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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1910

1,356 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 68

The Mining Situation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 February 1910 · page 4

So far as the ballot has progressed on the subject of the acceptance by the miners of the northern district of the wages board, a majority has…

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The Mining Crisis. Wages Board Ballot. First Returns

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 February 1910 · page 5

The first returns in connection with the ballot on the question of the acceptance of the wages board were received on Saturday afternoon…

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Warden's Court. Saturday, February 12. (Before Mr. J. M'Kensey, Warden.) Mining Lease

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 February 1910 · page 5

Francis Henry Jeffries applied for a special lease of 5 acres 2 roods of land at Belmont for the construction of a wharf and coal depot…

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West Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 5

A meeting of the West Wallsend miners was held on Saturday evening, Mr. J. Wright presiding. Mr. J. Stenhouse explained the…

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The Mining Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 3

Sir,—I would like you to publish a few facts about Mr. Peter Bowling, who has put up such it manly fight against such strong forces as the Sydney press, the…

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Broken Hill Mines. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 5

Sudden notice has been given to the mines that on account of the shortage of coal it may be necessary to discontinue the supply after midday…

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Southern Mines Resume. with Three Exceptions. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 5

When the Southern Collieries Wages Board met this morning, it was announced by Mr. W. A. Firth, secretary of the Southern Colliery Proprietors'…

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British Mining Trouble. Result of the Ballot. No General Strike. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 5

The result of the ballot of the Northumberland coalminers upon a general strike resulted in the defeat of the proposal…

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The Mining Crisis. the Ballot. Small Majority for Board. Very Close Voting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 5

The ballot of the members of the Colliery Employees' Federation of the Northern District on the question of the acceptance of the wages board was…

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Killingworth Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 6

A meeting of the Killingworth Miners' Lodge was held last week, Mr. G. Blatchford in the chair. Correspondence was read from the…

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Aberdare Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 5

The adjourned meeting to the Aberdare Miners' Lodge was held in Mr. Anstey's Hall Mr. G. Gregory presiding. The delegate, Mr. E. Bainbridge, read and…

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Southern Collieries Board the Dissatisfied Lodges. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 5

The Southern Collieries Board, of which Mr. W. Edmunds is chairman, resumed its sittings in Sydney to-day. After the board had sat in camera for…

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The Mining Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 7

Sir,—I noticed in looking through your columns, a letter signed "Sympathiser," He seems to lay great stress about the treatment received from a section of the…

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Coal-dust in Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1910 · page 7

One of the chief problems discussed in the Mining and Explosives Sections of the International Congress of Applied Chemistry, which assembled in London in…

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Southern Wages Board. the Dissatisfied Collieries. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1910 · page 5

The Southern Coillerles Wages Board met again to-day, Mr. W[?]lter Ednmunds being chairman, Dr. Rob[?]tson and Mr. Firth colliery proprietor…

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State Gold Yield

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1910 · page 4

The decrease in the gold yield is a striking feature of the State mineral industry. Cober and Wyalong are the only two centres where mining…

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The Mining Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1910 · page 7

Sir,—Now that the miners of the northern district have been induced to take a ballot as to the acceptance of a wages board, I would suggest that they demand…

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The Miners' Claims. Subject to Amendment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1910 · page 5

Following are the principal claims submitted to the Wages Board yesterday by Mr. Charlton, M.P., on behalf of the Colliery Employees' Federation…

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The Ironworks' Mine. Question of Lockout. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1910 · page 5

In the Industrial Court to-day, before Judge Heydon, Mr. W. A. Holman, on behalf of Edwin Truscott, general secretary of the Coalminers' Mutual…

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The Mining Crisis. Nearing Settlement. Adjournment of the Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1910 · page 5

The wages board (Judge Scholes, president, and Messrs. H. S. Forsyth and J. Paterson, representatives of employers and employees respectively) [?]…

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