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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1903

819 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 41

Maitland District Abermain Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 May 1903 · page 6

Abermain is a colliery estate which was originally part of the Aberdare Coal Company's estate, and immediately adjoins the A.A. Company's estate on its western side…

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Mining Education

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 May 1903 · page 6

Sir,—No doubt it has struck all students and those interested in mining generally that mining education in this district does not receive the attention that a subject of…

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Armidale Mining Action. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 May 1903 · page 5

The Full Court was to-day engaged in bearing an application on behalf of the plaintiff in the action. Martin v. Bakor's Creek Gold Mining Company, for a rule…

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Hetton Miners. Riding on Sets Admitted. Filling in the Gross Advocated

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 May 1903 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the Helton miners was held at the Albion Hotel Wickham, last night, Mr. James Bowditch presided, and there were about sixty…

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Maitland District Hebburn Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 May 1903 · page 6

In, probably, no colliery estate on the South Maitland coalfield has a larger initial expenditure been incurred than in connection with the development of the…

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Pelaw Main Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 May 1903 · page 6

A meeting of the Pelaw-Main Miners' Lodge was held in the Central Hall, Kurri Kurri, on Thursday night. It was decided that the minutes referring to election of…

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For Passengers to Auckland. Landing within a few miles of the Thames Goldfields

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 May 1903 · page 2

The fine salling clipper barque DUKE OF EDINBURGH has splendid accommodation for saloon passengers, and salls in a days, Apply…

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The Coal Trade. Conference Applied For

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1903 · page 5

The Colliery Proprietors of the northern district have received the following circular letter front Mr. James Curley, the secretary of the Northern District…

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Coal Miners' Conference. Eight Hours Asked For

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 June 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday. — An International Congress has been opened at Brussels, at which a million and a quarter miners are represented. M…

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The Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 June 1903 · page 4

The spirit and also the tone of the letter sent by the Colliery Employees' Federation to the mine owners of the Northern District will generally be…

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Gold in East Africa

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 June 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—A gold field has been discovered at Mwansa, in German East Africa, panning 30z to the ton…

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Coal-cutting Machines. Landed at Pelaw-main

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 June 1903 · page 4

Coal-cutting machines have arrived at Pelaw-Main for use at Messrs. J. and W. Brown's colliery, men being now engaged laying the necessary pipes to carry the…

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Block on the Railway. Coal Train Leaves the Line

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 June 1903 · page 5

Between 9 and 10 o'clock last evening a Pelaw-Main coal train, consisting of six hopper waggons, left the line near the Sydney junction, the result being a…

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Coal Mining Congress

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 June 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The International Congress of Coal Miners at Brussels has favoured the fixing of a minimum wage and the nomination of…

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Teralba District. Colliery Development

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 June 1903 · page 3

Teralba is a district that should advance if continuous work at the local collieries can be regarded as the main factor to progress and prosperity. The mines, which…

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[?]Outh African Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 June 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—A representative of the Johannesburg Chamber of Mines has recruited a thousand labourers at Lake Nyassa for work in…

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House of Representatives. the Crotty Miners. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 June 1903 · page 5

Mr. F. W. HOLDER the Speaker of the House of Representatives, took the chair at half-past two o'clock. In reply to Mr. Poynton (S.A.), Sir…

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District News. Wickham. Mining Machinery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 7

Messrs. A. Goninan and Co.'s Newcastle engineering works, at Wickham, have grown into a large industry. The firm started in the premises formerly occupied…

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Mining Congress. Difficulty in America

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The International Miners' Congress, sitting at Brussels, has unanimously passed a resolution that it is the duty of the…

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The Coal Trade. Conference Agreed To. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 5

It is understood that request for a conference made by the Colliery Employees' Federation of the Northern District, to these of the colliery owners who…

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