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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1901

867 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 44

The Gold [?]Rick [?]Rick

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 April 1901 · page 8

The special detectives arrested in New York the other day man named George Howard; who is supposed to be the man who under the [?]ltas of John W. Adams,…

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Stockton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 April 1901 · page 8

The monthly meeting of the above a lodge was held last night. The chair was occupied by Mr. J. Houston, president, the new secretary, Mr. T. R…

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Colliery Employees' Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 6

The quarterly meeting of the Delegate Board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held at the Trades Hall yesterday, the president (Mr. J…

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Accident in a Rand Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—A terrible accident happened at the Geldenhuis Deep Mine, in the Transvaal, yesterday. The rope of the cage broke while…

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Greta Mine. the Fire Not Out. the Shaft Resealed. Greta, Thursday, 11.37 p.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 5

The investigations of the Government inspector and other officials have disclosed the fact that the fire in the Greta mine is still not out. As…

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A Coal Substitute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 10

In the Hemshof dye and soda factory near Mannheim is a workman named Montag, who, it is reported has invented a substitute for coal, which costs about is…

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Japan's Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 10

Up north and in the east, Japanese coal competes keenly with the New castle product as is instanced by the that the United States…

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The Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 2

"Harrison's Coal Circular," under date March 30, says that since the Sierra left there have been the following coal deliveries from Newcastle:—Hougomont, 3820…

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Sugar and Coal Duties Carried

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.-Sir William Vernon Harcourt congratulated Sir Hichael Hicks-Beach on his lucid and honest statement. He censured the…

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The Greta Mine. Re-sealing Operations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 5

The work of re-opening the mine has unfortunately proved a failure, and when ,this fact was made known, at 9 p.m. on Thursday day evening, and more generally yesterday…

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International News. the British Budget. Expenditure 183½ Millions. Deficit 53 Millions. Estimated Revenue, 143¼ Millions. Income Tax Increased. Duties on Sugar. Export Duty on Coal. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—In the House of Commons, to-day, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir Michael Hicks-Beach) delivered his Budget speech…

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Coal Export Contracts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 April 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer has promised to consider the exemption of existing coal export contracts from the coal duty…

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Miners Accident Relief Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 April 1901 · page 8

Sir,—Mr. James Curley, secretary[?] the C.E.F., wrote in your issue of 16[?] March, in reply to mine of the 14th March but as the elections' meetings were the…

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The Duty on Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—There is a strong agitation among coal owners and exporters against the duty on coal…

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The Cardiff Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1901 · page 5

A meeting of the Cardiff miners was held yesterday afternoon at O'Connell's Federal Hall, Cardiff. Mr. E. Hughes presided and there was a fair attendance…

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Northumberland Miners' Picnic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1901 · page 7

On Saturday last the manager, Mr. James Rice, and the employees of the Northumberland Colliery were invited by Mr. Frod. Creft one of the proprietors of the colliery,…

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The Greta Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1901 · page 6

For the public to understand the difficulties that had to be contended with in the attempts to extinguish the fire, and the obstacles that would have had to be…

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Coal Export Duty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The Chamber of Commerce at Gibraltar has petitioned Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, against…

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British Coal Export Duty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1901 · page 4

The subject of a duty of one shilling a ton on coal exported from Britain has created the utmost excitement in those colliery districts which…

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The Miners' Demonstration. Twelve Special Trains Engaged. a Record Gathering Expected at Toronto

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1901 · page 6

Yesterday afternoon Mr. W. G. Kitching the District Superintendent had an interview with certain of his officials and arranged the time-table for the special trains…

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