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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1909

1,369 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 69

Colliery Accident. Application for Rule Nisi. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 5

In the Full Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Simpson, the Acting Chief Justice, and Justices Cohen and Pring, application was made to set aside the verdicts…

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Miners' Accident Fund. the Annual Report. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 5

The New South Wales Miners' Accident Relief Board has submitted its annual report to the Minister for Mines. It is as follows:—…

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Mining Matters. Teralba Men's Grievances

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 6

Mr. P. Bowling, president of the Colliery Employees' Federation, and Mr. A. Burns, of the committee of management, as has already been reported,…

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Collieries Board. Validity of the Constitution

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 5

The Newcastle Collieries Board sat for the first time at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday afternoon. Mr. W. Edmonds was chairman, and the…

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New Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 5

A special meeting of the New Lambton miners was held last night at Russell's hotel, Adamstown, Mr. F. Rushton presiding…

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Hetton Colliery. the Filling of One Skip

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 5

At the monthly meeting of members of Hetton Lodge last Thursday night, a motion was carried, that the district rule requiring miners to fill only one skip of…

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Mr. James Curley. Miners' Presentation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 5

At the Trades Hall, Newcastle, yesterday afternoon, a presentation was made to Mr. James Curley, late general secretary of the Colliery Employees'…

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Mining Matters. Bix's Creek and South Greta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 5

A meeting of the committee of management of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held at the Trades Hall yesterday. Mr. P. Bowling, president of the…

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Charge of Conspiracy. Australian Mining Case. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 5

An important decision was given by the High Court yesterday on an application by Mr. Horatio Bottomley, M.P…

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Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 4

A meeting of the Lambton Miners' Lodge was held in Smith's Hall on Tuesday evening, Mr. James Morgan presiding…

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Hebburn Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the Hebburn miners was held on Tuesday morning at jewell's hall, Mr. E. Jackson presiding. Correspondence was received from the…

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Hetton Colliery. the Filling of One Skip

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 6

Yesterday morning, Mr. J. Cusick, chairman of the Hetton Lodge, and Mr. W. Curtis, secretary, waited upon Mr. A. Mathieson, manager of Hetton Colliery,…

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Collie Mining Trouble. Perth

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

In reference to the difficulty at the Collie Colliery, the union officials are very reticent, though there is no doubt they are more confident to-day of victory than…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 6

In accordance with arrangements made by the committee of management, a meeting of the members of the South Greta Miners' Lodge was held at Walsh's…

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Miners' Eyesight

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 2

Sir,—In your issue of the 23rd appeared a leading article under the heading of Miners' Eyesight. You point out that owing to adverse conditions and to…

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Elermore Vale Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 7

The Elermore Vale Miners' Lodge met in the Masonic Hall, Wallsend, on Thursday evening, Mr. T. Simpson presiding…

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Sea Pit Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 5

A special meeting of the Sea Pit miners was held in Cogan's Hotel on Thursday evening. There was a good attendance, and Mr. B. Dobb presided…

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England's Coal Supply

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

Considerable interest has been evinced in scientific and, commercial circles in the speech delivered by Sir William Ramsay at the Mansion House meeting…

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Submarine Mines in Warfare

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

A good deal is read these days of the marvellously constructed submarine mines that the nations of the earth are ever inventing to employ against one…

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Weighing of Coal. Northern District Methods

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 5

Mr. James W. Evans, who was chief Inspector of weights and measures for 25 years, recently designated the present system of weighting coal as "primitive,…

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