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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1925

2,117 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 72 of 106

Not Fool Proof Safety Lamps in Mines Broken Regulations Seaham Man's Allegations

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 26 August 1925 · page 5

Allegations concerning a breach of the regulations governing the re-lighting of safety lamps were made by Richard Jones, a miner of Seaham…

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Coal Commission Newcastle Collieries Sixteenth Sitting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 August 1925 · page 7

The Coal Commission, which is inquiring into the question of safety in mines, continued the northern sittings yesterday, when evidence was taken at…

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Wallsend Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 August 1925 · page 5

Wallsend C Pit was rendered idle yesterday owing to complaints of defective ventilation on wheelers' flats. An inspection was made by Mr. Emery, Government…

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Whitburn Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 August 1925 · page 5

Whitburn Colliery, Greta, was Idle on Tuesday and yesterday, due to a dispute owing to the manager engaging a cavilled-out miner as a road-layer…

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Coal Prospecting

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 August 1925 · page 5

The application of Patrick Joseph Martin for the right to enter portions 44, 62, 45, 48, and 49, parish of Ainwick, county of Northumberland, for…

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British Miners' Difficulty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 August 1925 · page 5

A piquant correspondence is published in the "Morning Post," between Mr. Cook, the miners' leader, and Mr. Spencer, M.P., the Commoner, leader of the…

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Aberdare Miners New Lodge Formed

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 August 1925 · page 5

A representative meeting of Aberdare miners was held in Cessnock last night, when a new lodges was formed. Mr. E. Ford was appointed chairman,…

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Early Breakfast Coal Commission's Trip

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 August 1925 · page 4

The members of the Coal Commission will have early breakfast to-morrow, as they intend to visit the Ayrfield colliery to look into certain…

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"Be No One Left" Mines and Government Jobs

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 August 1925 · page 4

"If you go on in this way there will not be anybody, left to work at the face," declared Mr. C. M. McDonald (northern proprietors' advocate)…

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India's Coal Grading Board Promised Facing Competition Calcutta

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 August 1925 · page 1

The Government is introducing in the All India Legislative Assembly a bill to establish a coal grading board. It is pointed out that a Singapore…

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"Almost a Concert" Difficulties of Brogue Coal Commission Puzzled

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 August 1925 · page 4

"We will soon have material enough for a concert," commented. Mr. Justice Edmunds (the chairman) at the Royal Commission on the coal…

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Mining Shares London Exchange Sales LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 August 1925 · page 4

Mining business on the London Stock Exchange to-day included the following:—B.H. Proprietary, 26s 3d; South…

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Coal Commission Northern Collieries Seventeenth Sitting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 August 1925 · page 3

The Coal Commission, which is inquiring into the question of safety in mines, continued the northern sittings yesterday, when evidence was taken at…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 August 1925 · page 6

The Northern Collieries' Association reported yesterday:—"Whitburn and Wallsend collieries resumed this morning. Cessnock. Hebburn No. 2, and Duckenfield…

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Abermain No. 1 Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 August 1925 · page 6

A conference took place on Wednesday between Mr. J. Jefferies, manager of the Hebburn No. 1 Colliery, and Mr. J. Moncrief, the under-manager, and…

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An Armful of Gold

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 August 1925 · page 1

Flowers in the late winter months are notable for the profusion of color of many magnificent blooms. The fine bunches of daffodils shown in the picture are typical of the abundant growth in many…

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Coal Tribunal Inquiry May be Stopped Owners' Threat Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 August 1925 · page 5

At the meetings of the Coal Tribunal to-day, Mr. Morgan, representing the southern proprietors, said that he proposed to retire from the inquiry…

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Rothbury Gas Explosions Before Crisp's Death Inquest Resumed Ventilation in Colliery Was Good, Declare Witnesses BRANXTON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 August 1925 · page 6

Adam Charles Newey, a miner, employed at Rothbury for eleven years, said, at the resumption of the inquest to-day concerning the death of William Crisp, that about three weeks before Crisp's death there had been an ignition of gat in the colliery…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 August 1925 · page 7

The Northern Collieries' Association reported, yesterday: "Hebburn No. 2 has resumed work, but Aberdare Extended, Cessnock, and Duckenfield No. 2 remain on…

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Strike on Monday American Coal Miners Country Alarmed New York

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 August 1925 · page 1

A strike of 153,000 anthracite coal miners, chiefly on the Pennsylvania fields, has been formally called for midnight on Monday…

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