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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1909

1,369 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 69

Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 January 1909 · page 5

The Wallsend Miners Lodge met at the school or arts on Friday evening Mr. T. Richardson presiding. Amongst the correspondence were…

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Northern Miners' Aid

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 January 1909 · page 5

At the meeting of the committee of the Colliery Employees' Federation on Saturday, the position of affairs at Broken Hill was taken into consideration, and…

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The Miners' Delegate. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 January 1909 · page 5

Mr. W. D. Barnett, the authorised delegate for the miners to the proposed conference with the Proprietary Company and Mr. Justice Higgins, arrived in…

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Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Hebburn Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 January 1909 · page 6

The quarterly meeting of the Hebburn Miners' Lodge was held yesterday, when there was a large attendance of members. Applications from Heddon-Greta and…

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Mining Matters. Colliery Employees

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 5

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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Lambton B Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 5

Mr. S. Croudace, manager of Lambton Colliery has taken out summonses against thirteen of the machine men working in that pit, for alleged breaches…

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Killingworth Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 5

The quarterly meeting of the Killingworth Miners' Lodge was held on Wednesday evening, Mr. J. Richmond presiding…

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Lymington Colliery. the Night Shift

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 4

The time of the extension of the cavil at Lymington Colliery, Cardiff, ended on Saturday, and, guided by the decision of the federation, that the night shift…

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State Gold Yield. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 5

The return furnished by the Under-secretary for Mines shows that the gold yield recorded for this State for the month of December in 22,662ozs crude,…

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Colliery Explosion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Twenty-five persons were killed by an explosion in Letter’s Colliery at Zeigler, in Illinois…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 6

The Glebe miners met on Monday evening, Mr. R. Powell presiding. An appeal from the Newcastle Hospital was considered, and the committee were…

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Wallarah Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 5

The quarterly meeting of the Wallarah miners was held at Catherine Hill Bay on Saturday night, Mr. J. Bassett presiding. The minutes of the last monthly and…

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Newcastle Labour Council. Support Barrier Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 5

A special meeting of the Newcastle Labour Council was held at the Trades Hall, last night. The president, Mr. T. J. Waters, was in the chair…

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Lymington Colliery. President Speaks Plainly. Cavils to Be Drawn To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 4

The members of Cardiff Lodge met again yesterday afternoon at the Commercial Hotel, Adamstown. There was a very fair attendance, Mr. E. Buxton,…

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Mine on Fire. Fifty Men Killed. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1909 · page 5

An explosion has occurred in the Linkbranch coalmine in Virginia. Fifty men have been killed, and it is feared that a hundred more are…

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Burwood Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 5

For some time past there have been complaints by the miners at Burwood Colliery on account of there being no engine-driver at the colliery when the night…

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Young Wallsend Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 5

Mr. P. Bowling, president of the Colliery Employees' Federation, went out to Young Wallsend Colliery yesterday. He had (in company with the…

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Virginian Colliery Disaster. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 5

The Linkbranch coalmine in Virginia, where fifty miners were killed and a hundred entombed, through an explosion, is now giving out noxious…

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Neath. Miners' Lodge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 6

A general meeting of the Neath Miners' Lodge, at which there was a large attendance was held on Tuesday, January 12th. The chairman, Mr. F. Stanley…

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The Miners' Application. Rule Nisi Granted. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 5

Mr. W. D. Barnett, the representative of the Broken Hill miners, had a private interview to-day with Mr. Justice Higgins, the President of the Federal Arbitration…

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