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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1907

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Coal Discharging

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 July 1907 · page 4

It is stated that the Melbourne Harbour Trust will shortly give consideration to a proposal which will greatly alter the method of discharging coal on to the wharves. It is…

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Ebbw Vale Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 July 1907 · page 5

A meeting of the Ebbw Vale Miners' Lodge was hold last night at Blakemore's hotel, Adamstown. Mr. W, Littlefair was in the chair, and there was a good…

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Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Coal Briquettes. Manufactured at East Greta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 July 1907 · page 6

The disposal of small coal and even of coal dust to the advantage of colliery owners is a question that has long since been solved in Great Britain, on the…

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Coal Discharging

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 July 1907 · page 4

Further particulars have been received concerning the proposed erection of coal discharging elevators at Melbourne. According to Customs returns, the total…

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Sea Pit Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 July 1907 · page 3

A meeting of the Sea Pit Miners' Lodge was hold on Tuesday evening in Blackburn's Hotel. Mr. J. Halliday presided. A letter was received from Mr. John Host,…

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Coal-lumpers' Dispute. Agreement Arrived At. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 July 1907 · page 5

The coaling difficulty was finally settled to-day, when an agreement was arrived at between the delegates from both sides, who have sat for several days in…

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Hetton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 July 1907 · page 5

At the monthly mooting of the members of Hetton Miners' Lodge, held last night In the lodgeroom at Wickham, Mr. J. Cusick presided…

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Seaham Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 July 1907 · page 7

A special meeting of the Seaham Miners' Lodge was hold on Tuesday evening, Mr. D. J. Evans being in the chair, Mr. D. Smith read the business…

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Newcastle-wallsend Coal Co. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 July 1907 · page 5

The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders of the Newcastle-Wallsend coal Company was held to-day at the offices of the company. Mr. J. Storey,…

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The Miners' Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 16

Much heat has recently been generated in the Miners' Associations at Ballarat and Bendigo over the action of their respective delegates in voting for the…

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Turquoise Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 10

The "Windsor Magazine" for June contains an interesting article on a visit to the turquoise mines in Persia. The writer says:—"Emerging from a cave, we found…

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Mining in South Australia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 5

Mr. Henry Jones, who was recently appointed assistant to the Chief Inspector of Mines for the South Australian Government, is well known in the…

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Coal-lumping Difficulty. Unionists Discontented. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 5

Although the coal-lumping difficulty has boon formally settled, and the unionists have been at work now for several days, there are evidences of much…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 July 1907 · page 4

The average of days worked at the collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland districts during the fortnight ended on Saturday was very high. Twenty-eight…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 July 1907 · page 5

The Wallsend Miners' Lodge met at the school of arts on Friday evening. Mr. T. Richardson presided, and the attendance was the largest for a very…

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Dudley Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 July 1907 · page 6

A meeting of the Dudley Miners' Lodge was held in O'Connor's Hall, last week, Mr. D. Lysaght presiding. Mr. A. Lewis, treasurer of the…

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Record Coal Shipments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 July 1907 · page 4

All previous records in the shipments of coal at the port were surpassed during the week ended at midnight on Saturday. The amount tipped totalled 108,634 tons,…

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Propping in Coal Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 July 1907 · page 6

Having regard to the frequency of falls of ground in coalmines, whereby 650, miners are killed and 1600 injured annually, the following comment by the…

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Killingworth Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 July 1907 · page 6

A general meeting of the Killingworth Miners' Lodge was held last week. Mr. G. Russ, president occupied the chair. The minutes of the board of management…

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The Rand Miners. Terms of Re-engagement. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 July 1907 · page 5

The Rand mineowners declare that while they are re-engaging skilled mechanics at exceptionally, good wages, they had not conceded anything…

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