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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1927

1,830 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 77 of 92

American Coal Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 October 1927 · page 7

It is reported from Denver that although 6000 Colorado coal miners affiliated with the Industrial Workers of the World responded to the latter's strike…

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Came Too Late Passport for Miners' Leader LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 21 October 1927 · page 1

The Polish Consul has informed Mr. A. J. Cook that he has now been permitted to grunt him a visa. Mr. Cook says that it is too late…

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Killingworth Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 October 1927 · page 5

Arrangements have not yet been completed for a conference with respect to the dissatisfaction existing at the Killingworth Colliery concerning deficiency…

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The Miners' Secretary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 October 1927 · page 5

The Polish Consul in London informed Mr. A. J. Cook yesterday, that he had now received instructions from Poland to grant the British miners' president a visa…

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Work at Mines Five Full Time

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 22 October 1927 · page 2

Five collieries in the northern district worked full time during the past fortnight. Details:—Eleven days (full time): Old…

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Whitburn Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 October 1927 · page 2

Sir,—I notice in the papers where certain pits are having a bad time through lock of trade, but Whitburn is one of the worst sufferers on the field. Something…

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Colorado Mines Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 October 1927 · page 5

It is reported from Walsenburg, Colorado, that deputy sheriffs made, a surprise attack on the pickets of the Industrial Workers of the World at coal mines…

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St. Helier's Colliery Agreement for Tops

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 October 1927 · page 6

The district treasurer of the Newcastle branch of the Miners' Federation (Mr. A. Teece) said to-day that he had attended a conference with…

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Northern Miners Special Conference Report

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 October 1927 · page 6

Northern miners are waiting for the executive officers report concerning the conference in Sydney at the end of the week to deal with the…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 October 1927 · page 4

The Northern Collieries' Association reported yesterday: "Redhead is still on strike, while Aberdare Central is on strike owing to trouble with the…

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Safety in Mines Wallsend Men's Invention Riskless Shots

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 October 1927 · page 9

A chemical cartridge to collect the resultant fumes and coal dust. and to nullify the fumes and effects of the fumes following the firing of a shot…

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Coal Trade Revenue Pays Railways' Debt Interest Electrification Claims

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 October 1927 · page 6

That revenue from coal trade was enough to pay the interest on the national debt of the New South Wales railways was one of the claims made…

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New Guinea Gold Shipment from Eadie Creek 17,000 Ounces in Sydney Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 October 1927 · page 8

Seventeen thousand ounces of gold, the richest shipment yet from Eadle Creek and neighboring fields, arrived in Sydney by the steamer Montoro…

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Killingworth Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 October 1927 · page 6

Mr. T. Hoare, northern miners' president, said yesterday that considerable discontent had been manifested at Killingworth Colliery over payment for working…

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Cardiff-borehole Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 October 1927 · page 6

Mr. A. Teece met in conference yesterday with Messrs. H. Thomas, manager, V. Walters under-manager of the Cardin-Borehold Colliery, at the company's…

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South Seaham Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 October 1927 · page 6

Mr. D. M'Neill, secretary to the Northern Miners' Federation, has forwarded a communication to Mr. Greenway, superintendent of the Abermain-Seaham…

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St. Helier's Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 October 1927 · page 6

With the object of arriving at an agreement to cover the extraction of tops at St. Helier's Colliery, Mr. A. Teece, northern miners' treasurer, visited…

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Miners' Nystagmus

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 October 1927 · page 6

Writing in the "British Medical Journal," Dr. R. S. Brock, of Wrexham (Eng.), suggests that the considerable deprivation of actinic light during…

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Whitburn Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 October 1927 · page 3

Sir,—I desire to draw the attention of the members of the federation, also the general public, to the state of affairs at the above colliery, owing to lack of trade…

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Colorado Mine Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 October 1927 · page 7

The mining trouble in Colorado continues. Two guards were pushed into a creek, and 28 men and seven women of the…

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