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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1900

1,022 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 44 of 52

Burwood Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 October 1900 · page 5

The deputation that was appointed by the miners' meeting in the morning waited on the colliery manager and reported to a metting held in the…

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Mines' Inspection Bill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 October 1900 · page 7

Sir,—A Metal Mines Inspection Bill is now in Committee. What are the Labour members going to do? Coal and metal miners all belong to one…

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Miners Engaged at Overtime

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 October 1900 · page 5

At the meeting of the Burwood miners held at the Piggery yesterday, Mr. E. Charlton drew attention to the way in which work was being…

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The New Mining Bill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 October 1900 · page 4

The new mining bill introduced to the Assembly on Friday by the Minister for Mines is one of the most important legislative proposals that have…

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The Trouble at Burwood. Miners' Meeting at the Piggery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 October 1900 · page 3

The trouble at the Burwood Colliery over the system of weighing, which has now kept the mine idle for three days, was considered at a meeting of…

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Burwood Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 October 1900 · page 7

According to arrangements with the colliery manager and miners, it was anticipated that work would be resumed to-day under a slightly altered system of…

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Burwood Colliery Weighing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 October 1900 · page 7

Sir,—To an outside observer the new weighing system at the above colliery seems to have tangled the miners up so that they "dunno' where they are." The agent and…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 October 1900 · page 8

A special meeting of the above miners was held in Simpson's Hall on Monday evening, Mr. Jas Whittle in the chair. A communication was…

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District News. Stockton. Accident at the Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 October 1900 · page 8

Yesterday morning an elderly miner named George Watt met with a severe accident owing to a all of coal. The injured man was brought out of the…

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Parliament. Tuesday, October 30. Legislative Assembly. Agricultural Leases Bill. Burwood Colliery. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 October 1900 · page 5

The Speaker took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Mr. EDDEN asked the Minister for…

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The Rhondda Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 November 1900 · page 5

The railway line which is being constructed a distance of about three miles from Cockle Creek to connect the newly-opened Rhondda Colliery with…

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Weighing at Burwood Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 November 1900 · page 7

Sir,—I see in your columns of Saturday the manager's version of the trouble pending at Burwood. His statement is correct so far as he has gone, but there are always…

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Miners Engaged at Overtime

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 November 1900 · page 7

Sir,—In justice to the Wallsend miners would you allow me space to reply to statements made by Mr. E. Charlton at the Burwood Miners'…

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The Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Co., Limited. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 November 1900 · page 4

The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders of the Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Co., Limited, was held at the Chamber of Commerce to-day. There was a…

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Westralian Gold Production

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 November 1900 · page 3

The official statistics relating to the gold production of Western Australia during the first half of 1900, and from the beginning of 1886 till the end of last June, are…

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Mines That Burn for Years

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 November 1900 · page 8

A number of good-sized mines are now on fire in the United States, and have been for years. The Vulcan mine, on the Green River, opposite Newcastle, in Colorado,…

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Transvaal Bar Gold. Embargoed in Transit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 November 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—At the instance of Great Britain a Hamburg Court has placed an embargo on thirty chests of Transvaal bar gold, valued at…

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The Southern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 November 1900 · page 7

The partial strike at Bulll Colliery still continues without any apparent sign of settlement. About 50 men and boys are out of work in consequence…

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Stockton. Accident at the Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 November 1900 · page 8

A timberer named Levi Hodgson, employed at the Stockton Colliery, met with a painful accident yesterday. He was endeavouring to move a prop out of the way of an approaching…

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Miners Working Overtime

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 November 1900 · page 6

Sir,—I see a letter in your issue of November 1st from John Bower on the above question. First, I may state that I am in no fog and need no edification on the…

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