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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1926

2,508 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 83 of 126

Warning to Gold-seekers Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 August 1926 · page 5

The Secretary to the Home and Territories Department has received a letter from General Wisdom, the Administrator of Mandated New Guinea, stating that…

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Miners' Federation Incapacitated Members Statement by Mr. Brennan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 August 1926 · page 4

Mr. W. Brennan, M.L.C., secretary to the Northern Branch of the Miners' Federation, in the course of a statement yesterday regarding the treatment of…

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Churchill Attacked Lloyd George and Miners Not Beggars London

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 August 1926 · page 1

"Mr. Churchill is very shocked because I criticised Mr. Baldwin, whom [?] cruelly and impetuously lends around the ring."…

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"Stabbing in Back" Miners' Leader Angry Nott's Resumptions London

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 August 1926 · page 1

"It would be better to fill the gaols and workhouses than the cemeteries with those who are killed by overwork." said Mr. A. J. Cook, speaking…

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The Coal Strike Breakaway Serious Appeal by Mr. Cook (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 August 1926 · page 5

Despite Mr. Cook's whirlwind tour in the Midlands to stem the breakaway, and the fact that a meeting at Warsop, addressed by Mr. Varley, rejected the…

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Colliery Shares Firm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 August 1926 · page 7

Anticipation in South Wales of an early termination of the coal stoppage is reflected on the Cardiff Stock Exchange yesterday. Colliery shares were…

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Industrial Matters Colliery Staff Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 August 1926 · page 7

The application of the Colliery Staff Association for the formation of a board to embrace those included in the constitution, will be heard before Mr. Piddington,…

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Coal From America

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 August 1926 · page 7

The "Daily Herald" publishes a long statement from its special correspondent at Norfolk, in the United States, which shows that record exports of American…

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A Stream of Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 August 1926 · page 7

Some time ago a cable came along that £1,000,000 in Australian sovereigns had been received in San Francisco, but unfortunately it was added that it was the…

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Pit-head Fights British Coal Dispute Resumption Checked London

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 August 1926 · page 6

Many miners who went to work at the Nottinghamshire pits returned home after hearing Mr. Cook's promises of early victory. Picketing has…

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Mining Strike Resumption Partial Talk of Negotiations (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 August 1926 · page 7

While messages from the coalfields report that many more miners are working, at appears that Mr. A. J. Cook's week-end campaign has resulted in some…

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Miners Agent Fined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 August 1926 · page 5

William Knight Smith, a miners' agent, was fined £50, with the alternative of 61 days' imprisonment, at Swadlingcote, for having distributed a statement "calculated…

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Coal From Poland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 August 1926 · page 5

A message from Warsaw states that an order for 400,000 tons of coal for Britain, to be delivered in September, has been received…

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Muswellbrook Mine Muswellbrook

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 August 1926 · page 6

The storage box, which has been erected at the Muswellbrook Colliery, will hold 1000 tons of coal, and will shortly be ready…

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Industrial Matters Miners' Conferences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 August 1926 · page 5

Mr. A. Teece, district treasurer of the Miners' Federation, stated yesterday that conferences had been held in connection with the framing of an agreement for the…

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"Highest Bidder" Miners and B.H.P. Sinkers' Dispute Another Conference

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 August 1926 · page 7

Another conference has yet to be held between the B.H.P. Company and the Miners' Federation…

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Miners' Strike Federation Executive Meets in London (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 August 1926 · page 5

Officials of the Miners' Federation, including Mr. Herbert Smith and Mr. J. A. Cook, have returned to London for the meeting to which Mr. Cook referred…

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Gold 'Plane For New Guinea Seekers Flying to Fields Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 August 1926 · page 7

Plans for an aeroplane service from Salamoo to within two days march of the Edic Creek section of the New Guinca goldfields, are…

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Cessnock Miners' Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 7

The British miners' fund committee at Cessnock intend to hold a Speedway carnival on September 4, and the Cessnock Speedway was asked…

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Industrial Matters Collieries' Staff Constitution of Board Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 7

Before the Industrial Commission this afternoon, an application was made by the United Collieries' Staff Association for the Constitution of a board…

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