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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1908

1,028 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 51 of 52

Pacific Colliery Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 December 1908 · page 5

At the Teralba Courthouse on Saturday, Mr. C. Hibble, the coroner, with a Jury of six, opened an inquest into the circumstances attending the death of…

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South Greta Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 December 1908 · page 5

Messrs V. Brennan, general secretary, and A. Lewis, district treasurer, with Mr. D. Jackson, secretary of the East Greta Miners' Lodge, conferred with Mr…

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Southern Collieries. Sitting of the Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 December 1908 · page 5

Further evidence has been taken by the Southern Collieries' Board (Mr. Walter Edmunds, chairman) in the matter of the claims of the colliery engine-drivers…

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Miners' Eight Hours

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 December 1908 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The House of Lords has amended the Mines Bill, increasing the hours of labour by half an hour, and deferring the date for…

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Chinese Coal Industry. the Commissioner's Report

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 December 1908 · page 4

Mr. J. B. Suttor, the State Commissioner in the East, has sent a report to the Premier in connection with the coal importations to China…

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Mining Matters. Cardiff and Young Wallsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 December 1908 · page 5

Mr. J. M'Williams, acting president of the Colliery Employees' Federation, and Mr. E. Buxton and Mr. P. Sneddon, chairman and secretary respectively of…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 December 1908 · page 4

Block 14 mine ceased production of carbonate ore yesterday. The output is not to be resumed till a fresh contract for the sale of carbonates has been entered into…

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Killingworth Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 December 1908 · page 7

A special meeting of the Killingworth Miners' Lodge was held on Wednesday evening, Mr. J. Richmond presiding. Correspondence was read from the general…

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Pacific Colliery Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 December 1908 · page 5

At the Teralba Courthouse yesterday, Mr. C. Hibble, the coroner, with a Jury of six, continued the inquest into the circumstances attending the death of…

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Radbod Mine Disaster. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 December 1908 · page 5

The subscriptions to the Radbod Disaster Fund, for the relief of the widows and children of the miners who lost their lives in the recent…

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Adamstown. Shortland Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 December 1908 · page 5

The white flag was hoisted on Mount Pleasant yesterday afternoon, indicating that Shortland Colliery will not work to-day. For the new year's pay the miners…

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Coal Loading Appliances

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 December 1908 · page 6

Sir,—At the present time considerable interest, is being taken in the supposed improvement of the coal loading appliances in Newcastle, and great things are…

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Miners' Federation. Result of the Ballot. Conference Refused

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 December 1908 · page 5

A meeting of the committee of management of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held yesterday at the Trades Hall. Mr. J. M'Williams, acting…

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Alleged Conspiracy. a Mining Dispute. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 December 1908 · page 5

At the Central Summons Court this afternoon Maurice Michael Roche proceeded against James Milne Curran and Donald Thompson on an information…

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Our Sydney Letter. a Phenomenal North-easterly.—when the Heavens Give Us the Stormking's Drama.—charity and Some of the Mistakes Made.—the Busy Post-office.—the Iron Industry, Coal, and Population. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 December 1908 · page 4

An aerial machine would have had a bad time on Monday. Were we dependent on such things between Newcastle and Sydney the machines up from the latter…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 December 1908 · page 5

The mines of the Newcastle and Maitland districts have worked very well throughout the year, and the output has been excellent, especially in view of the fact…

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Shortland Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 December 1908 · page 5

Mr. J. M'Williams, vice-president of the federation, and Mr. J. Usher, president of Shortland Lodge, met the colliery manager, Mr. J. Ruttley,…

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Co-operative Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 December 1908 · page 6

The quarterly meeting of the Co-operative miners was held on Wednesday evening Mr. G. Sellwood presiding. Mr. T. Johnson read and explained the…

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Shortland Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 December 1908 · page 5

A meeting of the Shortland miners was held yesterday morning near Adamstown station. Mr. J. Usher presided, and related the result of the interview the…

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South Greta Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 December 1908 · page 6

Although Mr. A. Lewis, district treasurer, and the committee of the miners' lodge, have made every effort to avert trouble at South Greta Colliery by…

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