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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1910

1,356 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 68

Commercial News. Lead and Mining Scrip. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 5

The closing price of lead yesterday was [?] 13s 9d per ton. The wool sales to have been held last evening were postponed owing to fog…

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Mining Crisis. Wages Board. Further Evidence. Adjourned to

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 5

The Wages Board sat again at the council chambers yesterday. Judge Scholes is president, Mr. H. S. Forsyth proprietors' representative, and Mr. J…

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Tanami Goldfield. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 4

Mr. Butler, the Minister for the Northern Territory, has received the following message from Mr. Gee, the goldfields warden at Tanami:—"No rain; no water struck yet;…

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Indian Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 January 1910 · page 5

Two more steamers, with cargoes of Indian coal, are now in Australian waters. They are the Strathfillan and Baron Fairlie. The first-mentioned…

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Abermain Miners. a Ballot Desired

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 January 1910 · page 5

At a meeting of the Abermain miners, over which Mr. M. Manion presided, the delegate attended and explained the delegate board minutes of January 20th and…

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The Mining Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 January 1910 · page 4

The delegate board of the Northern Colliery Employees' Federation has now decided to make an appeal to the proprietors which, if agreed to, may…

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Greta Miners. Petition to Be Prepared. Greta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 January 1910 · page 5

At the meeting of Greta miners on Thursday (portion of the business of which has already been published) the minutes of the quarterly meeting of the…

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The Southern Mines. Ballot to Be Taken. Wollongong

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 January 1910 · page 5

A meeting of the Mount Keira Lodge was held in the mechanics' institute yesterday afternoon. Mr. P. O'Neil presided, and Mr. Waugh and Mr. P. R. Morgan…

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Gold Seekers' Disaster. Leader Dies From Thirst. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 January 1910 · page 5

News has been received in Adelaide by the Exchange Tanami Syndicate of a disaster to a prospecting party sent out by that company. A telegram received on…

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Mining Crisis. Delegate Board Meeting. Desire to Meet Owners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 January 1910 · page 5

The delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation met at the Trades Hall on Saturday. Mr. R. Cameron, vice-president, was in the chair, and there was a…

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British Mining Trouble. Riot at West Hartlepool. a Clubhouse Fired. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 January 1910 · page 5

There has been a serious outbreak at West Hartlepool among a section of the Durham miners now out on strike. A crowd of about 350 colliers began…

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Miners' Meetings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 5

Hetton Lodge will meet this morning at Wickham, Shortland Lodge this afternoon, New Lambton miners to-night, Wallsend miners at 1 p.m. to-morrow,…

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West Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 5

A combined meeting of the West Wallsend, Seaham, and South Seaham miners was held to the Federal Hall on Friday. There was a very large…

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The Small Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 5

Several carters were busy all day yesterday carting coal to waggons at the Waratah railway station, and others were engaged in carting to other places…

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The Southern Collieries. No Award, No Work. Wollongong

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 5

Coal was again brought out of the Mount Keira mine this morning, this being about the eighth occasion on which coal has been despatched from that mine…

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Colliery Wages Board. Mechanics' Case. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 5

The Newcastle and Maitland Colliery Workers (not miners) Board sat again to-day in Denham-chambers. Mr. W. Edmunds is chairman, and the other…

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The Mining Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 3

Sir,—The year 1910 will be long remembered by the Newcastle and Maitland land coalminer as the misery year, as it began in misery, and is fast passing on…

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Foreign Coal. Municipal Carters' Action. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 5

As a result of the refusal of the carters to hand the Quito's coal, the Redfern Municipal Council is short of fuel for its electric light station…

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The Mining Situation. Wisdom of Clemency

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 4

Now that negotiations for the settlement of the strike on a new and what appears to be an equitable basis have been initiated by the miners, and…

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Mining Crisis. the Proposed Conference. Attitude of the Proprietors

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 5

The request of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation, that the proprietors should met them in conference, in order that curtain proposals…

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