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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1938

2,483 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 125

Central Miners' Share Work Dismissals Cancelled

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 5

The temporary dismissal of 80 miners at Aberdare Central Colliery will not take place in view of a lodge decision to ration work…

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Ultimatum to Miners Aberdare Extended May Be Closed

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 5

Aberdare Extended Colliery will not reopen till the miners' lodge gives the management an assurance that petty stoppages will be eliminated…

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Miners "Go Slow" at Pelton Object to Limit of Compensation

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 5

A "go slow" strike is in operation at Pelton Colliery. Voluntarily the miners there are reducing their incomes as a protest…

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Coal Exports Big Reduction This Week Victorian Trade Maintained

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 10

Although more places were on the market, coal exports from Newcastle this week for places beyond the State were reduced almost 20,000 tons. The Victorian…

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Wheelers Walked Off Difference with Pelton Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 7

There was a development in the Pelton miners' "go slow" strike to-day when wheelers walked off the pithead in protest…

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Miners to Share Work at Aberdare Central

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 7

A roster system providing for the sharing of work came into operation at the Aberdare Central Colliery to-day…

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Petty Stoppages Aberdare Extended Mine Lodge to Impose Fines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 6

By a unanimous vote, a meeting of the Aberdare Extended Miners' Lodge decided yesterday, is a means of preventing the petty stoppages at the…

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Industrial News Northern Miners Aggregate Meetings Date Not Yet Fixed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 9

The Assistant Secretary of the Northern branch of the Miners' Federation (Mr. J. B. Simpson) said, in reply to an inquiry on Saturday, that the date on which the…

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Stoppages to Be Eliminated by Extd. Miners Promise To Manager

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 7

Aberdare Extended miners have given the management an assurance that petty stoppages will be eliminated…

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Northern Mine Disputes

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 February 1938 · page 10

The President of the Northern Miners' Federation (Mr. T. Hoare) said to-day that he had arranged a conference for 11 a.m. on Friday with…

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Millfield Greta Miners

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 February 1938 · page 9

Machine rates and the payment of water money at Millfield-Greta Colliery were discussed by lodge officers in conference with the Northern…

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Breakdown at Aberdare Central Mine

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 February 1938 · page 1

Twenty pairs of miners and a corresponding number of off-hands were forced to leave Aberdare Central Colliery when a breakdown occurred in…

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Meetings Of Miners To Be Held

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 February 1938 · page 9

The mass meetings of miners, to be held shortly, will review developments to the "Labor Daily" fight, and the rank and file will be asked to endorse…

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Prize and Gold Medal Leaving Certificate Award

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1938 · page 6

John Lee, of Waratah, who passed the Leaving Certificate examination as a student from Newcastle Boys' High School, has been awarded the Brandon-Lane…

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Miners' Compensation Payment at Pelton Lodge Accepts Company's Plan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1938 · page 6

The question of the payment of compensation to man at Pelton colliery whose earnings each year exceeded £550 was discussed yesterday at a conference…

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Severe Floods Train Services Affected in South Australia Whyalla Isolated Iron Baron Mine Closed for Week ADELAIDE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1938 · page 7

Extensive damage has been caused by floods in the far north, especially on the 500-mile stretch between Beltana and Rumbalara,…

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Aberdare Colliery Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 February 1938 · page 10

About 50 men lost part of the shift at Aberdare Central colliery yesterday owing to a breakdown of the haulage in one of the sections of the mine. Repairs…

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Hand Fractured In Mine

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 February 1938 · page 7

James Warren, 40, of Lambton-road. New Lambton, had his left hand fractured when it was caught between a skip and a piece of coal…

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Northern Miners Proposed "Aggregate" Meetings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 February 1938 · page 10

The District President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. T. Hoare), in reply to an inquiry yesterday, said that no decision had been reached by the executive in…

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Fell Under Truck Mine Worker Killed at Wallarah

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 February 1938 · page 8

James Rolfe, 72, of Catherine Hill Bay, a screen hand, was fatally injured at Wallarah colliery, Catherine, Hill Bay, yesterday…

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