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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1903

819 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 27 of 41

Stanford-merthyr Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 August 1903 · page 6

Machinery improvements of a substantion nature have been made at the Stanford-Merthyr Colliery, in addition to the electric installation referred to in last…

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Coal Miners' Wages. Further Petitions. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 August 1903 · page 6

In the Legislative Assembly this afternoon, Mr. J. Hurley Presented a petition from Vale of Clwydd Coal Company, the Lighgow Valley Colliery Company, the…

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Southern Colliery Disputes. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 August 1903 · page 5

The posiition of the South Clifton Colliery employees, who were recently thrown out of worn by the closing down of the colliery, and some grievanees to from…

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Gold in the Desert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 August 1903 · page 6

Tracts of land in the south-western port of the United States containing valuable deposits of old are to be opened as a result of the latest invention of Thomas A…

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Northumberland Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 August 1903 · page 5

When work was resumed at the Northumberland Colliery, Fassifern, a few weeks ago, after a short stoppage relative to a dispute as to the mode of…

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Sea Pit Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 August 1903 · page 7

The Sea Pit miners met on Thursday evening at Blackburn's Hotel, Mr. Halliday in the chair. A letter was received form Mr. Curloy,…

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Pelaw-main Colliery. the Arbitration Matter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 August 1903 · page 5

Though fair progress is being made with the working of the coal-cutting machines it Pelaw-Main, the output has still to he materially increased to come…

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Explosions in Collieries. Comments by Mr. Jon. May

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 August 1903 · page 3

"Colliery Explosions: Their cause and their prevention," is the title of a pamphlet issued by Mr. Jonathon May, mining engineer, and lecturer on mining,…

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Hebburn Colliery. the Working Conditions. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 August 1903 · page 5

In the Arbitration Court to-day the case of the Collieries' Employees Federation. Northern District v. The Australian Agricultural Company, in regard to the…

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Coal Trade Agreement Meeting To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 August 1903 · page 5

When the colliery proprietors belonging to the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association met the representative of the miners of this district at the Newcastle…

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Work at the Collieries. an Easy Fortnight

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 August 1903 · page 5

Work was intermittent at some of the collieries during the past fortnight, due chiefly to the easing off in the inter-state trade, only nine of the pits getting in full…

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Ventilation of Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 August 1903 · page 2

The extracts published in last issue from the annual report furnished by the secretary of the Amalgamated Miners' Association of Australia (says the "Mining…

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Mining Conference. Agreement Submitted. Proprietors' Proposals Objected to

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 August 1903 · page 5

The draft agreement submitted by the colliery proprietors at the conference with the miners held on 27th June last was considered in detail at a meeting of a joint…

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Canadian Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 August 1903 · page 3

The coal area of Canada is estimated at 97,300 miles, not including the areas in the Far North, which are known to exist, but are not yet developed. There are…

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Glebe. Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 August 1903 · page 6

The Glebe miners met on Monday evening in Simpson's Hall, Mr. Rees Powell occupied the chair. The delegate, Mr. G. Reid, read and…

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South Wallsend Colliery. the Hewing Rate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 August 1903 · page 5

Mr. W. W. Johnson the proprietor of the South Wallsend Colliery, Mr. J. Campbell, the manager, and Mr. W. Fletcher, met the executive officers of the Colliery…

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Pelaw Main Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 August 1903 · page 6

Mr. R. Armstrong presided at a meeting of the Pelaw-Main Miners' Lodge, in the Central Hall, Kurri, Kurri, on Sunday. The prices for tonnage and yardage rates,…

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Wages of Coal Miners. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 August 1903 · page 5

In the Assembly this afternoon Mr. Cohen presented at petition signed by representatives of the A.A. Co. and the Newcastle Coal Mining Company, against the…

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Dudley Colliery. Check Inspection

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 August 1903 · page 5

A report of a check-Inspection of the Dudley Colliery, made by Messrs. Edwin Williams and William Jackson, check-inspectors, on the 6th and 7th inst., states…

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Demand for Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 August 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The Admiralty has asked for quotations for the supply of a million tons of steam coal for the last four months of 1903…

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