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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1906

894 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 39 of 45

District News Plattsburg. Co-operative Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 October 1906 · page 3

The quarterly meeting of the Co-operative miners was held in Shaw's room on Friday last, Mr. J. Hill in the chair. Mr. W. Brennan read and explained, the…

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Mining Matters. the Coal Vend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 October 1906 · page 4

The colliery proprietors still decline to make any statement concerning the operations of the coal vend, except to say that the reports purporting to give…

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Hetton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 October 1906 · page 4

A special meeting of the members of Hotton Lodge was held last night in the lodge-room, Wickham, Mr. G. Oldham, chairman of the lodge, presided, and…

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Welsh Miners' Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 October 1906 · page 6

Papers to hand by this week's English mail state that the strike of Welsh coalminers against the employment of nonunion labour is being characterised by…

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Hebburn Miners

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

The Hebburn minors held their monthly meeting in the King's Hall, Weston, on Sunday morning. Mr. R. Jarvis presided, there being also present Messrs. P…

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The Rand Mines

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

LONDON, Saturday.—The Native Labour Association of the Witwatersrand has notified the Robinson Group of mines that they must either…

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Mining Matters

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

Mr. P. Bowling, president of the Miners' Federation, attended a meeting of the Hebburn Miners' Lodge on Sunday. The question of adopting the Pelaw-Main…

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South African Gold Export

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

LONDON, Monday.—The Union Castle liner Norman Castle left Capetown with £1,000,000 in specie. This is a record shipment from South…

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Mining Matters. Teralba Colliery

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

An announcement was made some time age that a company had been formed to develop the Teralba Colliery, on Black's estate, on the Teralba side of Cockle…

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Teralba Collieries

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

A lodge of the Colliery Employees' Federation is to be formed in connection with the Northern Extended and Rhondda Colleries, at Teralba, and there will be a…

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Stanford-merthyr Colliery

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

The work of clearing the Stanford-Merthyr Colliery of water is being continued as fast as possible. It has now been reduced so as to render accessible another…

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Colliery Disaster. Twenty-four Victims. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 October 1906 · page 5

A terrible explosion has occurred in the Wingate' Colliery, Durham. The bodies of 24 victims have been recovered, and 30 miners were rescued…

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Mines Adrift in the Solent

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 October 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—During the recent Admiralty experiments, 18 electrical concussion mines got adrift in the Solent. Ten have been…

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Welsh Miners. Non-unionists Federate. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 October 1906 · page 5

The 40,000 miners employed in the Rhondda Valley, Wales, who gave notice that they intended to terminate their contracts at the end of October,…

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Stockton Miners

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

The Stockton Miners' Lodge met last eight. Mr. R. Lloyd, chairman, presided. The quarterly balance-sheet showed the following figures:—In treasurer's hands…

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Colliery Employees. Delegate Board Meeting

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

The quarterly meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held yesterday in the Trades Hall. There was a full attendance of…

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Miners' Strike Money

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 October 1906 · page 7

Sir,—I wish to draw the attention of those whom it may concern to what seems to me the unnecessary delay In paying the miners' strike money. It is now three…

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Romance of Welsh Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 October 1906 · page 6

In our cable messages, received from London a few days ago, it was stated that German capitalists had succeeded in gaining control of a company, owning an…

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Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Abermain Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 October 1906 · page 6

The Abermain mine was thrown idle yesterday afternoon, through the wheelers deciding not to go to work, on account of one of their number have been…

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Abermain Colliery

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

Work was resumed at Abermain colliery yesterday afternoon, after an idleness of three shifts. The wheeler in connection with whose dismissal, the trouble arose…

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