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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1927

1,830 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 69 of 92

Western Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 September 1927 · page 4

According to a telegram from Lithgow, there will be a considerable amount of unemployment among the miners unless the proprietors succeed in obtaining new…

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"Must Be Tackled" Intermittency at Mines Miners Concerned "Delegate Board Should Act"

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 September 1927 · page 5

Pool all cool. Restrict the output from collieries. Limitation of the working days. These are some of the ways in…

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Newcastle Collieries Intermittent Working Conference of Lodges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 September 1927 · page 4

A conference of the representatives of the miners' lodges in the northern district, was held at the Trades Hall, on Saturday. This had been called at the…

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Minister for Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 September 1927 · page 4

Inspector Clark, superintendent of the northern branch of the Department of Labour and Industry, was advised on Saturday, that Mr. Baddeley, Minister for…

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Dust in Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 September 1927 · page 6

Sir,—I notice in your columns a statement by Mr. T. Hoare, president of the northern branch of the W.I.U. of A., and supported by Mr. M'Neill and Mr. Teece,…

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Wallarah Mine Still Idle

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 September 1927 · page 5

Wallarah minors are still on strike. At a meeting yesterday, addressed by the northern president (Mr. Hoare) they turned down the offer made by…

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Industrial Matters Miners' Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 September 1927 · page 4

Mr. T. Hoare, president of the Miners' Federation, on Saturday received a communication from Mr. C. M'Donald chairman of the Northern Collieries'…

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Broken Hill Mines. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 September 1927 · page 4

Productive operations ceased at the Proprietary Junction, and Block 14 mines, at Broken Hill yesterday. The suspension of operations was on account of, the…

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No Walk-over Miners' Officials Opposed Annual Ballot

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 September 1927 · page 7

The general president and general secretary of the Miners' Federation, Messrs, W. Reed and D. J. Davies, will have strong opposition in the…

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Inspection Only Hoare and Teece in Mine Hebburn Dispute

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 September 1927 · page 7

Miners' officials Messrs. Hoare and Teece were in strange yet familiar surroundings to-day when they "went down" Hobburn colliery…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 September 1927 · page 4

The Northern Collieries' Association reported yesterday:—"Aberdare, Wallarah, and Redhead are still on strike. Hebburn No. 2 is on strike, the clippers going…

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Colliery Standardisation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 September 1927 · page 5

The British Engineering Standards Association has just issued a specification carrying on the work of standardisation of colliery equipment. This deals with…

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Myall Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 September 1927 · page 4

A meeting of the members of the Myall Colliery will be held at Broadmeadow this morning in connection with the present dispute at the colliery…

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Aberdare Colliery Resumes

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 September 1927 · page 8

After being idle since Friday last owing to a grievance of the top-hands, resulting in insufficient skips being returned to underground. Aberdare…

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Mine Employee Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 September 1927 · page 7

William Charlton, 42, of Back-street, Wallsend, was injured by a fall of stone in Wallsend C colliery to-day…

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Britain's Coal Resources

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 September 1927 · page 7

One effect of the coal strike, and of the Royal Commission which preceded it, has been undoubtedly to make the development of the coal industry a matter of…

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"Pool All Coal" Solving Colliery Slackness Miners' View

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 September 1927 · page 7

"Pooling the coal is the only way out of the intermittency problem so apparent in Australian collieries," said the miners' treasurer (Mr. Teece)…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 September 1927 · page 6

The Northern Collieries' Association reported yesterday: "Aberdare resumed work this morning, but Hebburn No 2. Wallarah, Redhead, and Stanford-Merthyr are…

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Higher Rates Wanted Machine Coal Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 September 1927 · page 4

The conference of representatives from all collieries handling machine-cut coal will be continued on Saturday in Maitland…

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British Coal Mines Text of Agreement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 September 1927 · page 8

The following is the text of the agreement under which the colliery owners of Great Britain give an undertaking to employ during the next two and a half years,…

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