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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1906

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the Glebe miners was held on Monday evening in Twist's Hall, Mr. Rees Powell being in the chair…

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Shortland Colliery. an Official Statement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 5

Referring to the report resumption of work at the Shortland Colliery, the district officers of the Colliery Employees Federation, yesterday made the following…

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Broken Hill Mine Fires. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 March 1906 · page 5

The Proprietary mine has been closed down, so far as mining and milling are concerned, gas and fire having gained control in most of the workings. The fire…

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Victorian Coal. Railway Commissioner's Evidence. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 March 1906 · page 5

The Coal Commission sat again Melbourne to-day. Mr. Charles Hudson, Victorian Railway Commissioner, said that the Railway…

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Gold Leaving Russia. Bank Robbery. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 March 1906 · page 5

Between September and January £34,000,000 in gold left Russia. The depletion continues. Ten of the Baltic provinces…

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Hetton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 6

A meeting of members of Hetton Lodge was held last night at the Albion Hotel, Wickham, Mr. G. Oldham, chairman of the lodge, presiding. Mr. A. Lowis,…

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New Coal-cutting Machine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 5

Mr. Sydney Croudace, manager of Lambton B Colliery, is at present engaged with a design of his own for a coal-cutting machine. The effort is the result of a…

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Victorian Coal. Official Evidence. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 5

The Coal Commission sat in Melbourne again to-day. Mr. Edward James Goode, chief storekeeper on the Victorian railways, said…

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Victorian Coal. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 4

The Victorian Goal Commission took further evidence to-day in Melbourne. Mr. Albert Ernest Kitson, Senior Field Geologist in the Mines Department,…

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Wallsend Miners

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

The minutes of the meeting held by the committee of management of the Minors Federation on February 14th and 22nd were dealt with at a special meeting of…

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Shortland Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 7

Sir,—A report was recently published in your Journal re the stoppage at Shortland Colliery, and in addition, many versions are current in the district. I submit the…

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Northern Coal Dispute. Evidence in Sydney. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 5

The matter of the industrial dispute between the Colliery Employees' Federation, claimants, and the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association, respondents, was…

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Trade with China. Demand for Copper and Coal. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 March 1906 · page 5

Mr. Moore, the Minister for Mines has received a report from Mr. J. E. Suttor, Commercial Agent for New South Wales in the East on trade in corner Head and [?]…

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Plattsburg. Co-operative Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 2

For some months past work at the cooperative Colliery, Plattsburg, has been very intermittent and for the fortnight ending yesterday not a wheel has been…

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Colonial Preference in Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 10

In the last session of the Cape Parliament it was decided that, as far as possible a preference should be given to South African coal in arranging supplies…

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State Gold Yield. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 5

The return furnished by the Under Secretary for Mines shows that the gold yield recorded for the month of February is 38,703oz crude, equal to 30,472oz fine…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 March 1906 · page 6

At the majority of the collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland districts work was good for the fortnight ended on Saturday. Out at 29 collieries, the returns…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 March 1906 · page 5

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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Mining Disaster. Coal Pits on Fire. Eleven Hundred Killed. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 March 1906 · page 5

Particulars are to hand of a terrible mining disaster which occurred in the coal mines at Courrieres, in the Department of Pas-de-Calais, in France,…

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Sharpening Miners' Hand-drills

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 March 1906 · page 3

In the sharpening of miners' drills, both by hand and by machine it has been customary (says "Engineering") to cut a small piece off the end of drill during…

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