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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1926

2,508 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 80 of 126

Three Conferences Northern Mine Disputes

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 August 1926 · page 7

Three conferences were held at the rooms of the Northern Collieries' Association to-day concerning disputes at Aberdare South. and…

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Contribution Doubled Miners Help Ambulance

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 August 1926 · page 6

A public meeting of the citizens of West Wallsend was held on Monday night to question the question of raising their contributions towards the…

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Mine Manager's Death Broken Hill

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 August 1926 · page 6

Mr. Thomas Gladstone Hanton (36). assistant underground manager of Zinc Corporation, died on Sunday. He graduated in engineering at Sydney…

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Slack Trade Southern Mines Suffer BULLI

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 August 1926 · page 6

For the fortnightly pay Bulli Colliery had seven days, Corrimal nine, Coal cliff ten, Excelsior ten, Scarborough eleven and South Bull ten…

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"Tell the Truth" British Miners' Position LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 August 1926 · page 8

The refusal of Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, the leader of the Parliamentary Labor Party, to rebut Mr. Baldwin's cable to America, asserting that…

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HEBBURN No. 1 Miners Meet To-day Settlement Expected

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 August 1926 · page 7

There is a possibility that the dispute at Hebburn No. 1 mine will be settled following a meeting of the lodge this afternoon…

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The Miners' Strike Negotiations Expected Government Will Assist London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 August 1926 · page 5

The week is generally expected to see some developments in the coal situation, and the tone of the speeches made by the miners' leaders during the last few days…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 August 1926 · page 7

The Northern Collieries' Association reported yesterday that Hebburn No. I remained idle. Abermain Nos. 1 and 3, and Aberdare Extended did not work, on…

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Steep Seam Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 August 1926 · page 7

Representatives of steep seam collieries met at the Belmore Rooms, West Maitland on Manday, and, after having reviewed the award…

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Abermain Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 August 1926 · page 8

Abermain No. 1 Colliery was idle yesterday, following the refusal of the company to re-employ a wheeler who was injured in an accident away from the…

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Ashtonfields Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 August 1926 · page 7

Mr. A. Teece, district treasurer of the Miners' Federation, accompanied by the lodge officials inspected the Ashtonfields Colliery on Monday, for the…

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Colliery Mechanics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 August 1926 · page 7

The executive officers of the Colliery Mechanics Association will leave Maitland for Sydney to-day to attend the Federal Arbitration Court for the hearing…

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Colliery Mechanics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 August 1926 · page 7

The monthly meeting of the Colliery Mechanics' Association, Adamstown branch, was held last night at Dalton's lodge-room, Adamstown, Mr. T. J…

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The Miners' Distress

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 August 1926 · page 7

The refusal of Mr. Ramsay Macdonald to reply to Mr. Baldwin's statement to America, which denied that the British miners were being starved into…

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Industrial Matters Aberdare Miners Conference in Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 August 1926 · page 7

A conference of the representatives of the Caledonian Collieries, Limited, and the Miners' Federation was held at the Newcastle rooms of the Northern…

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Mine Idle Aberdare Extended Dispute Wheelers Refuse

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 August 1926 · page 7

Aberdare Extended Colliery is idle to-day. It is understood that the disputes committee dealt with the three weheelers responsible for…

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Peace Move British Coal Dispute LONDON, Tuesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 August 1926 · page 7

The miners' conference decided to negotiate with the owners and the Government with a view to a settlement…

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Too Far to Walk Bellbird Miners Want to Ride Director Impressed

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 August 1926 · page 4

"Rather than face the 21 mile tramp up hill in a grade of one foot in nine, many miners, tired out after their day's work on the coal face,…

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The Miners' Strike Delegates Meet in Private Session (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 August 1926 · page 7

The miners' delegate conference, after discussing the district voting on the Bishop's memorandum, adjourned until to-day. No decision was reached…

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New Guinea Goldfield MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 August 1926 · page 6

Reports received at the Home and Territories Department indicate that about 40 prospectors are at work on the new gold[?] of Morobe (New…

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