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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1906

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Sea Pit Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 7

The monthly meeting of the Sea Pit miners was held on Thursday evening, Mr. H. Oxley in the chair. In response to an invitation from the secretary of…

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Developing the State Coal Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 13

I presume that anything regarding our State coal policy will be read with a certain amount of interest in Newcastle. Well, within the last few days there has…

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French Miners' Strike. Serious Fighting. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 4

One thousand miners on strike prevented workers returning to the iron foundries at Denain, and the managers' offices were besieged…

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Mining Matters. Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 April 1906 · page 4

The Easter holidays shortened the number of days worked during the fortnight at the Newcastle and Maitland collieries, full time being represented by nine days…

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Price of Coal. Meeting of Proprietors. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1906 · page 5

A meeting of colliery proprietors of the northern district was held in Sydney to-day, occupying several hours. At the conclusion absolutely no information was…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the Globe miners was held on Monday evening. There was a good attendance, and Mr. R. Powell occupied the chair…

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Price of Coal. Meeting of Proprietors. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 5

The meeting of the colliery proprietors of the northern district, which was commenced yesterday, was continued to-day being brought to a conclusion shortly…

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Sea Pit Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 April 1906 · page 5

A special meeting of the Sea Pit miners was held on Monday night, when the delegate minutes to the 19th inst. were dealt with. The minute proposing an increase of…

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Mining Examinations. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 April 1906 · page 5

The following candidates have been reported by the examiners, Messrs. W. Humble, F.G.S., T. Parton, F.G.S. and A. E. O. Sellars, M.E., to have passed their…

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Death of a Noted Mining Man. Ballarat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 April 1906 · page 5

Mr. William Balley, of Ballarat, a well-known racing and mining man, died to-day, aged 70. He was one of four defendants in the most celebrating mining…

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Co-operative Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 7

A special meeting of the above miners was held on Wednesday evening, when there was a good attendance, Mr. John Moss was in the chair…

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World's Coal Deposits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 6

The Journal "Stahl and Eisen" has recently published some figures bearing upon this question. A more optimistic view is taken than is often the case. The…

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Mining Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 5

At the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, before the District Coroner, Mr. C. Hibble, and a jury of six, an inquest was opened concerning the death of a miner named…

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The Storage of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 2

The United States Government has taken elaborate precautions to avert the danger of spontaneous combustion in its coal pile at Bradford, on Narragansett Bay,…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 April 1906 · page 5

The minutes of the quarterly delegate meeting were dealt with by the Wallsend mines on Thursday evening, Mr. W. Wills presiding. The minutes were explained in…

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District News Waratah. Mining in the Grafton District

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 April 1906 · page 6

Mr. F. W. Cast, well-known in Waratah, who recently returned from the district of Grafton, gives interesting information in reference to the mineral…

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Abedare Collieries. Half-yearly Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1906 · page 5

The eleventh half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Aberdare Collieries of New South Wales, Ltd., was held yesterday afternoon in the council-room of the…

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Co-operative Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1906 · page 5

A special meeting of the Co-operative miners was held last evening, when Mr. E. Parkes presided, over a large attendance, notwithstanding the number of men…

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Wickham and B. I. Coal Company. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1906 · page 5

The half-yearly meeting of the Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company was held to-day, at the Royal Exchange, Sydney. Mr. Harley N. Mackenzie,…

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Minmi Collieries. Check-inspectors' Report

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1906 · page 3

Following is a summary of the report made by the district and local check-inspectors. Messrs. Edwin Williams and James Colquhoun, upon an inspection of…

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