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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
1,884 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 95
Mechanisation of mines is reaching a stage when workers will find themselves dominated by the creature they have created, according to Mr. Hoare. In this article he says coal-cutting machines were only a beginning to mechanisation in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →All mines in the North were idle yesterday because engine-drivers were attending aggregate meetings called by the Federated Engine-drivers and Firemen's…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fly had a "first-up" success in the Sefton Handicap at Randwick this afternoon. She ran clear soon after the start, and maintained a handy advantage all the way, winning comfortably from Winifred and Yuletide, who dead-heated for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pelton Colliery was Idle to-day following the declaration by the miners lodge on Friday that there would be no further work till the timbering…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Burwood mine was idle to-day because the water bailers and dog-watch shift did not work last night. Lodge officials to-day said that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pelaw Main colliery was idle to-day owing to a dispute over transport to the working places in two sections of the mine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. A.A.P.—Maritime officials to day stated that all new vessels under construction in the United States, also some of the old ships,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →As President of an organisation with 13,000 members, Mr. Hoare did not find his duties easily fulfilled. What was right at one time he found might be wrong the next. In this article he says he was often criticised for views now generally…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Penaity clauses governing annual leave which had been placed in the miners' award to prevent strikes were having the effect of causing strikes, declared the General Secretary of the Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disputing a claim against him for £12, alleged to be due for wages, John Cain, of Parry-street. Newcastle, said that the claimant. John Edward…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bellbird colliery was idle to-day following complaints at the pit-head in respect to the ventilation. During the morning, an inspection…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bellbird mine was idle to-day over a dispute concerning ventilation. The northern miners' vice-president (Mr. W. McBlane) attended a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burwood, Pelaw Main, and Pelton collieries were idle yesterday, and men from Aberdare and two tunnels at Bellbird returned home. Burwood was idle because water…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SYDNEY, Monday.—Judge Drake-Brockman to-day informed the Coal Mining Central Reference Board that he would lose no time in clearing up the confusion over annual leave provisions of the award…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"This decision was made after full discussion with the parties and at this stage no alteration can be made by the Court."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—It is expected that decisions reached by the Coalmining Central Reference Board, which met in Sydney again to-day, will be announced to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ken Brock. 43. of Main Road Whitebridge had his skull fractured when his head was jammed between two skins at Burwood Colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A special meeting ol the Northern Miners' Management Board has been [?]ummoned by the executive for Monday, at Newcastle Trades Hall, to deal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →If the Victorian railways cannot obtain coal by sea transport from New South Wales, substantial cuts in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A British mine was laid in 1916 to menace German shipping, and In 1017 It was washed ashore on the beach near Christchurch, Hampshire…
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