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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1910

1,356 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 68

South Coast Mines. Bidding for Northern Trade. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 March 1910 · page 4

The South Coast collieries re building strongly for a section of the Northern coal trade, and the Southern owners are hopeful that, if the difficulty continues…

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The Mining Crisis. a Hopeful Prospect

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 March 1910 · page 4

A meeting of the Federated Engine drivers and Firemen's Association was held in Sydney on Saturday. The situation was fully discussed, so…

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Commercial News. Metals and Mining Scrip. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 March 1910 · page 5

Bar silver was yesterday quoted at Is 11 3-8d per ounce standard. The closing price of lead yesterday was £13 6s 3d per ton, an advance of 1s 3d…

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Colliery Proprietors. Meeting in Sydney. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 March 1910 · page 5

A meeting of the Northern colliery proprietors was held in Sydney to-day to discuss certain phases of the existing dispute in the north. There was a full…

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The Mining Crisis. Hope of Settlement. Board Sits To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 March 1910 · page 5

The colliery proprietors would not say anything last night regarding the business transacted at their meeting yesterday in Sydney, and his Honor Judge Scholes,…

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Ebbw-main Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 March 1910 · page 6

The non-unionists were paid off on Saturday at the Ebbw-Main mine, consequently no work is being done there. There are about 35 waggons of chitter…

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State Gold Yield. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 March 1910 · page 4

The return furnished by the Under-secretary for Mines shows that the gold yield recorded for this State for the month of February is 17,529 ounces crude,…

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Northumberland Miners. Censure the Executive. Refuse to Resume Work. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 March 1910 · page 5

The ballot of the Northumberland miners has decided, by a large majority, against the confirmation of the suggestion of the executive for ending…

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The Mining Crisis. Settlement Not Reached. Public Disappointment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 March 1910 · page 5

To say that the public was disappointed yesterday, when his Honor Judge Scholes announced that he had been unable to carry the negotiations for…

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The Mining Crisis. Position Unchanged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 March 1910 · page 5

There was no change yesterday in the mining situation. The delegate board will meet to-day, and possibly some step will be taken…

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Prussian Politics. Miners Threaten Strike. Demand Liberal Franchise. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 March 1910 · page 5

At Breslau, in Prussian Silesia, yesterday 7000 workers made a demonstration, and resolved upon a general strike of miners, unless a liberal…

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Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 4

A combined meeting of the members of the Teralba lodges will be held at Parry's hall, Teralba, at half-past six tonight. Important business will be…

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The Mining Crisis. Settlement Imminent. All Obstacles Removed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 4

During the last three weeks the public has been led so often to believe that the strike was on the verge of settlement, only to be disappointed, that they now are…

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Collieries' Wages Board. the Award

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 6

The award of the Newcastle Collieries (Newcastle and Maitland, Workers not Miners) Wages Board was given yesterday at the Newcastle Courthouse. Mr…

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Killingworth Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 3

A meeting of the Killingworth Miners' Lodge was held on Wednesday, Mr. G. Blatchford in the chair. Considerable discussion arose over the…

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Coal Export

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 9

The export of coal from Newcastle to places beyond the State only amounted to 1770 tons, as follows:—South Australia. 870 tons; New Zealand, 500 tons;…

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Surface Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 9

It seems that electricity bids fair to make the extraction of gold from sand, and perhaps from sea water, profitable. A communication to the "Scientific…

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Cigarette in a Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 10

Despatches from San Antonio, Texas, report that 100 have been killed in the Paula mine, Mexico, in the State of Coahuila, of a the result of the carelessness…

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The Wages Board. Soft Coal Places

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 4

The wages board sat again at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday. Judge Scholes is President, and Mr. H. S. Forsyth and Mr. J. Patterson are employers'…

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A Welsh Millionaire. Money in Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 6

Mr. John Cory, the Welsh, millionaire and father of Sir "Clifford Cory, the Radical candidate for St. Ives, Cornwall, died on January 17 at Duffryn, near…

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