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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1907

920 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 46

Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 4

A special meeting of the Wallsend miners was held on Wednesday evening. Mr. Thos. Richardson presided, and the minutes of a committee of management…

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Coal Loading Improvement. New Machines Ordered. Will Ship 500 Tons Per Hour. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 5

For some time past the railway authorities have been devoting their attention to the question of providing greater facilities for the loading of vessels at the…

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Newcastle Coal Trimmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 May 1907 · page 5

The Newcastle Coal-trimmers' Union yesterday gave notice that they would not trim coal on two vessels, this action being taken in sympathy with the Sydney…

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Coal Loading Machines. Their Economical Value

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 May 1907 · page 5

The railway authorities view with great satisfaction the completion of the contract for the erection of the four machines which are to be utilised for the…

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Record Coal Shipment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 May 1907 · page 4

The shipments of coal at the Government cranes during the week ended on Saturday totalled 99,052 tons. This is the record for the port, the next biggest week's…

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Coal Gas Poisoning. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 May 1907 · page 5

A dwelling-house in Glenmore-road, Paddington, tenanted by Mrs. Moore, aged 61, Eva Millen, her daughter, 31 years, and Olga Millen, 9 years, was the…

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India's Coal Export. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 6

Mr. J. D. Suttor, Commissioner for Trade in the East, reports on the export of Indian coal as follows:— Next to the production of wheat and…

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Departure of Coal-lumpers. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 5

About 140 unionist coal-lumpers left by steamer to-night for the Queensland canefields. A large number of their comrades assembled at the…

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Mining Industries in Natal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 May 1907 · page 6

From a report recently issued by the Commissioner of Mines for South Africa. It appears that, although mining for other minerals that coal can hardly yet…

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Hetton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 May 1907 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the Hetton Miners' Lodge was held in the lodgeroom, Wickham, last night, Mr. W. Dyett presided…

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The New Coal-loading Machines. to Ship 500 Tons Per Hour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1907 · page 5

The above illustration will serve to give a very clear idea of the new machines which are to be employed in coal loading at Newcastle, and of which four…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 June 1907 · page 4

Work at the collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland districts still continues good, and the average of days worked for the fortnight ended on Saturday was…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 June 1907 · page 5

The Wallsend miners met at the school of Arts on Friday evening. Mr. T. Richardson presided. Senators G. Henderson and H. De Largie, Mr. Estell,…

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District News Minmi. Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 June 1907 · page 6

On Thursday evening a meeting of the Back Creek and Duckenfield miners took place in Peel's hall, Mr. W. Standing presiding…

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Newcastle Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 June 1907 · page 7

After recent inspection of the New castle Coal Company's collieries, the check-inspectors, Messrs. Edwin Williams and William Bower, reported that they…

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Protracted Colliery Strike. a Story of Trouble and Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 June 1907 · page 6

For nearly two years and a half, the little colliery village of Kinsley, near Hemsworth (Eng.) has been in the throes of trouble and strife. It is always the…

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Colliery Employees. Committee of Management

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 June 1907 · page 4

A meeting of the committee, of management of the Colliery Employees Federation was held yesterday at the trades hall. Mr. P. Bowling, president of the…

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Floating Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 4

When the steamer Strathspey arrived at Newcastle from eastern ports on May 30, Captain W. Osborne reported having seen a number of floating mines in the…

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Miners' Eight Hours

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The Council of the Yorkshire Miners' Association has censured the Government for its attitude towards the Miners'…

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Labour in French Collieries. Eight-hour System

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 June 1907 · page 2

The intervention of legislation in labour questions, says "Engineering," had small beginnings in France; the alleged object was, at first, to afford…

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