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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1928

2,247 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 26 of 113

No Wage Cuts Miners' Opposition Suggested Remedy Special Meeting Called SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 5

A pruning of salaries and of the number of boards of directors, by the amalgamation of a number of companies, together with…

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Killing Coal Industry. Reply to Mr. McDONALD. Statement by Mr. Hoare

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 5

Mr. T. Hoare, president of the Miners' Federation, in the course of a statement yesterday, replied to the remarks of Mr. C. M. M'Donald, chairman of the…

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Miners and Unemployment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 April 1928 · page 5

Sir,—Your issue of Friday contains a statement by Mr. M'Donald, president of the Employers' Federation, when giving evidence before the Deputy Industrial…

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Work at Mines

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 2 April 1928 · page 5

The horses from Hebburn No. 2 Colliery were taken to the paddocks over the week-end, and it is understood there will be no work till after…

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The Coal Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 April 1928 · page 4

It is to be regretted that the important question of placing the coal industry on a better footing should become the subject of an economic…

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Killingworth Colliery. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 5

A conference, convened by the Minister for Mines and Forests, Mr. Chaffey, in connection with the Killingworth Colliery, will be held in Sydney on Thursday…

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Miners' Federation Local Conferences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 5

Conferences between the coal owners and miners were held in Newcastle yesterday. The first of these was with reference to Stockton-Borehole Colliery. Mr…

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"Should Be Scrapped" Miners' Federation Obsolete MR. McDONALD'S VIEW Finding a Solution for Coal Problems

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 7

Interviewed in Newcastle, the Chairman of the Northern Collieries' Association (Mr. C. M. McDonald) repeated his statement given in evidence in Sydney that a readjustment of wages and conditions in the coal-mining industry was imperative…

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Federal Elections Miners' Selection Ballots

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 7

Ballot papers in connection with the Sonata and with the Newcastle Federal pre-selection ballot have been forwarded to lodges to-day, announced the…

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Colliery Staff Appeals Hearing in Sydney. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 5

The hearing was continued in the Industrial Court to-day, before Mr. E. J. Kavanagh, Deputy Commissioner and assessors, of the appeals by the Northern…

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Wages Problem Award for Colliery Staffs Owners' Appeal Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 7

Mr. Connington resumed his argument to-day on behalf of the respondents in the appeals of the coal owners against certain provisions in the…

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Miners Meet No Reduction of Wages SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 7

To discuss the general position in the mining industry, executive officers of the New South Wales districts of the Miners' Federation met the…

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Industrial Matters Mining Industry Mr. McDONALD'S REPLY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 5

Mr. C. M. McDonald, chairman, Northern Collieries' Association, yesterday, stated: "The leading article in Monday's 'Newcastle Morning Herald' seems to me…

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Coal Mining Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 5

Sir,—Unemployment on the coalfields is increasing daily, and in its train are the inevitable hardships which surround unemployment by those who are unable…

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The Coal Mining Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 5

Sir,—Mr. McDonald makes some observations re our industrial future. As the mouthpiece of the coal owners and employers' federation he may be able to…

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Seaham Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 7

Mr. I. H. Hoare, district cheek inspector of the Miners' Federation, has furnished the northern executive with a report of his visit to the Seaham No. 2…

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Miners' Offices

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 6

The offices of the Miners' Federation will be closed from to-morrow evening until Tuesday…

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The Coal Industry Miners' Executive Meet Great Secrecy Maintained Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 7

To consider the statement, recently made by Mr. C. M. McDonald. chairman of the Northern Collieries' Association that there would have to be a…

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Colliery Staff Appeals Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 6

The hearing of the appeals of the Northern Collieries' Association, the Southern Collieries' Association, end the United Colliery Staff Association (State)…

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Rumor Denied Aberdare Mines

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 7

The superintendent of Caledonian Collieries. Ltd. (Mr. Clark), when interviewed to-day concerning rumors circulating in Cessnock, that notices…

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