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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1909

1,369 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 69

Sea Pit Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 March 1909 · page 4

The Sea Pit minors lodge meeting Was held in Cogan's Hotel, on Monday evening, Mr. J. Winsor presiding. The deputation that waited upon the…

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Coal Trade Depression

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 March 1909 · page 4

Compared with the trade of the opening months of last year, business in Newcastle coal during the last two months has been depressed. And, as is…

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South Wales Mining. Acute Dispute. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 March 1909 · page 5

An acute industrial dispute is developing in South Wales. The colliery proprietors state that half the coal now won is sold at a…

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South Greta Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 March 1909 · page 6

Mr. A. Teen of the Abermain Lodge, has been nominated by the South Great Lodge for the position on the Special Mining Court vacated by Mr. Peter Bowling…

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Greta. Mining Matters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 March 1909 · page 3

The Ebbw-Main mine has commenced to draw coal permanently from the new tunnel to the scroens at their branch railway. There are now 48 miners employed,…

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South Wales Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 March 1909 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday—As the outcome of the conciliation board's meeting, the threatened trouble in the South Wales collieries has been averted for the…

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Wallarah Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 March 1909 · page 6

The Wallarah miners met at Catherine Hill Bay on Saturday night, Mr. F. Roach presiding. Mr. A. Lewis district treasurer was also present, and the…

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Co-operative Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 March 1909 · page 3

A special meeting of the Co-operative Miners' Lodge was held on Wednesday evening, Mr. G. Selwood presiding. Mr. T. Johnson read the minutes of the…

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Short of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 March 1909 · page 4

The steamship Wyneric arrived recently at Dublin after an eventful voyage. The vessel presented an extraordinary appearance, all the available wood having been burned to keep…

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Heddon-greta Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 March 1909 · page 6

For some considerable time efforts have been made by means of bores to find the lower scam of coal on the Heddon-Greta Colliery estate. Mr. E. Pepper, who has…

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Minmi Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 March 1909 · page 6

The Back Crook and Duckenfield miners met in Peel's hall on Thursday night, Mr. W. Standing presiding. Mr. W. Rees submitted the minutes of…

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Powlett Basin Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 March 1909 · page 16

The other day when I was up at the Mines Department the Minister showed me a sample of coal from the new 8-foot scam discovered in the Powlett River…

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Our New Zealand Letter. Wellington, March 5. Fire in the Westport Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 March 1909 · page 13

Trouble seems to be always turning up in coal-mining districts. If it is not a strike or a creep, it is a fire. The Westport Company, which for a long…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 March 1909 · page 6

A special meeting of the Wallsend Miners' Lodge was held on Friday evening to consider the minutes of the committee of management meetings of…

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South Greta Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1909 · page 6

A meeting of the South Greta Miners' Lodge was held yesterday at Walsh's Hotel, when Mr. J. Wilson presided over a large attendance. The object of the…

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South Maitland Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1909 · page 3

Sir,—I think that it is about time that something was done to relieve the distress that exists in the Maitland district amongst the coalminers. There has been…

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Coal Carters' Wages. Increase of 12 Per Cent. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1909 · page 5

The chairman of the Trolly and Dray[?]en's (Coal Carters') Wages Bard, Mr. [?], E. Spencer, to-day announced the [?]ard of the board in the industrial…

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South Greta Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1909 · page 6

Mr. A. Burns, a member of the committee of management, denies that he advised the delegates of South Greta Lodge that he was prepared to censure the two…

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Broken Hill Mining. Junction North Trouble. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1909 · page 5

The Junction North mine trouble is over, and the men resumed work this morning. After receiving the deputation from the…

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Gunnedah Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 March 1909 · page 5

Mr. P. Bowling, president of the Colliery Employees' Federation, returned yesterday from Gunnedah. He and Mr. A., Lewis, district treasurer, went up last…

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