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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1925

2,117 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 40 of 106

Industrial Matters Miners' Claims Federation and Tribunal Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 May 1925 · page 6

Mr. A. C. Willis, general secretary of the Miners' Federation, to-day confirmed the report that the chairman of the Goal Industry Special Tribunal had…

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American Coal Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 May 1925 · page 5

Accidents at coal mines in the United States in 1924 accounted for 2381 deaths, representing a fatality rate of 4.27 per million tons of coal, as compared with…

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Industrial Matters Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 May 1925 · page 5

The Northern Collieries' Association reported yesterday: "Work was resumed this morning at Abermain No. 3, Hebburn No. 1, and Dudley Collieries, but…

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Slack Trade Borehole Mines

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 May 1925 · page 8

Owing to the slackness of trade about 400 men were idle at Stockton Borehole pit yesterday. This is the first time for some months that there…

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New Zealand Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 May 1925 · page 5

Mr. Kirkwood, M.P., writing in the "Daily Herald," asks: "May I have a corner to warn miners against going to New Zealand?…

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"Coal to Burn" Supply Exceeds Demand Northern Fields Intermittency of Work

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 May 1925 · page 4

According to Mr. Amram Lewis (treasurer of the Northern Miners' Federation), Approximately a million tons of coal, worth nearly £1,000,000,…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 7

The Northern Collieries Association reported: "Richmond Main pit, which was idle the previous day owing to a dispute, has resumed. A fresh stoppage…

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Idle Mines Dispute Over Roads

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 5

Richmond Main mine was idle to-day, the trouble being again due to dusty roads. The men complain that the mine is…

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Coal Which Has to Be Thawed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 11

Coal mined in the fields of Pennsylvania and carried over the hills to tidewater is exposed to the elements while en route. In the severe weather of the winter months…

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Internal Strife Hebburn No. 1 Miners' Lodge

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 8

There is a good deal of trouble among members of the Hebburn No. 1 miners' lodge over the short payment of a wheeler last week-end,…

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Gold Export Commercial Men Pleased Another Milestone

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 4

The lifting of the embargo on the export of gold by the Empire, said Mr. Mark Reid, president of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce, at the…

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Sealing Mines Mr. Humble's Method Back to the Pick

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 8

What is the safest and best method of sealing a mine in cases where it is found impossible to dig out the fire, or where firedamp renders it a…

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British Coal Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 5

How badly the extremists were routed is revealed by the official figures of the voting at the miners conference at Blackpool, which by 571,000 to 230,000…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 5

The Northern Collieries reported yesterday: "Richmond Main and Cessnock collieries were idle owing to industrial disputes. Stanford-Merthyr resumed…

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Colliery Mechanics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 5

A further step towards the amalgamation of the Colliery Mechanics' and the Colliery Workmen's Protective As- sociations was made at the Masonic…

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Wallarah Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 5

At the monthly meeting of the Walarah Miners' Lodge, Mr. C. L. Edwards, he chairman, presiding, correspondence read from the central council…

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Safety in Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 5

Mr. J. Connell, secretary to the Safety in Mines Propaganda Committee, stated yesterday that it was intended to call a conference of the delegates' in June…

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Coal in History

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 6

"Queen Elizabeth disliked coal, and would have none of it in her palaces; King James, accustomed to it from his birth, liked it and encouraged it amongst tile…

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Coal Trade Mr. O'Hearn's Promise

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 4

Mr. W. F. O'Hearn delivered the first speech of the election campaign in Gretta. He spoke for over an hour and a half, and answered many…

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Workings of Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 May 1925 · page 4

A second jury has passed as an addendum to its verdict a strong recommendation to the State Government to appoint a Royal Commission…

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