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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1925

2,117 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 42 of 106

Stockton-borehole Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 6

The hearing of evidence on the claims of the Stockton-Borehole miners was continued before the chairman of the Goal Tribunal in Newcastle yesterday. The…

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Coal Tenders Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 6

"Tenders have been invited for the supply of coal for the Railway Department for a period of 12 months. Keen competition is expected. The railways consume about…

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Must Have Railway Teralba Coal Leases Labor Suspended

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 7

A prospecting syndicate, which has been mining for coal in the parishes of Awaba, Teralba and Coorunbung for some time, told Warden James,…

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U.S.A. Mine Disaster. Coal Glen (North Carolina)

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 1

Twelve bodies have now been recovered from the wrecked coal mine. Officials have given up all hope…

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Lost Markets Foreign Coal Trade Grave Position Effect on Northern Mines

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 3

The intermittency of work in the coal industry generally, and the partial idleness of some of the collieries through lack of trade, local and…

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British Miners Great Unemployment Ex-officers Idle (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 5

In the House of Commons yesterday, in the course of a discussion on unemployment raised by Mr. Clynes on the motion for the Whitsuntide…

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Inquest To-morrow Ayrfield Mine Fatality

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 June 1925 · page 5

The Coroner's jury visited Ayrfield Colliery yesterday to see the place where Archibald Burgess was killed on Thursday night…

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Seven Idle Mines Seaham No. 2 Resumes

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 June 1925 · page 6

Seven mines in the Newcastle district are idle to-day. These are Aberdare, Cardiff Borehole South Wallsend Redhead, East Creta, in…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 5

The Northern Collieries' Association reported yesterday:—"Seaham No. 2 pit, which has been idle for some days, resumed operations this morning. Stoppages…

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Tasmanian Coal Seams

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 5

Mr. A. M. Reid, Government Geologist of Tasmania, in a report dealing with the coafields of Tasmania, states that association with the tasmanite marine series of…

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Industrial Matters Miners' Group Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 5

The group representatives of the northern branch of the Miners' Federation will meet at the Newcastle Trades Hall at half-past nine o'clock this morning…

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Safety in Mines Two Stations Wanted Site at Neath

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 5

No definite announcement has yet been made concerning rescue stations on the Maitland coalfield. It is generally considered that the…

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Hebburn Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 June 1925 · page 6

The two Hebbrun collieries were idle on Monday and yesterday in connection with the engine-drivers' trouble at No. 1 colliery. The officials arc carrying on…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 June 1925 · page 6

The Northern Collieries' Association reported yesterday that Duckenfield No 2. Hebburn No. 1 and 2. Readhead, Cardiff, Borehole South Wall-end, and East…

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Cardiff-borehole Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 June 1925 · page 6

The Cardiff-Borchole Colliery was laid idle on Monday owing to a disagreement between the management and engine-drivers over broken time. About 200…

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Hebburn Mine Dispute

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 June 1925 · page 5

A conference is sitting in Newcastle to-day in connection with the dispute between the management and the firemen employed at Hebburn No…

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Coal in Europe

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 June 1925 · page 6

In reply to a question in the House of Commons, Colonel Lane Fox, the Minister for Mines, tabled a return embodying particulars of hours, wages, and…

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Rand Mining Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 June 1925 · page 7

A message front Johannesburg states that the Mineworkers' Council on the representations of Mr. Waterston, M.P., specially delegated by Mr. Creswell, the…

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Mine Manager Fined Breach of Regulations

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 June 1925 · page 5

The manager of the Shortland colliery (Mr. A. D. Armstrong) was proceeded against for a breach of the coal mines regulations before Mr…

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Industrial Matters Miners' Group Meeting Yesterday's Deliberations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 June 1925 · page 6

The group representatives of the Northern Branch of the Miners' Federation met yesterday at the Trades Hall, Newcastle. Mr. T. Hoare, the northern president,…

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