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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1905

802 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 41

Discharge of Coal After Hours. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 5

A case involving considerable hardship upon a shipping company came before the Collector of Customs this morning, when the master of the A.U.S.N. steamer…

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Affairs at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 5

The Seaham wheelers, by deputation, yesterday morning told their manager that they were prepared to return to work at the 10 per cent. reduction, and Mr. Fairley…

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Burwood Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 5

A well-attended meeting of the Burwood miners was held at the Premier Hotel, Broadmeadow, yesterday afternoon, Mr. W. Tampaett presiding, The Delegate…

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Coal Trimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 5

Work at the cranes was very slack yesterday owing to the coal trimmers' refusal to work for the ordinary rate of wages. As pointed out in Tuesday's "Newcastle…

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The Coal Deadlock

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 2

Sir,—Having road the scheme proposed by Mr. I. Lasker regarding the making up of the wheelers' wages, I may ask what does he think the wheelers are? First,…

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Coal Deadlock Settled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 4

The announcement that the difficulty which has existed in regard to the local mining trade has been settled and that work is to be resumed at the…

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Mining Deadlock Ended Wheelers Resume Work. Arbitration to Be Sought

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 5

The difficulty in the coal mining industry, which has existed since the beginning of the year, is happily, at the end, Work will now be resumed as soon as the…

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Scottish Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—Owing to the strike of the workers in the Westphalian Collieries, the Scottish collieries are receiving huge German…

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Stockton Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 6

The Stockton Miners' Lodge held a meeting at the Temperance Hall yesterday morning, when delegate minutes from two meetings of the board were read and…

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Sea Pit Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Sea Pit miners was held on Thursday evening in Blackburn's hotel, Mr. J. Halliday being in the chair…

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Hetton Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 2

At the half-yearly meeting of the Hutton Coal Company, held at the company's offices, Sydney, the report stated that during the past six months the mine worked…

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Newcastle-wallsend Coal Co

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 2

The half-yearly meeting of the Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Company was held at the company's offices in Bridge-street, Sydney, Mr. J. H. Storey, the chairman,…

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The Coal Industry. Preparations for Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 5

The news of the termination of the coal-mining deadlock was received with satisfaction everywhere, although the position of the wheelers commands…

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Melbourne Gossip. January 25. the Coal Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 7

It cannot be said that the Newcastle coal trouble is causing much interest here yet, with the general public. Had it come in winter time, and when general supplies…

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The Coal Industry. Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 January 1905 · page 5

No additional collieries went to work on Saturday, but it was ascertained beyond doubt that the Back Creek and Dudley Collieries would be ready for work to-morrow…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 January 1905 · page 5

The Wallsend miners met at the School of Arts on Friday forenoon, Mr. C. Richardson presiding. The minutes of a recent delegate…

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Mining in Germany

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 January 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The Prussian Government has introduced legislation the object of which is to regulate the hours worked by miners…

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Mining Mortality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 6

In a recent issue, says the "Australian Mining Standard," the opinion was expressed that mining was not the peculiarly hazardous occupation commonly…

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New Zealand Coal. the Buller District

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 6

In a recent issue of the "Westport 'rimes " there appears a competition essay by Mr. Edward Young on "The development of the mining resources of the…

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The Coal Industry. Indictments Being Issued

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 5

Having obtained committals of typical cases in the prosecutions against miners and wheelers named in the affidavits submitted to the Arbitration Court in…

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