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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1905

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Pelaw Main Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 5

The conditions at Pelaw-main were unaltered yesterday, and there appears to be no prospect of the wheelers accepting any terms under 7s per day. The miners…

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Sea Pit Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 5

A special meeting of the above miners was held in Blackburn's hotel on Thursday evening, to take into consideration the action of the manger in cancelling the…

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Coal Mining Deadlock. Arbitration Order Stayed. Attorney General's Action. Prosecutions Sanctioned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 5

The coal mining deadlock reached an important portent stage yesterday, when applications by the Attorney-General and the Colliery Employees' Federation were granted by…

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Welsh Coal Supplies

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 7

Speaking at the Cardiff (Eng.) Mayoral banquet, Mr. E. Franklin Thomas (president of the Cardiff Chamber of Commerce) referred chiefly to the Cardiff…

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Glebe Miners. a Joint Deputation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 5

A meeting of the Glebe miners was held at Simpson's Hall, Merewether, yesterday morning. Mr. Rees Powell, the lodge chairman, presided, and there was…

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The Mining Troubles

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 4

Two order were made by the Courts yesterday bearing upon the industrial disputes in the Northern District. One was a prohibition granted by Mr…

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Pelaw Main Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 5

At a meeting of the Pelaw-Main Miners' Lodge, held in Milgate's Hall, on Thursday evening, Mr. Geo. Dawsan presided, and there was a large attendance…

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East Greta Collieries. Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 5

Mr. W. F. Gale, after an investigation of the books of the East Greta Coal Mining Company, has found that the average selling price of the company's coal has…

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Coal Mining Deadlock. Fourteen Summonses Issued Returnable on

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 5

The coal mining situation was calmly discussed by groups of miners and others assembled in various parts of the suburbs yesterday. Satisfaction was expressed…

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The Mining Situation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 4

The example which was set by the Glebe miners in sanctioning the admission of representatives of the Press to their meeting is one which it…

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Dudley Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 January 1905 · page 5

Dudley miners met on Saturday, when it was arranged that a deputation representing the wheelers and miners should meet the manager and endeavour to effect…

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The Colliery Deadlock

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 January 1905 · page 4

While the deadlock which is taking place in the mining industry does not on the surface appear to be susceptible of immediate compromise, events show…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 January 1905 · page 5

The Wallsend miners met at the School of Arts on Friday evening, Mr. C. Richardson presiding. Among the correspondence received was…

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Stockton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 January 1905 · page 5

A meeting of the Stockton Miners' Lodge was held at the Temperance Hall, Stockton, on Saturday forenoon, Mr. W. J. Donnelly in the chair. The meeting, it…

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Glebe Collieries. Appeal to the Management

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 January 1905 · page 5

On Saturday morning Messrs. Rees Powell, G. Reid, and J. Nesbit, representing the miners of the Newcastle Coal Company's A and B collieries, with…

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Coal Mining Deadlock. Hetton Directors Meet. Wheelers to Be Reduced

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 January 1905 · page 5

The chief subject talked of in the city on Saturday ton connection with the mining situation was the probable action to be taken to-day by the Hetton…

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South African Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 January 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The British South Africa Company's resident engineer describes the alluvial deposits discovered at Lake Victoria and…

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Dudley Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 January 1905 · page 5

Mr. Henry S. Forsyth, the general manager of the Dudley Coal Company, writes as follows:—"In your issue of to-day (January 16th), there appears a paragraph in…

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Coal Mining Deadlock. Meeting of Wheelers. General Stoppage Proposed Mr. S. Smith's Proposal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 January 1905 · page 5

The coal-mining deadlock continues. An aggregate meeting of the wheelers was held yesterday afternoon at the enclosed running grounds at Broadmeadow, the…

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A Sydney Letter. the Letter Carriers' Summer Uniform.—mr. Smith to Evolve a Change.—the Habit of Blaming Federation. — the First Cost of Coal and the Last.—some Householders Can't Understand It.—a Little Lesson in Commercialism.—a Srange Proposal.—fish Dinners for the Unemployed Heads of Families.—the Only Price—they Must Catch 'Em. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 January 1905 · page 7

The Postmaster-General has decided a point in clothing. It appears that certain employees were compelled to work indoors in their coats, even though the…

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