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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1904

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Northern Extended Colliery. Summonses Issued

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 February 1904 · page 5

Summonses were issued yesterday upon information laid by the Attorney-General, calling upon John Burgin, William Haydon, John Barnett, John Horn, and…

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A New Mine Explosive

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 February 1904 · page 2

Inventers have been endeavouring to discover a safer and cheaper explosive for blasting coal than gunpowder. With this in view, some tests were recently made in…

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Mining Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 February 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—Seven miners have been killed in a coal pit at Rotherham, in Yorkshire, through the breaking of a rope…

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Peer and Coal-dealer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 February 1904 · page 7

The Marquis of Londonderry, who, with Sir William Anson, has borne the brunt of the Education Bill, is one of our workmanlike peers who know how to combine…

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District News. West Wallsend. Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 February 1904 · page 6

A special meeting of the West Wallsend Miners' Lodge was held in Wilson's lodgeroom on Tuesday night Mr. J. Mills presided. Messrs. D. Murdock and J…

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Northern Extended Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1904 · page 7

Sir,—It has taken Mr. Andrew Sneddon some considerable time to awaken to the number of alleged misrepresentations which have appeared, as the says, from…

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Waratah Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1904 · page 5

The Waratah miners met yesterday at Adamstown. There was a large attendance. The chair was occupied by Mr. T. Molling, who stated that the meeting was…

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New Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1904 · page 5

During the last fortnight negotiations have been proceeding between the manager and minors of New Lambton Colliery with regard to the reduction that took…

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Westport Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1904 · page 3

The annual meeting of this company the biggest and the most flourishing of its kind in the colony, was held the other day. The chairman, Sir Henry Miller,…

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Mining Matters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1904 · page 5

In conformity with the decision of the Rhondda miners to resume work, eighteen hands made to a start yesterday morning unconditionally, and Mr. Wilson, the…

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The Mining Prosecutions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1904 · page 4

The announcement that the Teralba miners who have been standing out against an award of the Arbitration Court have now agreed to conform to…

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The Admiralty and New Zealand Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1904 · page 3

Lord Ranfurly, our Governor, who has only a few months more sojourn in our midst, and the Premier are on a tour of the West Coast of the South Island…

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Coal Fields Map. South Maitland District

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1904 · page 6

Mr. A. F. Hall, licensed surveyor of Newcastle, who has had much to do with the development of the South Maitland coalfields, has just completed an…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 February 1904 · page 6

Only five collieries worked full time for the fortnight which ended on Saturday, Eight others did fairly well, but then comes a talling off, when Browns…

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West Wallsend. Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 February 1904 · page 6

A special meeting of the West Wallsend miners was held in the Federal Hall on Friday evening Mr. J. Mills presided, and there was a fair attendance, Messrs…

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The Coal Trade. a Cheerless Outlook

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 5

There has been a falling off in the coal trade during the last three, months and according to Mr. R. B. Hogue, the manager for Messrs, J. and A. Brown. it is…

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The Gippsland Coal-miners. an Appeal for Support. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 March 1904 · page 6

The conference of miners' representatives from various portions of the State with delegates from the Victorian coal miners to consider the position of the…

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Durham Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 March 1904 · page 3

Sir,—I would like to draw the attention of the authorities to the difficulties Durham-miners who live in Hamilton, have to contend with in [?]nding out when there…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 March 1904 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the Glebe miners lodge was held on Monday evening in Simpson's Hall. There was only a moderate attendance. Mr. R. Powell occupied the…

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Wickham Miners. Five Weeks Off Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 6

A special meeting of the Wickham and Bullock Island miners was held at Watson's Hotel, Wickham, last night, Mr. R. Mason, the president, occupied the chair…

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