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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1909

1,369 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 69

Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 April 1909 · page 6

In connection with the soft coal difficulty with which the Wallsend miners have been lately much concerned, a conference was held at the colliery office, yesterday,…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 April 1909 · page 6

The Sea Pit miners met in simpson's Hall on Monday evening, Mr. R. Powell being in the chair. In response to a request from the…

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Mining Matters. Colliery Employees

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1909 · page 4

The committee of management of the Colliery Employees' Federation met again yesterday at the Trades Hall. Mr. P. Bowling, president of the federation, was…

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Victorian State Colliery. Visit From a Minister

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1909 · page 5

Mr. P. M'Bride, Victorian Minister for Mines, was in Newcastle yesterday, the object of his visit being to obtain information, concerning the management of…

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Collieries' Boards. Newcastle and Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1909 · page 4

The first meeting of the Newcastle Collieries Board was held at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday afternoon. Mr. Walter Edmunds is chairman of the board,…

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Cardiff Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1909 · page 7

Sir,—In reply to "Miner's" letter of today regarding the Cardiff miners' strike, the reason he is at a loss to understand it is evident that he is ignorant of the…

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Welsh Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1909 · page 4

A good deal of uneasiness bas been engendered in South Wales coal circles by reason of the decision of the colliery owners' representatives on the South Wales and…

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Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1909 · page 2

There is nothing very startling to report in connection with coal-mining since I last referred to the subject, though during last week rumours of an intended…

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Cardiff Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 April 1909 · page 3

Sir,—I desire to say a few words to your correspondent "Miner." He seems to have a special liking for the Cardiff miners, but I think he knows as much…

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Coal for Philippines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 April 1909 · page 4

The United States Government is again inviting tenders for the supply of coal to the Philipp[?]es. The contract now to be let is for the supply of 40,000 tons of coal…

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Coal Charter Parties

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 April 1909 · page 4

Cardiff shipowners are regarding in a very serious light the increasingly onerous character of the conditions that are being introduced into Welsh coal…

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Killingworth Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1909 · page 5

The quarterly meeting of the Killingworth Miners' Lodge was held last Thursday evening. Mr. J. Richmond presided…

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Posting of Colliery Notices

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1909 · page 5

Mr. D. Watkins, M.H.R., has received the following letter from the Deputy Postmaster-General, in reference to complaints regarding the posting of colliery notices at…

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Petrol Locomotives in Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1909 · page 6

One of the recent digressions in West-phalian mining circles has been the introduction or petrol or benzine locomotives for underground traction…

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Gold From Silver

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1909 · page 6

A contributor to the "Matta" reproduces in that journal the points of a remarkable conversation lie recently had with Sir William Ramsay at Clermont-Ferrand. The…

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Railway Coal Traffic Picnic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1909 · page 4

The second annual picnic of the Newcastle railway coal traffic employees was held at Tomago yesterday, when the steamers Guthrey and Rose carried…

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Colliery Working. Prevention of Fires. Amendment of the Act

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1909 · page 4

In his annual report for 1998, the Inspector of Mines under the Coalmines Regulation Act, 1992, Mr. A. A. Atkinson, chief inspector of coalmines, makes some…

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Mining Matters. Pacific Colliery Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1909 · page 5

Pacific Colliery, at Teralba, was idle yesterday it appears that a row of the men have been working what is known as the modified longwall system, but…

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Ebbw-main Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1909 · page 5

A difficulty occurred at Ebbw-main colliery, Greta, yesterday, and the mine was Idle, The moon alleged that they did not receive on pay-day an allowance which…

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Coal in Canada

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1909 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Recent surveys show that there are forty thousand million tons of marketable coal in the north-western coalfields of Canada…

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