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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1928

2,247 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 34 of 113

Black Coal As Household Fuel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 May 1928 · page 4

On behalf of the Melbourne coal importers the following statement has been issued:— "Exception is taken by importers of…

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To Re-open Wallsend Borehole Colliery Rates Agreed to

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 May 1928 · page 4

Satisfaction was expressed at a special meeting of the Wallsend Borehole Lodge yesterday morning at the rates and conditions that will exist at the…

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Gold From Base Metal Ancient and Modern Ideas

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 May 1928 · page 7

Speaking at the Royal Institution, London, Sir Ernest Rutherford, F.R.S., stated that the possibility of transforming the elements exercised scientific minds in…

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Miners' Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1928 · page 5

A conference of miners and other representatives will be held in Sydney this afternoon, when matters arising out of the dissatisfaction existing in the mining…

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Matches in Mine

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 May 1928 · page 7

Francis Stewart McLeish and Thomas Armstrong, who pleased guilty, were each fined 5s, with 8s costs, and £1 is professional costs, by Mr. Rood,…

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Three Names Miners' Federation

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 May 1928 · page 7

Colliery Employees' Federation, Workers' Industrial Union of Australia (Mining Department), or Australian Coal and Shale Employees'…

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Safety in Mines American Records

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1928 · page 5

Remarkable safety records in the mining and quarrying industries are revealed by an analysis made by the United States Bureau of Mines, Department of…

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License Refused Water Pipework at Mines

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 May 1928 · page 4

That an application made by the manager of the Hetton-Bellbird Collieries, Ltd., for a limited water fitter's license for the chief engineer of…

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The Coal Position the Proprietors' Views Statement by Mr. McDONALD SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1928 · page 5

In the course of it statement to-night, Mr. C. M. M'Donald, chairman of the Northern Collieries' Association, said:— "There has been so much misconception—…

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Bellbird Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 May 1928 · page 7

At the meeting of the Hunter Water Board yesterday, a letter was read from the manager, Hetton-Bellbird Collieries, Limited, making application for a water…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 May 1928 · page 7

The Northern Collieries' Association reported yesterday: "There was a strike today at Wallarah. The men held a pittop meeting, and then went home."…

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Wallarah Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 May 1928 · page 7

Mr. D. M'Neill, secretary to the northern branch of the Miners' Federation, stated yesterday, with regard to the stoppage at Wallarah Colliery, Catherine Hill…

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Paxton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 May 1928 · page 7

Messrs. J. M. Baddeley. M.P., D. McNeill, miners' secretary, and Alderman E. O'Neill, Mayor of Cessnock, were the principal speakers at the May Day…

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Coal Mining Industry Employees' Confer United Action Proposed. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 May 1928 · page 6

All classes of workers engaged in the cold-mining industry were represented at a convention held to-day in the rooms of the Miners' Federation. The desire for…

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The Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 May 1928 · page 5

Sir,—The deplorable position existing in the northern coal mining industry calls for more than a passing notice by every person who sincerely desires to see a…

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Miners From Overseas. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 May 1928 · page 7

Mr. Farrar. the Minister for. Labour and Industry, said to-day that statements made by an official of the Miners' Federation that miners had been brought out…

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Industrial Matters Miners' Convention Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 May 1928 · page 7

Mr. D. J. Davies, general secretary to the Miners' Federation, stated to-day that the election of delegates to the big miners' convention, to be held on June 12, was…

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"The World's News" World's Coal Problem

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 May 1928 · page 4

This week's "World's News" is of special interest to residents in the Newcastle district, because it contains a very thoughtful and illuminate article on "The World's Coal Problem,"…

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"Fight As One" Miners Against Wage Cuts Sydney Decision

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 May 1928 · page 5

"To stand together solidly, and fight as one body a[?]y attempts to reduce wages or alter conditions which colliery proprietors may seek to…

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Northern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 May 1928 · page 4

The Northern Collieries' Association reported yesterday that Wallarah was still idle…

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