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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1909

1,369 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 69

Southern Collieries Board. Sydney

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

A meeting of the Southern Collieries Board, consisting of Acting Judge Edmunds, chairman. Messrs. D. A. Robertson son and A. Firth, representing the…

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Minmi Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 July 1909 · page 7

A. special meeting of the Back Creek and Duckenfield Lodge was held in Peel's Hall on Friday evening, Mr. W. Standing Presiding…

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Cessnock. Aberdare Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 July 1909 · page 6

A special general meeting of the Aberdaro Miners' Lodge was held in Hampton's Hall on Sunday morning, to deal with the delegate board minutes of July…

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Colliery Troubles. the Eight Hours' Act. Riotous Disturbances. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 July 1909 · page 5

Riotous outbreaks have followed the introduction of the eight hours system among the coalminers in North Staffordshire…

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Coal and Shale Workers. Conference in Sydney. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 July 1909 · page 5

A conference was held at the Trades Hail yesterday, of representatives from the northern, southern, western, and Victorian branches of the Amalgamated Coal and…

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Hetton Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1909 · page 7

Sir,—I desire to state that the reference to the altered conditions of employment by me in the Legislative Assembly applied to the Hebburn Colliery, as a…

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Killingworth Miners

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

A special meeting of the Killingworth Miners Lodge was held on Thursday evening. Mr. J. Hutchison presiding. A communication was read from Mr…

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Colliery Engine-drivers. Recognition of Unionism. Sydney

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

The wages board appointed to inquire into the conditions of employment of engine-drivers and firemen in the Southern collieries resumed its sitting to-day…

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Scottish Miners. Resist Reduced Wages. Great Struggle Impending. London

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

Seventeen thousand miners in Fife-shire and Kinross-shire are giving notice of the termination of their contracts as a protest against reduction of…

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Brave Miners. Rescue Their Comrades. Receive the Edward Medal. London

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

The King has granted the Edward medal to five European and six native miners for risking their own lives in rescuing six native miners who were…

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Mining Disaster. Many Men Entombed. Fourteen Bodies Recovered. London

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

An explosion of gas has occurred in the Makewaka mine, in the Don district of Russia. Many men have been entombed in…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 July 1909 · page 6

A special meeting of the Globe miners was held on Monday evening, in Simpson's Hall. There was a good attendance, Mr. R. Rowell being in the chair…

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Pen-notes and Pencillings. Coal and Its Relations

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

The invention by an Australian of a new furnace, which is designed "to cut our fuel bills in half," is mentioned with a surmise that it will extend the range of economic…

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Commercial News. Produce and Mining Scrip. London

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

Bar silver was yesterday quoted at is 11 5/8 d per ounce standard. The quotation for lead yesterday was £12 12s 6d, a fall of is 3d…

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Mining Disaster. Many Men Entombed. Seventeen Bodies Recovered. London

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

An explosion has occurred in the Belmez mine, near Cordova, in Spain. Many miners were entombed. Seventeen bodies have been…

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Scottish Mining Trouble. Appeal to Britain. General Stoppage Sought. London

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

The Scottish miners are not satisfied with the proposal of the British and Welsh miners to support their cause financially, but not by any conjoint…

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Borehole Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 July 1909 · page 4

The Borehole Colliery, Cockle Creek, was idle yesterday. On Tuesday two men were told to see the manager about a particular matter, and they received the…

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Cardiff Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 July 1909 · page 5

A special meeting of the miners employed at Lymington Colliery was held at Russell's hotel, Adamstown, on Tuesday afternoon, there being a good…

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Shortland Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 July 1909 · page 6

A special meeting of the Shortland Miners' Lodge was held on Tuesday night, Mr. J. [?]sher in the chair. The minutes of the delegate board…

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Co-operative Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 July 1909 · page 4

A special meeting of the Co-operations Miners was held on Tuesday evening, Mr. W. Cummings presiding. Correspondence was read from the…

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