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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1907

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Arbitration Court. Stockton Colliery Dispute. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 4

In the State Arbitration Court to-day the question of jurisdiction was argued in a case in which the Shore Drivers and Firemen's Union is the claimant and the…

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Arbitration Court. Stockton Colliery Dispute. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 4

In the State Arbitration Court to-day the question of jurisdiction was argued in a case in which the Shore Drivers and Firemen's Union is the claimant and the…

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Coal Trade of the East. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 5

Mr. Suttor, the Now South Wales Commercial Agent in the last, has furnished the Premier with a report on the coal trade of the Straits Settlements and the…

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Coal Trade of the East. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 5

Mr. Suttor, the New South Wales Commercial Agent in the East, has furnished the Premier with a report on the coal trade of the Straits Settlements and the…

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Coal Lumpers' Trouble. Disturbance at Circular Quay. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 May 1907 · page 5

The most serious disturbance which has taken place since trouble arose between the coal lumpers and stevedores occurred at Circular Quay this afternoon…

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Coal Lumpers' Trouble. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 May 1907 · page 5

There were no fresh developments to-day in connection with the trouble between the coal lumpers and the stevedores The supply of non-unionist labour…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 May 1907 · page 6

There was a slight falling off in the average of days worked at the Newcastle and Maitland district collieries during the past fortnight as compared with the…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 May 1907 · page 5

The Wallsend Miners Lodge met on Friday evening. Mr. T. Richardson presided. Correspondence was received as…

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Coal Lumpers' Dispute. Police Court Proceedings. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1907 · page 5

John Costen, 28, a coal lumper, was charged at the Water Police Court this morning with using violence towards James Nugent, to prevent him from…

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Ballarat Mining Trouble. Ballarat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 May 1907 · page 5

The mineowners and miners' associations held a conference to-night. The proceedings were very amicable. The principal contention was in regard to the…

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Trouble in the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1907 · page 13

For several months past discontent has been rife among the miners employed in the collieries in the West Moreton district, and the cauldron that has for so long…

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Newcastle Coal Trimmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 May 1907 · page 5

The complaints of Newcastle stevedores that considerable difficulty has been experienced of late in getting sufficient men to trim coal cargoes continue…

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Mining Disaster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 May 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday,—One hundred and seven miners were entombed by a fire in the shaft of a copper mine in Velardena, Mexico…

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Newcastle Coal-trimmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1907 · page 5

Representatives of the stevedores of the port met in conference yesterday delegates from the Newcastle Coal Trimmers' Union, to discuss, among…

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Mining Conference. Abermain Agreement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1907 · page 5

A conference took place yesterday at the offices of the Colliery Proprietor' Vend Association, Watt-street, between the members of the committee of the…

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Seaham Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 6

The Seaham Miners' Lodge met on Wednesday evening, Mr. D. J. Evans presiding. The secretary, Mr. L. Gough, read the…

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South Wales Miners' Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 6

The annual conference of the South Wales Miners' Federation at Cardiff last month was attended by delegates representing over 130,000 members. Mr. W…

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Coal Trimming Conference. an Agreement Arrived At

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 5

The adjourned conference between representatives of the stevedores and the Newcastle Coal Trimmers' Union was resumed at the Centennial Hotel yesterday…

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Our Sydney Letter. the Luck of New South Wales in Minerals.—regarding Copper Prices and Other Matters.—why Not a Suspension Bridge?—the Two Halves of the City.—a Warning to Limited Companies.—the Phonograph Displacing the Hurdy-gurdy.—twenty Shillings for 6d Worth of Coal. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 5

The opening or starting of a new furnace at the Eskbank Ironworks has been subject for a good deal of writing, most of which has been in praise of the…

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Abermain Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1907 · page 6

A meeting of the Abermain Miners' Lodge was held at Anstey's Hall, Abermain, yesterday, when Mr. R. Streathfield presided over a large attendance of…

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