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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1925

2,117 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 60 of 106

Miners Pessimistic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1925 · page 5

Mr. Cook, the miners' secretary, interviewed, was pessimistic. He thought there was very little hope of a peaceful settlement as the statesmen seemed to have…

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Industrial Matters Coal Tribunal Sitting Cancelled Official Statement Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1925 · page 5

The failure of the miners at Pelaw Main colliery to carry out a direction of the chairman of the Coal Tribunal, in connection with the working of the…

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Mine Lighting Safety v. Naked Lamps Inquiry Resumes South Greta's Muddy Roads SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 July 1925 · page 5

Is the ventilation in mines where safety lamps are used better or worse than that in naked light mine sections?…

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Coal Crisis Government Subsidy May Avert a Strike (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1925 · page 5

Mr. Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Minister, had a conference with Mr. Bridgeman and Lord Stamfordham at Downing-street yesterday in regard to the coal…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 July 1925 · page 9

According to the report of the Northern Collieries' Association, issued yesterday, twenty-three collieries are idle because of the lack of trade, on account…

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Coal Tribunal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 July 1925 · page 9

Mr. T. Hoare, president of the northern branch of the Miners' Federation, when questioned yesterday in regard to the announcement of the suspension of the Coal…

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The Coal Tribunal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 July 1925 · page 6

The attitude of the chairman of the Coal Tribunal in refusing to continue the inquiry into the miners' claims because an award is not being obeyed…

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Industrial Matters Miners' Federation Insurance Scheme

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 July 1925 · page 9

Mr. A. Lewis, district treasurer or the Miners' Federation, in a statement yesterday, said there was a feeling among the members of the branch that…

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Safety in Mines Making More Exits SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 July 1925 · page 5

Before the Mines Royal Commission to-day, Martin Manion a miner of Aberdure No. 17 said, in answer to Mr. Icelon, the representative of…

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The Coal Tribunal Pelaw-main Attitude Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 July 1925 · page 8

The decision of the chairman of the Coal Tribunal not to proceed with the hearing of the general claims made by the Miners' Federation while the…

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Coal Commission Helensburgh Fatalities Sittings in Coalfields Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 July 1925 · page 6

Reference to the Helensburgh disaster, when two men were killed, was made at to-day's sitting of the Commission which is inquiring into the question of…

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Averting Strike Coal Owners Compromise Willing to Confer London

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 July 1925 · page 1

An Important step in the direction of averting the big coal strike, which is due to start on Friday, was made by the…

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Coal Crisis Baldwin Intervenes Government Aid Possible (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 July 1925 · page 7

Mr. Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Minister, has intervened personally regarding the coal dispute. He conferred at 13 Downing-street for three-quarters of an…

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Rothbury Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 July 1925 · page 4

Good progress is now being made with the work of reopening Rothbury Colliery. Mr. R. Thomas, manager, stated last evening that he expected the whole of the…

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Colliery Mechanics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 July 1925 · page 4

The delegate board of the Colliery Mechanics' Association has decided that no levy shall be struck, and no relief payments made in connection with the…

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U.S.A. Coal Crisis Non-Union Mines WASHINGTON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 July 1925 · page 1

The menace of a possible coal strike in the United States is growing daily. The Government figures reveal that the production of union mines is far…

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International Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 July 1925 · page 5

Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Holland and Czecho-Slovakia were represented at a private meeting of the executive committee of the Miners'…

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Mine Deputy Killed Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 July 1925 · page 5

Another mining fatality occurred on the south coast to-day. About three o'clock this morning, a deputy on duty in Coalcliff colliery was killed by a fall…

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The Coal Tribunal Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 July 1925 · page 4

Some consternation has been caused in mining circles by the decision of the chairman of the Coal Tribunal to discontinue the sittings of that body until the…

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Miners' New Role At Work on Roads

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 July 1925 · page 5

The majority of the 200 men engaged on rood reconditioning work in the Newcastle district are minors. Despite the fact that many of these…

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