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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1906

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Shortland Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 5

The committee of management of the Colliery Employees Federation met yesterday at the Trades Hall, Mr. John Bower presided . The principal matter…

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Hill End Goldfield. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 5

The Department of Mines has for some time past hold out every possible encouragement to capitalists to undertake the work of putting in a low-level tunnel at…

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Trouble at Pelaw-main. Colliery Thrown Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 4

Trouble has again arisen at Pelaw Main Colliery but there are hopes that It may be overcome. On Thursday a clipper-on, whom the deputy in charge of the shit…

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Coal for the East. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 4

Mr. J. H. Suttor, Commercial Agent in the East, writes from Kobe, Japan, on he 30th November last as follows:— Despite various difficulties a start has…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 January 1906 · page 5

Very satisfactory work was done at the collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland districts for the fortnight ended on Saturday, Ten days constituted full time,…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 January 1906 · page 6

The ordinary meeting of the Wallsend miners was held at the School of Arts on Friday evening, Mr. C. Richardson presiding…

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Miners' Phthisis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 4

The increase in the number of cases of miner's lung disease on the Bendigo field has recently attracted a good deal of attention in Victoria,…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 6

The following is a summary of the report submitted on behalf of Check-inspectors E. Williams and S. M. Neal, at the monthly meeting of the Wallsend Miners'…

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West Wallsend. Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the Soaham minors was hold on Thursday evening in the Federal Hall, Mr. D. Evans presiding A letter was resolved from the…

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Shortland Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 4

The dispute at the Shortland Colliery has been settled, and the miners will resume work this morning. Yesterday the miners held a meeting, at which a…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 6

The Glebe miners held a special meeting on Monday evening, M. Rees Powell being in the chair. A letter was received from the district…

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Newcastle's Coal Export

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 4

The figures which were published in our columns yesterday showing the exports of coal front Newcastle to other parts of the Commonwealth…

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Craiglea Gold Field. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 4

The following report has been received by the Under-Secretary for Mines from Mr. T. A. Smith, the warden at Trunkey:— Hunter and Co. have resumed work at…

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Stockton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 5

The monthly meeting of Stockton Lodge was held last night. Mr. J. M'Namara, president, was in the chair. Minutes of a meeting of the committee…

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Colliery Employees. Delegate Board Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 5

The [?] meeting of the Delegate Board of the Colliery Employees Federation of the Northern-District was held yesterday at the Trades Hall. Mr. John…

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Queensland Coal Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 14

Engineer-lieutenant Wheater, the Admiralty coal inspector for Australia and New Zealand, recently made an official inspection of the coalmines in the central…

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Colliery Employees. Delegate Board Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Delegate Board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was continued yesterday at the Trades Hall Mr. Peter Bowling,…

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Sea Pit Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 6

A special meeting of the Sea Pit miners was held on Tuesday evening, when the minutes of the committee of management were dealt with. The district president,…

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District News. Holmesville. the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 January 1906 · page 5

The collieries in the Holmesville district are working well, and a number of residents also find employment at the Sulphide Corporation's works, so that…

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Mining Disaster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 January 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—By an explosion, at the Detroit (U.S.A.) Kanawha Co.'s coal mine, 18 miners were killed, whilst 100 others just escaped with…

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