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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1908

1,028 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 45 of 52

Shortland Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 November 1908 · page 5

The Shortland Miners' Lodge met last night, at Russell's hotel, Adamstown. There was a good percentage of the lodge members present. Mr. J. Usher presided,…

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Abermain Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 November 1908 · page 6

A fairly representative meeting of the Abermain miners was held in Sharp's Hall, Abermain, Mr. T. Riley presiding. The secretary read correspondence from…

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Hebburn Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 November 1908 · page 6

A special meeting was held on Sunday morning at Jewell's Hall, Mr. R. Jarvis presiding. A letter was received from the secretary to the South Greta Lodge,…

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Pelaw-main Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 November 1908 · page 6

A special meeting was held on Sunday afternoon at the Empire Hall, Mr. D. Evans presiding. A letter was received from the…

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Sea Pit Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 November 1908 · page 5

The Sea Pit miners met on Monday evening, and dealt with the committee of management minutes of the 20th October. Mr. J. Winsor presided…

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The Mines Department. Mr. Dooley's Charges. Sydney

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

In the Legislative assembly this afternoon, Mr. Wood, the Chief Secretary, referred to the report of the speech ma[?] by Mr. Dooley at Newnes, in which he is…

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Abermain Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 November 1908 · page 4

A conference took pace at the Abermain Colliery office on Tuesday morning between Messrs. A. Fairley, J. Jeffries, and W. M'Donald, representing the company, and…

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South Seaham Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 November 1908 · page 4

During the last few days long-standing difficulty at South Seaham concerning the dirt question has threatened to assume an acute phase, owing to the…

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Colliery Employees. Cardiff Lodge Fined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 November 1908 · page 4

A meeting of the committee of management of the Colliery Employees' Federation held at the Trades Hall yesterday, Mr. Peter Bowling, president of the…

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Great Northern Coal Line. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 November 1908 · page 4

The Legislative Assembly, before adjourning tills morning, passed the Great Northern Coal Company's Railway Bill, of which Mr. Gillies has charge, through…

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Colliery Employees' View

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 5

At the meeting of the committee of management of the Colliery Employees' Federation yesterday, reference was made to the position at Broken Hill, and the…

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Colliery Employees. Premier and President

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 4

The committee of management at the Colliery Employees' Federation met again yesterday at the Trades Hall. There a full attendance of the executive officers…

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The Miners' Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 11

Sir,—I have read with interest and some little amusement the criticisms on my letter of Saturday last by "Pallas" and "Onlooker." I cannot presume to…

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South Seaham Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 2

The South Seaham miners held a meeting on Thursday afternoon at West Wallsend to consider their position with reference to a resolution that had been…

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Coal at Nundah

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 13

The coal seam accidentally discovered at Nundah, about four or five years ago, and since world on a small scale by a small company, is proving a most…

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State Gold Yield. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 4

The return furnished by the Under-secretary for Mines shows that the gold yield recorded for this State for the month of October is 24,788 ounces crude,…

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Hetton Colliery Picnic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 November 1908 · page 7

The employees of the Hetton Colliery hold their annual picnic on Saturday a Splers' Point. A large number of the employees, their wives, and families left…

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Minmi Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 November 1908 · page 7

The Back Creek and Duckenfield miners met in Peel's hall on Thursday night, Mr. W. Standing presiding. An appeal for assistance on behalf of…

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Miners' Accident Fund. Conference in Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 November 1908 · page 3

The miners' accident relief fund conference was held at the Newcastle Hotel on Saturday morning. Mr. W. Bower presided, and there was a good attendance of…

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Mount Morgan Disaster. the Method of Mining. Mount Morgan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 November 1908 · page 5

The streets were filled all day on Saturday by the miners who were off work, also by a large number of visitors who were in town to attend the funerals of…

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