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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1939

2,346 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 74 of 118

Miners To Adjudicate On Dispute Pelton Lodge And Management Board

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 August 1939 · page 8

The rank and file of the miners' organisation is being asked to adjudicate in the dispute that has developed between Pelton Miners'…

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Industrial News Many Appeals Northern Miners' Board Week's Sitting Ends

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 August 1939 · page 13

Many appeals from the lodges were dealt with at the meeting of the Northern Miners' Board in Newcastle yesterday. The business on the agenda occupied the…

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Miners' Award

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 August 1939 · page 8

The District President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. T. Hoare) will visit Sydney to-day. Application has been made for a…

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Mine Worker Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 August 1939 · page 7

John Blenkiron (18). of Hebburn Estate. Weston, a top-hand employed at Hebburn No. 2 Colliery, slipped on some stone while at work to-day and…

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Miners' Claim for Review of Award Hearing In Sydney To-morrow

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 August 1939 · page 1

The compulsory conference on the miners' award, when it adjourned more than a week' ago, was set down to resume…

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"Slipping on the Soap" Mines Report Solution to Old Problem Sought

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 August 1939 · page 8

In view of the keen local interest in the findings of the Coal Commission, and the wide scope of the recommendations in the report. "The Newcastle Sun" is publishing in serial a comprehensive summary from the various sections, which appears each day in the Coalfields edition. To-day's article deals with the bath and…

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Industrial News Mining Dispute Tasmanian Settlement Earnings Guaranteed Launceston

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 August 1939 · page 8

The coal-mining dispute at the Stanhope mine, near Avoca, in the north-east of the State, was settled yesterday afternoon…

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Fall Of Coal

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 August 1939 · page 9

William Abercromble, a shiftman living at Rawson-street. Aberdare, suffered an Incised wound to the scalp when struck by a piece of coal which…

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Mr. Mair And The Mines

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 August 1939 · page 8

FOR a brief space, the new Premier was Minister for Labor and Industry and during that time he made things hum. It was he who took the steps that led to the settlement of the coal strike. It was on his Initiative that the Government set up the Safety In Mines Commission and Induced the miners…

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N.Z. Miners Strike Wellington (N.z.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 August 1939 · page 8

On the ground that ho had qualified for the social security pension, a man, aged 70, employed as a bathroom attendant at a mine at Huntley, was dismissed…

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Hebburn Miners Stop Work Over New Award

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 August 1939 · page 7

Hebburn No. 2 mine, employing 350 men, was idle to-day and is likely to continue idle this week, pending the settlement of a dispute as to how…

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Bellbird Mine Fault Reduction in Output Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 August 1939 · page 7

Special reports received by the directors of Hetton Bellbird Collieries Ltd. regarding the fault encountered in the…

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Challenge to Miners' Board Pelton Settlement and Lodges "Call Mass Meetings"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 August 1939 · page 9

At the invitation of Pelton Miners' Lodge, lodge officials and members of the rank and file attended a meeting of the Cessnock School of Arts last night…

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German Coal Trade Big Fall in Exports But Production Increases London, August 8

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 August 1939 · page 9

While British coal exports were 1,000,000 tons above those of last year, German exports were down 3,500,000 tons for the five months ended May 31…

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Same for All Districts Mine Mechanics' Rates Judge Definite Owners Seek to Vary Award SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 August 1939 · page 10

Judge Drake-Brockman made it clear in the Federal Arbitration Court to-day that he would not agree to different rates of wages for colliery mechanics in different…

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Mining Award Dispute Possible Development "Officials Reported Exasperated" Long Delay in Clarification SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 August 1939 · page 9

A deadlock is reported to have been reached in the miners' dispute regarding the interpretation of the new Drake-Brockman award…

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Aberdare Miners Resume

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 August 1939 · page 12

Aberdare miners, in accordance with a decision at a meeting yesterday afternoon, returned to work to-day. Their ono-day stoppage was in…

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Fault in Hetton Colliery Directors Concerned Maximum Output Reached

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 August 1939 · page 10

The Directors of the Hetton Bellbird Collieries Ltd, are concerned at the position regarding the fault in the colliery disclosed following an investigation by…

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Miners' 30-Hour Week Claim for Early Hearing

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 August 1939 · page 11

The Miners' Federation official organ, reporting on Court negotiations in regard to the Drake-Brockman award says that arrangements have…

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Thieves Get Gold Worth £650 KALGOORLIE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 August 1939 · page 10

Breaking open a zine box, thieves secured old valued at £650 from the Wiluna State battory last night. No clues were left which would help police to…

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