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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1904

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 January 1904 · page 4

Eight collieries worked full time for the fortnight which ended on Saturday, and nine others did well, the balance, however doing but little. Cardiff was worked by a…

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Greta Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 January 1904 · page 6

The Railway Commissioners have notified their intention of having the railway points leading into the Greta Colliery siding removed at the end of this month. Should this intention…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 January 1904 · page 6

The Wallsend miners at the School of Arts. Mr. C. Richardson presiding. A communication was received from Mr. W. Brennan, secretary to the local committee of…

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Coal for Japan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 January 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—Japan has ordered another large shipment of coal, this time from Norfolk. Virginia (U.S.), where she has placed orders for…

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The Colliery Troubles. Delegate Board Meeting. District Officers Supported

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 January 1904 · page 5

Mr. G. C. Addison, the Registrar under the Arbitration Act, was present at the Newcastle Courthouse between the hours of 10 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. on Saturday, to…

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Pacific Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1904 · page 5

A largely-attended meeting of the Pacific miners was hold at Derrity's Hall yesterday afternoon, while the Northern Extended men were meeting at the School…

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Central Queensland Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1904 · page 7

Some months ago a shipment of about 50 tons of coal from the Central Queensland Coal Syndicates Dunstan mine, near Rockhampton, was sent by H.M.S. Mildura…

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The Colliery Troubles. Court Sits To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1904 · page 5

It transpires that 109 summonses have been taken out by Mr. Andrew Sneddon against those of the Northern Extended miners who declined to abide by the aware…

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Northern Extended Miners. Terms Again Declined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1904 · page 5

A meeting of the Northern Extended miners was held at the Teralba School of Arts yesterday afternoon. Mr. J. Bergin, the chairman of the lodge, occupied the…

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Abermain Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1904 · page 6

The seventeen miners who were dismissed at Abermain Colliery on Saturday put in a tender for the driving of the tunnels. The manager expressed an opinion that the…

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Views of Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1904 · page 6

The decision, as viewed by thoughtful miners, does not affect the main point which arises out of the case. If the principle of arbitration, which has brought…

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Hebburn. Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1904 · page 6

The Hebburn miners held a meeting on Sunday, Mr. P. Collins presiding. It has resolved to appoint a turn-keeper to regulate the skips. The delegate, Mr…

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Carrington. Coal Line Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1904 · page 6

About nine o'clock on Monday evening an accident occurred on the coal line a little to the east of Young-street crossing. A light engine coming from…

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The Arbitration Act. View of a Colliery Manager

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1904 · page 2

Some discussion has lately taken place upon the views expressed by Mr H. F. Forsyth, the manager of the Dudley Colliery, while on a visit to Melbourne, upon the…

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The Mining Difficulty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1904 · page 4

The result of the cases brought under the attention of the Arbitration Court yesterday will attract widespread attention throughout the…

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A Sydney Letter. Newcastle Her Coal, and the Far East.—a Mammoth Hotel for Sydney.—the Whiskey Bottle Again.—our Army of Doctors and Their Brass Plates.—the Ammbitions of the Young.—our Sailors and an Insurance Fund. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1904 · page 3

The continued ordering of large supplies of coal, first by Russia and then by Japan, has at last inspired the Government here to offer the latter country a…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 3

A special meeting of the Glebe miners was held on Monday evening. There was a good attendance, Mr. R. Powell presiding. In response to a request from the secretary…

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Rhondda Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 5

A meeting of the Rhoudda miners was hold at Rhondda yesterday, and was presided over by the lodge chairman, Messrs. Curley and Bowling, district officers, were…

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The Colliery Troubles. Northern Extended Case. Ballot Decided Upon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 5

A largely-attended meeting of the Northern Extended miners was held at the hall of the Teralba School of Arts yesterday afternoon, under the presidency of…

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Stockton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the Stockton Miners Lodge was held last night. Mr. E. O'Toole, president, was in the chair, and there was a very fair attendance…

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