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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1908

1,028 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 52

Mining Tribunal. the Teralba Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 March 1908 · page 5

The Royal Commission, consisting of Judge Heydon, president, Mr. H. S. Forsyth, representative of the colliery owners, and Mr. P. Bowling, representative…

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Difficulties at Collieries. Burwood Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 6

Burwood Colliery was idle yesterday, owing to one of the wheelers being discharged, he having worked out 14 days' notice, and as he was not reinstated, the…

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Lambton B Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 6

Lambton B (Durham) Colliery was idle yesterday, owing to the miners being dissatisfied with the correctness of the weighbridge. Mr. S. Croudace agreed that…

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Shortland Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 7

The Shortland miners held a meeting yesterday afternoon after the pit knocked off to consider the suggestions of the manager regarding the weighting of all…

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Mining Difficulties

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 4

The business of the Mining Court has again been interrupted, owing to difficulties having arisen at two of the collieries. These occurrences are…

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Mining Tribunal. the Teralba Case. Court Again Stops

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 4

The Royal Commission, consisting of Judge Heydon, president, Mr. H. S. Forsyth, representative of the colliery owners, and Mr. P. Bowling, representative…

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Gunnedah Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1908 · page 5

The terms of settlement at the Gunnedah (Black Jack) Colliery, referred to at the meeting of the committee of management, yesterday, are as follow:—…

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Stanford-merthyr Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1908 · page 5

Mr. H. M. Williams, manager of Stanford-Merthyr Colliery, has written to the miners' lodge, stating that in consequence of water having got into part of the mine…

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Lambton B Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1908 · page 5

A deputation consisting of Messrs. J. M'Williams, acting president, and D. Campbell, Durham miners' secretary, met Mr. S. Croudace, the colliery manager, on…

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Mining Tribunal. Further Adjournment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1908 · page 5

The Royal Commission, consisting of Judge Hoyden, president, Mr. H. S. Forsyth, representative of the colliery owners, and Mr. P. Bowling, representative…

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Mining Situation. Difficulties Not Removed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1908 · page 5

The work of the Special Mining Court was again interrupted yesterday by the stoppages at Burwood, Pelaw-Main, and Back Creek collieries. At Burwood and…

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Wallarah Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 7

A meeting of the Wallarah Miners' Lodge was held to consider the committee of management's minutes of March 6th. Mr. J. Rassott was in the chair, and the…

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Stanford-merthyr Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 6

Mr. A. Lewis visited the colliery yesterday afternoon, when the quarterly cavils were drawn, and an agreement was drawn up and signed between the…

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Eight Hours in Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The Associated Chamber of Commerce, now holding a convention in London, strongly condemned the proposal to limit the…

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Mining Situation. Burwood to Resume

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 6

The mining situation yesterday morning was changed only to the extent that the Back Creek Colliery was at work again. The wheelers at Burwood and…

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Western Miners' Case. Orchard Sentenced to Death. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 5

Sentence of death has been passed upon Harry Orchard for the murder of Governor Steunenburg, of Idaho. The Court expressed the conviction…

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Mining Tribunal. His Honor's Opinion. Can the Court Go On?

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 6

The Royal Commission, consisting of Judge Heydon, president, Mr. H. S. Forsyth, representative of the colliery owners, and Mr. P. Bowling, representative…

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Burwood Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 6

Although the Burwood wheelers had agreed to resume work yesterday morning, only twelve turned up, this being about the number employed. A number…

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Sea Pit Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 2

The quarterly meeting of the Sea Pit miners was held in Blackburn's hotel on Thursday evening, Mr. J. Halliday in the chair…

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Mining Court Suspends

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 4

The Mining Court stands suspended. No one who reads to-day the exposition by Judge Heydon of the reasons which have prompted the Royal Commission…

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