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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1902

831 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 42

Colliery Employees. Quarterly Delegate Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 July 1902 · page 6

The quarterly meeting of the delegate Board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held at the Trades Hall, Hunter-street West, yesterday. The chair…

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Pelaw Main. Colliery Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 July 1902 · page 6

The mine was laid idle on Tuesday morning at half-past eleven. One of the miners was sent home for being late, and when the men heard of this they knocked…

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Sea Pit Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 July 1902 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the Sea Pit miners was held on Wednesday evening in Blackburn's hotel. The attendance was good, and Mr. T. G. Wilson occupied the…

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Southern Coal for the Admiralty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 July 1902 · page 4

Large orders are in han[?]i for southern coal and the collieries are fully taxed to keep paco with them. The British Admiralty is taking a large cargo to Hongkong for the purpose of giving it a…

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Stockton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 July 1902 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Stockton Miners' Lodge was held on Friday night. Mr. J. Robson, chairman, presided, and there was a fair attendance…

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Work at the Collieries. the Outlook for Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 July 1902 · page 4

Work has not been particularly brisk at many of the collieries during the past fortnight, though some that lost time were not in want of trade. Wallsend was…

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Strike of Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The total loss entailed by the strikes of the miners engaged at the anthracite mines in Pennsylvania, United States, for an…

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An Electric Coal Cutter. in Use in Victoria

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1902 · page 5

Coal-mining companies are watching with keen interest the introduction of coal-cutting machinery in Great Britain. In Scotland there were 49 machines at…

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Southern Collieries. Arbitration Continued. Wollongong

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 July 1902 · page 4

The Arbitration Court resumed its hearing to-day at the Wollongong Courthouse of the dispute between the southern colliery proprietors and their employees…

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Llanbradach Colliery. the Late Explosion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 July 1902 · page 3

In September last the circumstances of an explosion, which occurred at the Llanbradach Colliery, Llanbradach, near Cardiff, Wales, on the 10th of that month were…

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Colliery Certificates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 July 1902 · page 6

The results of the examinations of candidates applying for certificates of competency under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, which took place in the Newcastle…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 July 1902 · page 7

A special meeting of the Glebe miners was held on Monday evening. There was a good attendance. Mr. R. Powell was in the chair…

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Southern Collieries. the Arbitration Case. Wollongong

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 July 1902 · page 6

The Arbitration Court continued its hearing to-day at the Wollongong Courthouse of the dispute between the southern colliery proprietors and their…

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Southern Collieries. the Arbitration Case. Wollongong

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 July 1902 · page 5

The Arbitration Court continued its hearing to-day, at the Wollongong Courthouse, of the dispute between the Southern colliery proprietors and their…

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Newcastle-wallsend Coal Co Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 July 1902 · page 4

The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders of the Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Company was held at the office of the company,…

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Burwood Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 July 1902 · page 5

The Burwood miners met on Monday night at Carnley's hotel, Adamstown. Mr. J. Thwaites occupied the chair. The delegate, Mr. Jones, gave a…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 July 1902 · page 3

A special meeting of the Wallsend miners, was held at the School of Arts on Wednesday evening. Mr. C. Richardson presided, there being an exceptionally…

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Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 July 1902 · page 7

The monthly meeting of the Lambton Miners' Lodge was held in O'Hea's Hall on Thursday night, when Mr. W. Jenkins presided…

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Southern Collieries. the Arbitration Case. Wollongong

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 July 1902 · page 5

The Arbitration Court continued its inquiry to-day at the Wollongong Courthouse into the dispute between the Southern Colliery proprietors and their…

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Stockton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 July 1902 · page 3

A special meeting of the above miners was held in the Temperance Hall, Stockton Mr. Jas. Robson, President in the chair…

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