District News Greta. Dismantling the Mine
The work of removing the six large steam boilers from the Greta mine has now been completed. These are the last relics of any value, and nothing remains…
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Mining & the mines, 1906
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A Welsh Mining Veteran
The following extract from the "South Wales Daily News" will be of interest to many Welsh miners in the Newcastle and Maitland districts, who were familiar…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →French Miners' Strike. Murder by a Priest. London
Sixty thousand French miners are new out on strike. There have been disturbances at Lens…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Managers' Association
At a meeting of managers of collieries on the South Maitland coalfield, held at Mr. O. K. Young's office, West Maitland, on Wednesday, the matter of forming an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →State Coal
The State coal mines, of which great things wore expected, or, at all events promised, have not yet been a success. Neither have they beau a bed of roses for…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sea Pit Miners
The quarterly meeting of the Sea Pit miners was held in Blackburn's Hotel on Thursday evening. Mr. Joseph Halliday occupied the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Belgian Miners' Strike
LONDON, Friday.—Two thousand miners at Mons, Belgium, have struck for in advance in wages…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters
A conference will be held in the council room of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce, at eleven o'clock to-day, between a number of colliery owners or their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Stanford-merthyr Colliery. Further Delay Recommended
With a view of discussing matters in connection with the condition of Stanford-Merthyr Colliery, and the prospect of breaking the seals, a conference of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →London News. Mr. Balfour and Mr. Chamberlain.—two Historical Letters.—the Colonial "Offer."—"back to the Land" in England, Instead of "Off to the Land" in the Colonies.—a Mining Engineer on the Western Australian Mines.—shall It Be British Rails or American for Australia?—australia's "Labour Warning" to England.—the South Australian Agent-general and Australia's Products. London, February 16th, 1906
The most important event, in English political history this week, perhaps the most important in the Empire's history this week, is the complete rapprochement…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Work at the Collieries
During the fortnight ended on Saturday, eight collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland districts worked full time, and 19 worked eight days or over. This…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stanford-merthyr Colliery
In connection with the conference of colliery inspectors and managers, held at Stanford-Merthyr on Friday to discuss the condition of the colliery, the decision…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. the Hewing Rate. Conference of Miners and Owners
Following upon a resolution passed at a meeting of the committee of management of the Colliery Employees' Federation of the Northern District about a fortnight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Trade
The conference on coal trade prices and increased hewing rates, convened by the Colliery Employees' Federation, held at the Chamber of Commerce on Saturday,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Selling-price of Coal. Prospect of a Vend
The negotiations between the colliery-owners in the Newcastle and Maitland districts have now reached a stage at which it can be confidently stated that a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Shipping at the Dyke. Report of the Board of Inquiry. Sydney
The board sent to Newcastle at the instance of the Railway Commissioners, to inquire regarding complaints that the railway, shipping arrangements at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Wallsend. Miners' Meeting
The quarterly meeting of the Seaham miners was held in the Federal Hall, on Thursday evening, Mr. D. Evans presiding. It was decided to enforce the rule…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Proposed Coal Vend
The meeting which has taken place between the representatives of the colliery employees and the majority of mine-owners in the Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shipment of Coal. Agents' Criticisms
The summary published in yesterday's "Newcastle Morning Herald," of the report of the board appointed by the Railway was Commissioners, to inquires into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Glebe Miners
The quarterly meeting of the Glebe miners was held on Monday evening in Twist's Hall. There was a fair attendance, and Mr. R. Powell occupied the…
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