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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1905

802 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 26 of 41

Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 August 1905 · page 6

A special meeting of the Wallsend Miners' Lodge was held at the School of Arts on Tuesday evening. Mr. C. Richardson presided. The business transacted…

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Stockton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 August 1905 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the Stockton Miners' Lodge was held last night. Mr. W. Bodenham, president, occupied the chair…

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Mining Matters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 August 1905 · page 6

A meeting of members of the Hetton Lodge was held on Wednesday night at the Alblon Hotel Wickham. There was a very fair attendance. Mr. G. Oldham…

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The Head of Gold (Published by Special Arrangement with Messrs. Ward, Lock, and Company, Limited). CHAPTER XXI.—(Continued)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 August 1905 · page 2

"I could not appraise them, madam, Mr. Asahel must see them himself." "Can I see Mr. Asahel." "No; he is engaged at present, Mr…

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The Head of Gold (Published by Special Arrangement with Messrs. Ward, Lock, and Company, Limited). CHAPTER XXI.—(Continued)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 August 1905 · page 12

"No, thanks. The window is well enough. Leave it its it is, pray; but, any dear Louis, I cannot get those dazzling rings out of my mind. Do…

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Welsh Miners' Wages

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 August 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—Sir Michacl Hicks-Beach, umpire of the Conciliation Board, has reduced the Welsh colliers' wages to the sliding scale…

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Fire on a Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 August 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—A great fire has occurred at Dolhuter mine, Jobannesburg. Before the outbreak could be got…

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Mining Conference. Revision of Special Rules

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 August 1905 · page 5

A conference was held on Saturday morning, at the Technical College, to consider the special rules under which collieries in the Northern districts are now…

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The Head of Gold (Published by Special Arrangement with Messrs. Ward, Lock, and Company, Limited). CHAPTER XXII.—(Continued.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 August 1905 · page 2

Miss Wright, crouching in an angle of the wall saw all this, and when her employer disappeared, she exclaimed, "To think of her meeting him there,…

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Brown's Collieries. Check Inspector's Report

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 August 1905 · page 3

Messrs. Edwin Williams, district check inspector, and James F. Colquhoun, local check inspector, report that they examined No. 2 tunnel on the 14th and 15th August…

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West Wallsend. Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 August 1905 · page 6

A special meeting of the West Wallsend miners was held on Thursday evening in the Federal Hall to deal with the delegate minutes of the 4th and 8th inst. Mr…

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The Head of Gold (Published by Special Arrangement with Messrs. Ward, Lock, and Company, Limited). CHAPTER XXIII.—(Continued.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 August 1905 · page 2

"Then, my dear, you would not break it to leave Louis Latitte?" "That is a different thing, Aaron. I do not love Louis; but I tell you…

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A Sydney Letter. an American Journalist Visits Us for Information.—a Sample of What Is Sometimes Said by People Who Don't Visit Us.—the Luck and the Ill-luck of Churches.—a Promotion Is Cr[?]sers for the Australian Station.—why Not Flagships with Local Names? Coal Item From West Australia.—the Licenses Victuallers Up in Arms. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 August 1905 · page 3

An American journalist, who is said to represent forty newspapers and magazines of that country, is just now doing the States with the object of telling his…

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Colliery Regulations. Position of the Owners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 August 1905 · page 7

The procedure adopted by the Mines Department with respect to the framing of new "special regulations" under the Coal Mines Regulation Act is classed by Mr. C…

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One of the World's Biggest Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 August 1905 · page 5

Not all the big things are in "America!" The Broken Hill Proprietary Mine is a very big thing, of which we are reminded by some recently issued figures dealing…

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The Head of Gold (Published by Special Arrangement with Messrs. Ward, Lock, and Company, Limited). CHAPTER XXIV.—(Continued.))

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 August 1905 · page 2

The financier's wife did not look her best this morning. She had not yet made her toilette. No touch of the bath had freshened her, and neither…

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Legislative Assembly. Rules of Collieries. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 August 1905 · page 5

Mr. W. H. WOOD, the Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, took the chair at half-past four o'clock to-day. Mr. ESTELL asked the Minister for…

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The Head of Gold (Published by Special Arrangement with Messrs. Ward, Lock, and Company, Limited). CHAPTER XXIV.—(Continued.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 August 1905 · page 2

Mr. Lafitte did not put in an appearance at the City offices that day, and his brother-in-law ascertained from Isaac Myers that he had not returned…

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Stockton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 August 1905 · page 6

The adjourned monthly meeting of the Stockton miners was held last night. Mr. W. Donnelly presided. The local delegate, Mr. W. M'Ilory, read…

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Mining Difficulty. Work to Be Resumed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 August 1905 · page 5

The new committee of management of the Colliery Employees' Federation of the Northern District met for the first time at ten o'clock yesterday, at the Trades…

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