Full Pay At Cessnock Collieries
With the exception of Aberdare Extended, which worked seven shifts, a full pay of 11 shifts will be drawn at practically every colliery in the…
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Mining & the mines, 1927
1,830 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 50 of 92
Colliery Worker Killed Run Over by Skips
John Oliver Jefferson, 49 years of age, a shiftman, was killed yesterday, when he was run over by a set of empty skips on the haulage road in Jesmond…
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Jew's Harp, the winner of the Waterloo Cup at Geelong. Jew's Harp has just been sold for £300…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle's Loss Adelaide's Coal Supply Yorkshire Shipment
The coal trade of this district is likely to suffer as a result of action taken in South Australia, It was [?] to-day that the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Northern Collieries
The Northern Colliers' Association reported yesterday:—"Richmond Main is still on strike. Jesmond is idle on account of a funeral."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Company Cessnock Collieries, Ltd. SYDNEY
Among the new companies registered in Sydney to-day was Cessnock Collieries. Limited, with a nominal capital of £550,000 in £1 shares…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Continued Unrest Lithgow Miners' Claims LITHGOW
There is continued unrest among the Lithgow minors in regard to their failure to secure an increase in the hewing rate as a result of the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Industrial Matters Miners and Mechanics Richmond-main Difficulty
There is only remote prospect of work being resumed at Richmond-Main this week. The miners decline to give any consideration to the demand made by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Australian Coal-mining
It is reported from Perth that the Amalgamated Collieries of West Australia, Limited, has purchased the Premier Coalmining Company's mine at Shotts for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Northern Collieries
The Northern Collieries' Association reported yesterday: "Aberdare Extended is idle on account of a breakdown, while Richmond-Main is still on strike."…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallarah Colliery
A conference of the owners and the miners was held at the Newcastle rooms of the Northern Collieries' Association yesterday, when claims respecting the…
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A charge of having stolen coal valued at 2s, the property of the Railway Commissioners, was made at the Newcastle Police Court to-day,…
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The dispute between the Miners Federation and the Colliery Mechanics' Association is still unsettled, and as a result Richmond-Main Colliery, at which 1160…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stern Steps Children Stealing Coal Trolley on Line
Drastic steps to put down the petty stealing of coal by children were taken by the railway authorities at Newcastle Children's Court to-day. Eight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Won't Work Overtime Aberdare Extended Men's Stand Idle Colliery Special Meeting Has Been Galled for
Aberdare Extended mine, it is stated by lodge officials, will not be re-opened until the men give an assurance that normal conditions will be restored. These conditions refer particularly to working overtime when necessary…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Northern Collieries
The Northern Collieries' Association reported yesterday:—"Abermain Nos. 1 and 3 are on strike. There has been trouble among the miners and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Industrial Matters Coal Mines Regulation General Rules Altered
A number of alterations have been made in the general rules issued under the Coal Mines Regulation Act. The principal of these are that in rule 1 the minimum…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners and Mechanics
Sir,—There has been some considerable discussion in the columns of the "Newcastle Morning Herald" on the dispute at Richmond-Main, between the Colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Miners' Federation. Sydney
The recent decision of the Central Council of the Miners' Federation to a[?]illate with the All Australian Trades Union Congress had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"To Smash Us" Mechanics' Charge Alleged Miners' Aim Organiser at Aberdare
Colliery mechanics employed at Aberdare colliery expressed surprise at the action of the Miner's Federation. In sending an…
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