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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1926

2,508 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 48 of 126

Whitburn Small Coal Greta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 May 1926 · page 5

Sixty unemployed miners and shiftmen started filling coal at Whitburn Colliery, Greta, to-day, with the sanction of the executive officers of the…

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"Early End" Enginemen's Strike Miners Waiting All Eyes on Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 22 May 1926 · page 5

Miners in the Northern coalfields were sharpening their picks and drills to-day in preparation for an early…

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Leaders Meet Mining Enginemen's Dispute SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 22 May 1926 · page 2

The leaders or the unions affected by the coalmining dispute resumed their deliberations at the Trades Hall to-day…

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Coal Difficulty Baldwin's Terms Rejected (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 May 1926 · page 5

The Miners' Delegate Conference yesterday passed a resolution declining the Government's proposals for reducing wages, on the ground that it did not…

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Pawned Rings Desperate Straits of Miners' Families Children Starve Powers of Strikers' Resistance Rapidly Waning

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 22 May 1926 · page 1

British miners in many districts are said to be in desperate straits. Instances of miners wives pawning their wedding rings and of their children going to school without their breakfasts are reported…

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British Coal Strike (Continued from page 1.) "Would Not Help" Owners' Reply to Baldwin Gloomy Statement London, Friday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 22 May 1926 · page 4

The miners delegates departure to their districts owing to the non-receipt of a reply from Mr. Baldwin after yesterday's refusal of the terms, and the…

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Miners' Hardships

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 May 1926 · page 5

The twenty-second day of the coal stoppage finds virtually a million miners' families faced with the grim spectre of starvation, with the settlement not a…

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Rhondda Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 May 1926 · page 5

Mr. R. Portus, secretary to the Rhondda Miners' Lodge, conferred with the northern executive of the federation at the Trades Hall, on Saturday in connection…

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Filling Coal Miners at Work "Getting One Back" Strike Nearing End

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 May 1926 · page 5

Miners continued to load slack coal at a number of the Newcastle and Maitland collieries to-day with the full…

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Maitland District Colliery Mechanics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 May 1926 · page 6

Mr. T. G. Moran presided over meetings of the delegate board the Colliery Mechanics' Association, at West Maitland, last week, when a considerable volume…

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Coal at Grass

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 May 1926 · page 4

A meeting of the Co-operative Miners' Lodge was held on Saturday at Wallsend, when consideration was given the matter of filling waggons with Small coal lying…

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Coal Deadlock Baldwin's Straight Talk to Owners "Incapacity to Settle" Miners Blamed for Not Submitting New Suggestions

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 May 1926 · page 1

The British Prime Minister, Mr. Baldwin, is outspoken on the subject of the coal deadlock. He blames both sides for the present unsatisfactory position. It is pointed out, on behalf of the Prime Minister, that the…

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Newcastle Miners Officers Farewelled Early Strikes Recalled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 May 1926 · page 5

Messrs. A. Lewis, district treasurer of the northern branch of the Miners' Federation and G. Halliday, clerk and assistant secretary, took their leave of the…

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Miners' Ultimatum "Engine Men Must Return" SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 May 1926 · page 5

It was stated in reliable circles at the Sydney Trades Hall to-day that the Premier (Mr. Lang) had instructed the Vice-president of the…

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British Coal Trouble Deadlock Arrived At. Prime Minister's Terms Rejected. Reply of the Government. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 May 1926 · page 5

The miners' delegates have left London with bag and baggage until something happens to justify their return. The owners have sent a lengthy letter…

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Miners Anxious Impatient for Settlement Loading Coal

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 May 1926 · page 5

Northern milers are growing impatient at the long-drawn out negotiations concerning the colliery engine-drivers' strike…

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Miners' Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 May 1926 · page 5

Mr. B. Rees, who has been appointed temporarily to the position of district treasurer of the Miners' Federation, in succession to Mr. A. Lewis, entered upon…

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The Miners' View

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 May 1926 · page 5

The only information from the miners was afforded by Mr. Herbert Smith, the president of the Federation, speaking at Royston, when he made the following…

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Want to Talk Miners Call Meeting

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 May 1926 · page 5

The feelings of the miners in the Kurri and Weston districts in regard to the engine-drivers' dispute took a sudden turn to-day, when an informal…

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Replacing Coal Italy's Water Power LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 May 1926 · page 1

A message from Rome says that Italy's planning to make up for her lack of coal by the development of hydro-electric power, and is spending…

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