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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1926

2,508 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 51 of 126

Mining Institute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 May 1926 · page 5

The visiting members of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy of Australia, who are attending the first meeting of 1926 to be held at Newcastle this week, will be…

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Machinery at the Coal Face

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 May 1926 · page 6

The most recent report of the Mines Department shows that only 14 per cent. of the coal mined in England is cut by machines, which would appear to be a…

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Miners to Meet To-morrow's Delegate Board

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 31 May 1926 · page 5

Considerable interest is being taken in the meeting of the Miners' Delegate Board at the Trades Hall tomorrow, because of its bearing on the…

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End Near Coal Settlement Hopes in Sydney Growing Unemployment SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 31 May 1926 · page 5

No change in the coal situation took place, over the weekend, and although the engine-drivers and firemen still…

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Creeping Paralysis Wheels of Industry Slowing Down Coal Strike Result British Plants Facing Acute Shortage of Fuel

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 31 May 1926 · page 1

Though Britain's fuel stocks have held out better than was expected, the effect of the coal stoppage is now making itself felt. Unemployment is increasing, and manufacturers are refusing business owing to doubts of whether they will be able to operate…

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Miners' Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 June 1926 · page 4

Much importance is attached to the meeting of the northern miners' delegates, to be held at the Trades Hall to-day. The central council of the…

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Mines Explosions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 June 1926 · page 5

How produced how detected their effect on man is the subject which Mines inspector Mr. Collins will explain on Thursday evening in the Public School,…

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Some Miners Resume

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 June 1926 · page 5

The offer mane by Warwickshire owners to open their pits to-day at pre-strike wages, but with an eight-hour day, has met with some response from the men…

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Relief for Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 June 1926 · page 4

Referring to the general position on the coalfields, Mr. D. J. Davies, general secretary of the Miners' Federation, mentioned in Sydney yesterday, that steps…

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Miners Generally Firm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 June 1926 · page 5

Generally speaking, the miners stand solidly behind their leaders, but among older men there is less insistence upon a seven-hours working day than has…

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The Sun Stop Press Miners Delegate Board

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 June 1926 · page 6

No finality had been reached when the Miners Delegate Board adjourned at 4.30 p.m. until tomorrow morning Mr. Hoare said…

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The Coal Crisis Subsidy Expires Foreign Coal Comes in (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 June 1926 · page 5

By midnight to-day Mr. Baldwin's offer of a "tapering" subsidy of £3,000,000 to the coal industry will expire, but there is no sign of an escape from the…

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State Coal Resources Lecture by Mr. Andrews

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 June 1926 · page 4

At the Australasian Society's Rooms in the evening, Mr. E. C. Andrews, B.A., Government Geologist, lectured on "The Coal Resources of New South Wales." Mr. L…

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Three Mines May Open Stocks Holding Out SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 June 1926 · page 5

The general secretary of the Federated Engine-drivers and Firemen's Association (Mr. H. C. Gibson) announced that there had…

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Miners Meet Delegate Board Review of Position Engine Men's Dispute

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 June 1926 · page 5

A significant move was made by the miners to-day, when the whole of the negotiations concerning the colliery…

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Baldwin Busy British Coal Crisis Hopes of Settlement Developments Likely

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 June 1926 · page 1

The Prime Minister, Mr. Baldwin, is continuing his efforts to find a way out of the British coal impasse…

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British Coal Crisis (Continued from page 1.) Pits to Reopen Action in Leicester LONDON, Monday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 June 1926 · page 5

The colliery owners have decided to open the [?]stershire pits on an eight-hour day basis. Although the coal crisis was…

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Colliery Mechanics Federal Registration Claim

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 June 1926 · page 2

Benefits that the Colliery Mechanics' Association would receive if their application for Federal registration was successful were indicated by the…

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Resuscitation in Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 June 1926 · page 7

In line with its campaign to reduce the number of deaths in the mines of the United States, the Federal Bureau of Mines some time ago appointed a…

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Electrification in Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 June 1926 · page 7

The question whether collieries should generate their own electrical power or obtain it from some outside source is one on which there is much difference of…

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