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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1909

1,369 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 61 of 69

Mining Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 2

Sir,—I notice there is a probability of the Government appointing a board consisting of a Judge and two representatives to deal with the existing strike. But…

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The Mining Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 13

Sir,—The public at large ore made to believe that there is not a class of men so hardly dealt with as the miners, and as badly paid. In every paper you pick…

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State Gold Yield. Sydney

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

The State gold yield for the month of November was 11,093 ounces, valued at £42,166, compared with 17,011 ounces, valued at £56,118, for the same month of 1908…

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Welsh Coal for Adelaide. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 6

The French, ship Vereingetorix, the second of the vessels chartered by Messrs. A. Darling and Son, with Welsh coal as ballast, passed Cape Borda this…

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Proprietors' Statement. Federation's Reply. Small Coal Question

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 5

The members of the executive of the Colliery Employees' Federation yesterday prepared the following reply to the statement of Mr. A. R. Cant, secretary…

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Maitland Mining District. a Word to Advertisers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 3

THE "NEWCASTLE MORNING HERALD AND MINERS' ADVOCATE" is the recognised PEOPLE'S PAPER THROUGHOUT the whole of the…

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Our New Zealand Letter. Wellington, November 26. Our Coal Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 13

The strike at the State coalmine continues, and 400 men are idle. A press reporter visiting the scene of the strike the other day was met with strains…

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Mining Crisis. Negotiations Fail. Industrial Court Moves Labour Party's Proposal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 5

The proposals for a settlement of the industrial dispute have failed. Judge Heydon was yesterday called upon by the Government, to take…

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Statement by the Premier. Coal for the State. Appointment of a Board. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 5

Mr. Wade, the State Premier, made the following announcement to-night, through his private secretary. "The Government have decided to pay…

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Maitland Coalfields. Miners Standing Firm

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

The arrest of the mining leaders did not come as a great surprise to the Maitland district miners, although it was generally thought that action would be…

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The Mining Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 December 1909 · page 4

Whilst no question can be raised as to the legality of the prosecutions the Government are now entering upon, there is, unfortunately little doubt…

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The Price of Coal. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 December 1909 · page 5

The attention of Mr. W. M. Hughes was this evening drawn to the decision of the Government to take all the coal at the price it commanded before the strike…

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On the South Coast. Miners Not Wavering. Wollongong

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

Mr. W. M. Hughes, M.H.R., addressed the miners at Bellambi on Saturday. Mr. Hughes, who was greeted with applause, said that he had coma amongst…

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Mining Crisis. Arrest of Officials Charge of Conspiracy. Great Meeting of Protest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 December 1909 · page 5

Judge Heydon, the President of the arbitration Court, on Saturday, appointed Mr. H. S. Forsyth, of the Dudley Colliery, and Mr. J. Paterson,…

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Collieries Board. Mechanics' Claim

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 3

The sitting of the Newcastle and Maitland, Collieries (workers other than miners) Board, as at present constituted was continued yesterday at the…

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Greta Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 6

A meeting of the miners of Greta was held in the park at half-past ten o' clock on Sunday morning, for the election of officers. All the old officers with the…

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Co-operative Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 6

Young Wallsend and Ebbw-Main collieries were working again yesterday. Two shifts are being worked, and it is expect that the third shift will start at Young…

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Shortland Miners. Condemn the Government

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 6

A meeting of the Shortland miners was held at Adamstown yesterday. Mr. R. Wallace moved, "That the leaders in the present crisis retain the…

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The Mining Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 3

Sir,—The proprietors case as been presented to the public, and I am sure they ,will have gained a budget of invaluable facts. Mr. Cant first attacks…

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Mining Crisis. Arrests Continue. Union Congress Firm. Restrains Further Strikes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 5

Further arrests took place yesterday and proceedings under the Industrial Disputes Act were initiated against other persons,…

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