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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1926

2,508 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 72 of 126

The Miners' Strike a Few Returning No General Break Up (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 July 1926 · page 5

A sprinkling of miners is returning to work daily, but there is no sign of a general break up of the strike at present. The Government has issued the names…

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Neath Colliery Idle

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 5

Neath colliery was Idle to-day. Lack of trade is mated to be the cause…

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Adamstown. Colliery Mechanics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 7

At a meeting of the Adamstown group of the Colliery Mechanics' Association, Mr. T. G. Moran presided. The agenda sheet for the annual meeting was…

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International Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 5

The International Miners' Committee concluded its private conference in Paris yesterday. It merely confirmed the decisions of the…

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Two Miners Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 7

Charles Outrain, 23, of Young Wallsend, an employee at Seaham No. 2 colliery, received an injury to the abdomen, and severe contusions…

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Coal-lumping Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 5

Mr. Baddeley, the Minister for Labour and Industry, has constituted a Conciliation Committee, under the amended Industrial Arbitration Act, for the…

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Maitland District Colliery Mechanics Annual Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 6

The annual general meeting of members of the Colliery Mechanics Association was held on Saturday evening in St. Mary's Hall, West Maitland, when there was…

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Important Meeting Miners' Delegate Board

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 5

The executive of the northern branch of the Miners' Moderation hus arranged a meeting of the Miners' Delegate Hoard for to-morrow…

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Last Days of Famous Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 6

Mines, like men—and gold mines, probably, more than most mines—have their allotted span. To-day South Africa is watching the last days of the old…

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Mining Ambulance Classes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 6

Mr. Booth, M.P., has interviewed Mr Cann, the Minister for Public Health, or behalf of the Mining Ambulance classes on the South Maitland coalfield…

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Mine Dispute Hebburn No. 2 Meeting

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 5

Matters in dispute at Hebburn No. 2 colliery were the subject of a conference with the management on Saturday morning, and the matter was…

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No Danger Now Central Greta Colliery Area Sealed Off

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 3

The miners' district check inspector, Mr. Ike Hoare. states that the district in General Greta colliery, where fire stink was located, had, been…

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Leader Alarmed Warwick Miners at Work LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 7

Learning that Warwickshire miners were returning to work in increasing numbers Mr. J. A. Cook paid a flying visit to that coalfield…

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Election Demanded. British Cabinet and Mines LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 7

The "Daily News" says that the council of the Independent Labor Party has issued a manifesto, calling for a general election on the coal…

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The Miners' Strike Churchmen's Plea for Humane Consideration London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 5

Many Bishops and 11 Free Church clergymen have signed a new statement, pleading with the Government to reconsider the terms for peace in the…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 5

The Northern Collierics' Association reported yesterday that East Greta colliery was idle on account of a dispute between the lodge officers and the shiftmen,…

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Industrial Matters Miners Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 5

Messrs. D. Rees, general president, and D. J. Davies, general secretary to the Miners' Federation, were in Newcastle yesterday, and conferred on various…

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Much Interest Miners' Delegate Board

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 10

Faced with a formidable agenda paper the members of the Northern Miners' Delegate Board commenced its deliberations at 9.30 a.m. to-day…

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The Mining Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 5

Sixteen hundred Warwickshire miners have returned, and 8000 will be working to-day. Restrained optimism, that the end of…

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Cost of Stoppage Britain's Coal Problem Commons Question London

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 5

Replying to a question in the Commons, the Under-Secretary for Health (Mr. Kingsley Wood) said that the increases in costs to Boards of…

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