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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1925

2,117 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 80 of 106

Maitland District Maitland Coalfields Collieries and Railway Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 6

Railway travellers had an unpleasant experience, yesterday, consequent on the holding up of the trains on the South Maitland railways. Although many…

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The Coal Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 5

Mr. Churchill, at Birmingham, referring to the recent threats of Mr. Cook, the president of the Miners' Federation, said no stoppage on the coal fields would…

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Effect of Coal Dust

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 7

Sir,—I see by the report of the Coal Mines Royal Commission that, in the evidence on the causes of nystagmus, there was no mention of the effect that…

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Coal Commission Sitting in Sydney Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 4

Under the chairmanship of Mr. Justice Edmunds, the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into safety in coalmines took farther evidence in Sydney to-day…

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Seven Idle Mines Dispute at Abermain No. 2

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 8

The only fresh development in the mining position is that a dispute was reported to-day from Abermain No. 2…

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Wallsend Cup To-morrow's Big Race Gold Stud Fancied

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 5

Twenty-four horses are still left in the Wallsend Cup, which will be run to-morrow and although this number is likely to be reduced…

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Colliery Mechanics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 September 1925 · page 7

Recently the Colliery Mechanics' Mutual Protective Association, Hunter River district, applied to the Federal Arbitration Court for registration as an…

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British Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 September 1925 · page 4

An English writers of eminence provides 5 few sharp lights the better to explain the position in which the coal producing interests in Great Britain now find…

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The Coal of America

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 September 1925 · page 12

America possesses incalculably rich seams of coal located near the surface. Her reserves have been estimated at nearly twenty times in excess of ours,…

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Hitch in Coal Truce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 September 1925 · page 5

A hitch has arisen in the coal truce, owing to a dispute as to whether the mine owners are permitted to vary the basic rates of wages, which are…

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Miners Support Seamen Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 September 1925 · page 5

That the Victorian miners are in favour of supporting the British seamen's strike, and are also opposed to the proceedings under the Deportation Act, is…

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No Agreement British Mining London

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 September 1925 · page 1

The meeting of coal owners and miners failed to reach an agreement on any point. Mr. J. A. Cook, the miners'…

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Life in London Topics of the Hour the Coal Trouble. London, August 6

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 September 1925 · page 14

It was inevitable that after the tension at which the country was kept up to the last moment before the coal truce, there should have been much heart-searching as…

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The Rand Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 September 1925 · page 5

The visit which has just concluded of a large number of legislators to the Rand, at the invitation of the Chamber of Mines, proved a revelation…

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Five Mines Resume One Fresh Dispute

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 September 1925 · page 5

Work was resumed to-day at East Greta, Stanford Merthyr, Seaham No. 2. Bellbird, and Wallarah collieries. A fresh dispute was notified from…

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Coal Industry the Inquiry Its Wide Range (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 September 1925 · page 5

It is announced that the Commission of Inquiry into the coal industry has held three sittings. Hitherto it has discussed the best method of investigation…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 4

The Northern Collieries' Association reported yesterday: "Seaham No. 2, Wallarah East Greta, Starford Merthyr, and Bellbird Collieries had resumed work, but…

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Colliery Mechanics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 4

The conference held on Wednesday in Sydney between representatives of the Colliery Mechanics' Association and Hoskins' Coal and Iron Company, Ltd.,…

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Coal Commission

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 4

The sittings of the Coal Commission will be resumed in Sydney to-day. It is understood that a visit will next he paid to the western district, then to the South…

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"Shattered Illusion" British Coal and Russia LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 1

"There is no market for British coal in Russia." This is the gist of the report forwarded to the department of overseas trade by a member…

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