' Federation, in a reference yesterday to the continued idleness of a number of collieries in the northern…

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Duckenfield Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 7

Messrs. J. Wilkinson, president, and W. Whitelaw, secretary to the Back reek and Duckenfield Miners' Lodge, stated yesterday that the members were…

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Gold From Mercury

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 12

Centuries of painful and costly research have failed to find the philosopher's stone, though the pursuit has led to much other enlightening and useful…

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Mining Disaster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 5

A sudden rush of gas killed four miners and injured two during the night shift at the Ponthenry Colliery, in Wales…

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Industrial Matters Claims of Miners Tribunal to Consider When All Pits Resume Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 7

The compulsory conference summoned by the chairman of the Coal Industry Special Tribunal, to consider the claims put forward by the Miners Federation…

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Hebburn Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 September 1924 · page 4

A conference regarding a dispute at Hebburn No. 2 Colliery was held at the head office of the company, in Newcastle, on Saturday morning. Messrs…

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Fractured Forearm Colliery Accident

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 September 1924 · page 3

George Parlour. So. employed at Rhondda Colliery. fractured both bones in his left forearm while at work this morning…

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Industrial Matters. Wallarah Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 September 1924 · page 4

Mr. C. L. Edwards, chairman of the Wallarah Miners' Lodge, Catherine Hill Bay, on Saturday conferred with the executive of the federation in regard to…

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Miners' Meetings Important Development Discuss Resumption

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 September 1924 · page 5

This week there will be important developments relating to the immediate future of the coal Industry. Meetings will be held…

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Miners Entombed Heavy Losses Feared Indian Disaster Calcutta

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 September 1924 · page 1

A large number of Indian miners were entombed by a rockburst in one of the largest mines on the Kola goldfields, in the State Mysore. Other…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 September 1924 · page 5

The Northern Collieries' Association yesterday reported: "Aberdare Central is still idle owing to a breakdown. Bellbird was idle owing to a funeral. The…

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Redhead Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 September 1924 · page 5

A conference took place yesterday at Redhead Colliery between representatives of the company and lodge officials in regard to overcoming the difficulty…

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Closing Down Victorian Coal Mine Loss of £12,500 MELBOURNE,Tuesday

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 September 1924 · page 5

At a special meeting of shareholders in Jumbunns Coal Proprietary Ltd., yesterday, It was unanimously agreed "That in view of the position…

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Coal Lumpers' Union Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 September 1924 · page 5

The hearing was continued in the Industrial Arbitration Court, before Mr. Justice Edmunds to-day, of the application made by the Sydney Coal Lumpers'…

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Two Mines Resume Hebburn No. 1 Out

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 September 1924 · page 5

Sea ham No. 2 and Hebburn No. 3 resumed work this morning, while at Hebburn No. 1 a stoppage occurred. Other mines idle were Neath,…

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"Buy and Carry" Sydney Sharebrokers Sued Mining Suit Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 September 1924 · page 5

Mr. Justice Harvey, in the Equity Court to-day. wax engaged with a suit in which the plaintiff was J. Brooks Thornley, and the defendants,…

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When Gold Falls on N. S. W. Farmers Crowd to Read the Returns

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 September 1924 · page 3

HE'S HAPPY !--He'd like to dance one-steps round the G.P.O., as he reads the news of rain, but instead he bites his old pipe in bliss, and wags his beard. ANXIETY--Farmers from all over the State gloat over the weather reports with breathless interest when it rains. Did…

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