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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1905

802 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 41

The Coal-mining Deadlock

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 January 1905 · page 4

The suggestion that was made by Mr. S. Smith, the employees' member of the Arbitration Court, with a view to putting an immediate stop to the…

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Miners' Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 January 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—A general strike has been ordered among the miners in Westphalia, in Germany, who are seeking to obtain a curtailment of the…

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Colliery Fatality. Singleton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 January 1905 · page 5

A fatal accident occurred at the Dulwich Colliery, yesterday, the victim being a well-known miner named Josh Freer. The deceased was working at the face when a…

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Position at the Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 January 1905 · page 5

The wheelers served with summonses to answer informations sworn against them individually at the instance of the Attorney-General, were at the offices of their…

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Coal Mining Deadlock. Proposal for Settlement Arbitration Court to Sit. Attorney-general Intervenes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 January 1905 · page 5

The seriousness of the coal mining deadlock, and the suggestion of Mr. S. Smith, have aroused the Attorney-General, Mr. C. G. Wade, to action. He has telegraphed…

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The Mining Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 January 1905 · page 7

Sir,—All who may desire to see the dispute between the colliery owners and their wheelers brought to a conciliatory issue wilt be in accord with your remarks upon…

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Coal Mining Deadlock. Wheeless Open Negotiation Proprietors Meet To-morrow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1905 · page 5

The hearing of the cases against the wheelers was adojurned at the Newcastle Court yesterday until to-morrow. Those of the wheelers forming the wheelers'…

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The Coal Difficulty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1905 · page 6

Sir,—In reply to Mr. John Brown's letter on the coal-mining difficulty, I would point out that he seems to be anxious about the condition of the…

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Affairs at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 5

The wheelers at the Lambton Colliery, who gave notice last Monday week, after the Lambton meeting of wheelers, will complete their notice to-day to-morrow…

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Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the Lambton Miners' Lodge was held last night, Mr. J. Morgan presided, and there was also present Mr. John Bower, president of the…

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Dudley Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 5

A meeting of Dudley miners was held yesterday at Charlestown. There was a large attendance, but there was no business to place before the meeting which…

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Stockton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the Stockton Miners Lodge was held as last night. Mr. W. Donnelly, president in the chair. It was resolved that Messrs. Hindmarsh and…

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Victorian Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 6

At the instance of Mr. E. J. Dunn, director of geological survey, the officers of the branch of the Victorian Mines Department have prepared a diagram…

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West Wallsend. West Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 5

A special meeting of the West Wallsend miners was held in the Federal Hall on Tuesday forenoon, for the purpose of dealing with the delegate minutes of the…

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The Coal Deadlock. Prospect of Settlement. Offer by the Wheelers. to Be Considered To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 5

A proposal for the settlement of the coal-mining difficulty has now been made which it may be hoped will put an end to the stoppage of trade. The wheelers and…

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Coal Mines Act. Action Against Sinkers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 5

At the Cessnock Court on 14th instant, before Mr. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., Senior-inspector W. Humble, of the Mines Department, proceeded against workmen at…

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Abermain Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 5

Trouble has arisen at Abermain Colliery where the fillers have made a demand for an increase of 4d per ton on the present rate of 3d per ton for filling. Should the…

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The Colliery Deadlock

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 4

The refusal of the colliery proprietors to give audience to the wheeleres and the miners with a view to settling the present deadlock, is…

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Burwood Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 5

Burwood miners met yesterday morning at the Premier Hotel, at Broadmeadow, Mr. W. Tampssit in the chair. The minuton of the delegate meeting held on the…

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Coal Mining Deadlock. Wheelers' Offer Rejected Owners Refuse a Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 5

Interest in the coal mining difficulty was yesterday centred in the proceedings at the meeting of the members of the Northern Coal Owners' Association, in Sydney,…

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