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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1906

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Seaham Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 October 1906 · page 7

The Seaham Miners' Lodge met in the Federal Hall on Thursday evening. Mr. D. J. Evans occupied the chain, and Mr. A. Lewis, district treasurer, was present…

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Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 October 1906 · page 2

On Wednesday evening the Back Creek and Duckenfield miners held a meeting to take into consideration the amendments suggested by the committee of…

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Colliery Employees. Delegate Board Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 October 1906 · page 5

The quarterly meeting of the members of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was continued yesterday at the Trades Hall, when there was a…

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Sea Pit Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 October 1906 · page 5

A meeting of the Sea Pit Miners' Lodge was held on Thursday evening. In support of a circular received from the Eight-hour Committee, urging all…

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The Coal Question

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

The announcement from your way that the colliery owners and the shipping interest had decided to raise the price and carriage of coal has caused…

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Mining Matters. South Coast Miners

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

A dispute having arisen at South Buill Colliery relative to certain deficient places, it was agreed that an independent inspection should be made. Thirty-one…

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Work at the Collieries

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

Satisfactory work was done at the Newcastle and South Maitland collieries for the fortnight ended on Saturday. Foreign and interstate trade is easing off, but the…

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Wallsend Miners

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

The Wallsend Miners' Lodge met at the school of arts on Friday evening, Mr. T. Richardson presiding. The secretary for Elermore Vale miners…

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Mining Disaster

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

LONDON, Saturday.—The Johannesburg correspondent of the "Daily Mail" reports that a serious mining accident has occurred in which 30…

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Coal Loading Operations. a Great Scheme. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 October 1906 · page 4

The magnificent potentialities of Newcastle as an industrial centre, and the tremendous advancement which the development of the coal trade has for years…

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Wallarah Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 October 1906 · page 6

The Wallarah Miners' Lodge met in Tobin's Hall, Catherine Hill Day, on Saturday evening. Mr. J. Bassett presiding. Correspondence was read from Mr…

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World's Coal Output

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 October 1906 · page 3

The latest statistics available of the coal production of the world in 1995 put the total at 929,633,000 tons, as compared with 867,021,000 tons in 1964, or an increase…

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Quest for Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 October 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—A project is [?]oot to blow up and search the remains of the steamer Royal Charter which was wrecked off Anglesea in…

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Scotch Coal-pit Ponies

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 October 1906 · page 6

At present when there is movement on foot to establish a Scottish society to promote in the various mining districts competitions amongst pit pony drivers and…

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Welsh Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 October 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday,—Contracts for Welsh steam coal for 1907 have been made at 17s per ton…

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Copper Mine Purchase

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 October 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—A Gothenburg (Sweden) company and English capitalists have bought the great copper mines at Stora Strand, Sweden…

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In Europe and America. Coal and Oil

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 October 1906 · page 5

Mr. G. F. Earp, M.L.C., who lately returned from England and America, after an absence of four months, was in Newcastle yesterday. Mr. Earp went home as…

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Hetton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 October 1906 · page 6

The members of the Hetton Lodge met last night at the, lodge room Wickham, Mr. G. Oldham, chairman of the lodge, presided, and there was a good…

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Broken Hill Miners. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 October 1906 · page 6

The unionist delegates assembled in the Trades Hall to consider the determination of the mining managers to give a general increase of 12½ per cent. so…

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Mining Matters. New Special Rules

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 October 1906 · page 6

A conference took place in Newcastle yesterday morning between the inspector and the members of the committee of management of the Colliery…

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