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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1924

2,178 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 82 of 109

Miners' Compensation Effect of Strikes Important Judgment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 September 1924 · page 2

Mr. A. G. Chiplin, Clerk of Petty Sessions and Chamber Magistrate at Newcastle, yesterday delivered the reserved decisions in the compensation…

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Industrial Matters Miners' Federation. Resumption of Work. Resolution Carried Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 September 1924 · page 8

Though the official figures of the voting at many of the aggregate meetings held yesterday throughout New South Wales have not yet been received by the…

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Coal Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1924 · page 11

Sir,—Regarding your article on the mining position in Tuesday's issue, your view is correct. I pointed the same thing out through your paper about five…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1924 · page 7

The Northern Collieries' Association reported yesterday:—"Pacific. Duckenfield No. 2, Stockton Borehole. Aberdare South, and Wallarah Collieries…

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Ashtonfield's Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1924 · page 7

A meeting of Ashtonfield Miners' Lodge was held at East Maitland yesterday morning, when Mr. A. Lewis, district treasurer, was in attendance. The case of a…

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Five Mines Idle

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 27 September 1924 · page 8

According to figures supplied by the Northern Collieries' Association, Pacific, Ducken[?]ld No. 2. Wallarah, Stockton Borehole and Aberdare…

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World's Coal Supply

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1924 · page 12

Speaking at the World Power Conference at Wembley, Sir Richard Redmayne nave some remarkable figures about the world's coal resources. He says that in…

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Miners and High Rent

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1924 · page 6

The members of the Maitland group of Miners' Lodges, at a recent meeting adopted the following resolution: "That this meeting, representing a…

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Gold From Mercury

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1924 · page 12

Mr. Kerr Grant, professor of physics at the Adelaide University, in commenting on Dr. Hantaro's discovery of a method of transmitting mercury into gold…

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Bellbird Colliery. Charred Bones of Horse Found

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1924 · page 4

The bones of a horse, very much charred by the fire, were uncovered yesterday morning at the point where the full and empty shunts in No. 8…

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Wallsend Miners Claims For Tribunal

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 27 September 1924 · page 8

A statement of claims in connection with the dispute at the Wallsend mine has been prepared by the men's representatives…

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Miners' Claims Resumption of Work. Majority in Favour Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1924 · page 4

The executive of the W.I.U. of Australia (Mining Department) met to-day and considered the position in the coal industry, and the attitude of the…

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Will Men Accept? Miners' Sectional Dispute Officials Reticent Problem for the Council

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 27 September 1924 · page 5

Miners' representatives in Newcastle are still [?]oth to discuss the future position as it may be…

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Miners' First Aid Colliery Equipment Electrical Box

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 September 1924 · page 8

The demand for the best provision possible for first-aid equipment locoal mines remains as keen as ever in the Newcastle and Maltland…

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Idle Mines Cessnock Funeral

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 September 1924 · page 1

From Information supplied by the Colliery Proprietors' Association this morning, practically the whole of the colliories In the northern district were…

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Bellbird Colliery Another Body Recovered. Frederick Fone

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 September 1924 · page 4

After five months' unremitting toll by all those directly engaged in the reopening of the Bellbird Colliery the third body of the six, which were left in the…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 September 1924 · page 4

The Northern Collieries' Association reported yesterday:—"The following collieries, Dudley, Newcastle Victoria Tunnel, Shortland, Redhead, and Old…

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The Coal Measures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 September 1924 · page 5

The following report in a New York paper will be read with interest:— Sir Richard Redmayne, the world's leading expert on coal, told the First…

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Mining Disaster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 September 1924 · page 5

Four miners in a small colliery at Llanmordais, who began work an hour before the usual time in order to attend the Swansea-New Zealand football…

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British Coal Trade Position Unsatisfactory

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 September 1924 · page 4

The general situation in the coal trade of the United Kingdom, and particularly that of the foreign cargo export trade, remains very unsatisfactory…

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