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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1901

867 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 32 of 44

Meeting of Coal Trimmers. the Secretary's Position

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 September 1901 · page 5

A special (and private)meeting of the members of the Newcastle Coal Trimmers' Federal Union was held at Wilson's Hall, Carrington, yesterday morning. Mr. Jas…

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Stockton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 September 1901 · page 5

A special meeting of this lodge was held last night, Mr. J. Robson (chairman) presiding. The business was to receive and deal…

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Hetton Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 September 1901 · page 5

A meeting of the Hetton miners was held at the Albion Hotel, Wickham, last night. Mr. George Dawson, the president, occupied the chair, and there were about…

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Charlestown Police Court. (Before Mr. Love, S.M.) Breach of Coal Mines Act

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 September 1901 · page 7

At the last sitting of the Charles-town Police Court, John M'Lister was charged with taking matches into the Dudley coal mines, in contravention of…

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Indian Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 September 1901 · page 12

"Engineering" points out that high prices of imported fuel stimulated production of Indian coal last year. The output was 6,695,000 tons, of which 541,445…

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Sea Pit Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 September 1901 · page 7

The quarterly meeting of the above miners was held on Thursday evening in Blackburn's Hotel. The attendance was small, Mr. T. G. Wilson being in…

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Turned Into Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 September 1901 · page 11

A curious cane of transformation eat packwood into coal has been reported by M. G. Arth to the French Academy. A Jonval turbine was running with its steel point on…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 September 1901 · page 5

Some of the collieries have had to stand idle for periods during the fortnight which ended on Saturday. Greta miners have had a bad time of it, the…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 September 1901 · page 7

The monthly meeting of the above miners was held at the School of Arts on Friday evening, Mr. C. Richardson presiding…

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Wallsend. Miners' Matters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 September 1901 · page 5

The Ellermore Vale miners refused to proceed with the quarterly ballot for places on Thursday last, in consequence of a difference with the…

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Colliery Employees' Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1901 · page 8

At a meeting of East Greta miners, held in the Oddfellows' Hall on Saturday evening, a delegation, consisting of Messrs. W. Bower, M. Chariton, and…

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District News. Wallsend. Ellemore Vale-colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1901 · page 7

As anticipated in Saturday's Issue, operations at this colliery were suspended yesterday in consequence of a difference as to the method and amount of payment for…

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Coal and Coke Shipments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1901 · page 4

Following are the coal and coke shipments at the Government cranes at the dyke during the week ended at 6 o'clock yesterday morning, together with a comparison with the shipments during the…

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Mines' Taxation Case. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1901 · page 4

His Honor the Chief Judge in Equity (Mr. A. H. Simpson) this morning delivered his reserved a judgment in the suit brought by the Broken Hill Preprietary…

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Tin Mining in the North. a Newcastle Man's Good Fortune

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1901 · page 5

Mr. A. G. Hamilton, who formerly took a leading part in mining affair in this district—for some time delegate for the Metton Lodge—has had the good fortune to "strike…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 October 1901 · page 3

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

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Burwood Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 October 1901 · page 3

Burwood miners held their quarterly meeting last Monday night at Carnley's Hotel, Adamstown. Mr. A. Lowbridge occupied the chair…

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Colliery Afire. Repeated Explosions. Fifteen Lives Lost

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 October 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—A terrible disaster, which, it is feared, has resulted in great loss of life, has taken place in a colliery on Vancouver Island…

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Subsidence at Carrington. Colliery-working Effected. In the Lithgow District

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 October 1901 · page 5

The sudden bursting of a water-pipe in Hargraves-street, Carrington, between 7 and 8 o'clock last evening, caused the residents of that locality some alarm, and…

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Collieries 'Pay Cheques. Industrial Wealth of the District. OVER £42,000 Per Fortnight

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 October 1901 · page 8

If one takes the trouble to aggregate the fortnightly pays at the different collieries some Idea of the Industrial wealth of this district can be ascertained, and the cause…

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