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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1899

815 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 39 of 41

Burwood Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 November 1899 · page 5

A special meeting of the Burwood miners was hold last night at Carrley's hotel, Adamstown. Mr. John Jones occupied the chair…

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Miners' Meetings. STOCKTON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 November 1899 · page 2

A special meeting of the lodge of the above colliery was held on Thursday night, Mr. J. Houston (chairman) presiding. Several special matters were to be dealt…

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The Miners' Compulsory Accident Fund Bill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 November 1899 · page 6

Though this is not a question of more local interest (writes our Stockton correspondent) it may not be injured in any way by a few local comments. When the draft bill was…

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The Many Products of Coal Tar

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 November 1899 · page 12

The wand of the alchemist becomes more wendrous in its transforming powers every day. No tale in the Arabian Nights, no story of the wondrous treasures taken by…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 November 1899 · page 5

With one or two exceptions work was well distributed during the fortnight which ended on Saturday. The following is the number of days worked for the pay to be drawn on…

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Coal Shipments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 November 1899 · page 4

For the week ended yesterday morning the coal shipped at the Government cranes at the dyke by foreign, intercolonial, and coastal vessels totalled 58,137 tons and coke 509 tons. For the corresponding…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 November 1899 · page 8

A special meeting of the above miners was held on Monday evening, Mr. J. Colton in the chair. Correspondence was received from the…

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Welsh Miners and the War Relief Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 November 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The coal miners of Wales have each contributed sixpence to the War Relief Fund, and will each contribute one penny a week during the…

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Mr. Baltour on the War. the Mines to Be Taxed. British Policy Regarding the Future

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 November 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday—Mr. A. J. Balfour First Lord of the Treasury, speaking before the National Conservative Union at Dowsberry, said that the present was a…

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Wallsend. Miners' Accident Relief Bill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 December 1899 · page 3

The special committee appointed at the last meeting of the Wallsend miners for the purpose of considering the provisions of this measure as affecting the interests of…

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Burwood Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1899 · page 6

The above miners held their monthly meeting on Thursday night at Carnley's Hotel, Adamstown, Mr. John Jones in the chair. Correspondence was received from the…

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Coal Shipment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1899 · page 2

The daily average of coal shipped at the Government cranes during the week was 7000 tons, taken by foreign intercolonial, and coasting vessels…

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Romance of a Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1899 · page 11

Quite a romance encircles a mining discovery which has recently been made on the Cumberland Hills. "For the past quarter of a century an elderly gentleman named…

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The Burwood Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 December 1899 · page 5

Mr. Thomas Crondace the general manager of the Scottish-Australian Mining Company, and Mr. Frank Crondace, the Burwood Colliery Manager…

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Coal Shipments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 December 1899 · page 4

The coal shipments at the cranes for the week ended at 6 a.m. yesterday amounted to 46,123 tons, as against 46,405 tons for the corresponding period of 1898, and showing a decrease of 282 tons on the week…

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Coal Shipping Tenders. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 December 1899 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners to-day received three tenders for the shipping of coal at Newcastle. The coal carried on the northern lines last year…

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Railway Collision at Hamilton. DRIVER W. Burke Killed. All Coal Traffic Blocked

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 December 1899 · page 4

By reason of some fault which will be explained later on, a railway collision, which brought with it a fatality, occurred yesterday afternoon about 50…

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Burwood Colliery. Safety Lamps

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 December 1899 · page 5

A notice was posted on Burwood pit-top yesterday intimating that on and after Monday next the miners and others employed in the south side of the mine shall…

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The Burwood Colliery. Action to Be Taken. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 December 1899 · page 4

Mr. Edden, in the Legislative Assembly this afternoon, asked if the attention of the Minister for Mines had been called to an interview which took place…

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Burwood Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 December 1899 · page 8

A special meeting of the above miners' lodge was held last night at Carnly's Hotel, Adamstown, for the purpose of hearing the report of the deputation that conferred with…

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