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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1907

920 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 44 of 46

American Mine Disaster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 December 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—More bodies have been recovered from the Mononagh Colliery, in the United States, but fire stopped further exploration of…

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Hebburn Colliery. Statement by the Committee. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 December 1907 · page 5

Judge Heydon to-day referred the question which had been raised in regard to the report of the Committee of Inquiry on the subject of the employment of…

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Shortland Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 December 1907 · page 6

Messrs. E. Williams and WV. Dennett, checkinspectors, who inspected the Shortland Colliery on Monday, report as follows:— Main intake on haulage road,…

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Burwood Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 December 1907 · page 5

The Burwood miners will receive payment. on the victimised scale, at Broad-meadow, to-morrow night. The payment is in respect of the time the men…

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Electricity in Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 December 1907 · page 4

The assurance which has been given by the committee of inquiry in regard to the utilisation of electrical machinery in mines should go [?]ar to…

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Mining Matters. Position at Hebburn

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 December 1907 · page 5

The executive of the Colliery Employees' Federation yesterday afternoon received the following telegram from the Premier:—"Your letter stating that the…

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Our Sydney Letter. the Eskbank Ironworks.—a Matter of Business or Sentiment.—the Broken Hill Mines.—who Is to Be Our New Governor?—a Very Old Man Who Has Just Died.—the Recollections of Patriarchs. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 December 1907 · page 4

The Eskbank Ironworks affair is in a very uncertain condition at the time of writing. As said in the letter preceding this, it was hardly to be expected that…

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Seaham Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 3

The quarterly meeting of the Seaham miners was held at West Wallsend on Wednesday evening. Mr. W. Brownlee presided, and there was a good attendance…

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British Miners. Increase of Wages. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 5

Lord James of Hereford has adjudicated upon the claim of the Federated Miners of Great Britain for increase of wages, and has awarded an…

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Hebburn Colliery. Electric Installation. Report of the Inspectors. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 5

Mr. Wade, the State Premier, has received from the Minister for Mines a report made by the Chief Inspector of Coal Mines, under date the 7th inst., on…

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Stockton Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 December 1907 · page 6

The life of Stockton Colliery, which commenced putting out coal over 22 years ago, is drawing to a close. At the drawing of the last cavil, three…

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Burwood Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 December 1907 · page 6

Victimised pay was distributed to Burwood miners last night at the Premier Hotel, Broadmeadow, by Messrs. W. Brennan, acting secretary, and A. Burns,…

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Coal Export

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 December 1907 · page 10

Another satisfactory week is to be reported in the coal export trade, the total being 35,000 tons in excess of the quantity sent away in the corresponding week of…

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Mining Leases Inquiry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 December 1907 · page 13

The inquiry instituted by the Minister for Mines in connection with air application by James Ruttley and Henry S. Forsyth, for mining leases, Nos. 1. and…

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Mining Disputes. Commission Resumes. Position at Hebburn

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 December 1907 · page 5

The Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the disputes which have arisen between the Colliery Employees' Federation of the Northern District aid the…

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Colliery Enginedrivers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 December 1907 · page 4

A representative of the Colliery Engine-drivers' Association had a conversation with Mr. J. M'Williams, acting president of the Colliery Employees'…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 December 1907 · page 4

The first full fortnight at the Newcastle and Maitland collieries since the recent trouble was that which ended on Saturday. All the pits worked well. 33…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 December 1907 · page 5

A meeting of the Wallsend Miners' Lodge was held on Friday evening in the School of Arts. The attendance was fair, and in the absence of the lodge…

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Black Jack Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 December 1907 · page 4

The executive of the Colliery Employees' Federation has communicated with the directors of the Black Jack (Gunnedah) Colliery, suggesting that a…

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Combined Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 December 1907 · page 5

A combined meeting of the Wallsend, co-operative, Elormore Vale, and Maryland miners' lodges was held on Friday evening at the school of arts, Wallsend,…

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