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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1910

1,356 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 68

Wallsend Miners

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

The Wallsend Miners' Lodge met on Saturday, Mr. T. Richardson presiding. Mr. R. Cameron, acting president, explained the circumstances leading up to…

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Glebe Miners

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

A largely attended meeting of the Glebe miners was held in Warner's Hall on Saturday evening. Mr. R. Powell in the chair…

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Minmi Miners

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

A meeting of the Minmi miners was held in Etheridge's hall on Saturday. There was a large attendance, and Mr. W. Standing presided…

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Lambton Miners

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

A meeting of the Lambton miners was held at Smith's hotel on Saturday morning, Mr. J. Morgan presiding. Messrs. T. Johnson and W. Peters were…

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Elermore Vale Miners

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

The Elermore Vale Miners' Lodge met on Saturday. Mr. R. Stewart in the chair. For the local officers, the following appointments were made. Committee, Messrs…

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Practical Joking. Coal Merchants Hoaxed. London

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

A practical joker has hoaxed several coal merchants by instructing them to send many tons of coal to the London house of Mr. Winston Churchill,…

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Colliery Wages Board

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

The award of the Newcastle Collieries (Workers not Miners) Wages Board is regarded by the mechanics as a good one so far as the Newcastle workers are…

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Greta Miners

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

Ebbw-Main mine as idle yesterday owing to the manager requiring the minors to work two shifts instead of one shift, as was the custom prior to the…

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Colliery Difficulties. Threatened Strikes. in England and America. London

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

The men employed at sixteen Northumberland collieries have given notice of their intention to strike against the working conditions of the Miners…

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Mining Matters. a Good Start. Friction at a Few Pits

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

The majority of the mines in the Newcastle and Maitland districts resumed work yesterday. There was also a good muster of the men, and managers in…

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Victorian Coal. the Powlett Field. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 4

A large party, comprising Ministers, members, and others, visited the Powlett coal field to-day. At lunebeon, Mr. Murray, the State…

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Mining Matters. Work Progressing Well

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

The trouble at Borehole is still unsettled. The federation has written to the Colliery Proprietors' Association, drawing attention to what they regard as…

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Mining Matters. Hetton Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 6

Mr. T. Frith one of the thirteen delegates fined £100 On default two months' imprisonment) by Judge Heydon, was taken to Maitland Gaol last night…

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Ebbw-main Colliery. Greta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 6

A meeting of the Ebbw-Main miners, in regard to the working of two shifts, was held at the school of arts yesterday afternoon, when Mr. E Peters, acting…

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Commercial News. Metals and Mining Scrip. Wool Sales Prevented. London

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

Bar silver was yesterday quoted at 1s 11 11-16d per ounce. The wool sales were postponed last night in consequent of fogs…

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Minmi Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 6

A special meeting of the Back Creek and Duckenfield Lodge wai held in Peel's Hall, on Wednesday evening. There was a large attendance, and Mr. W…

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Mining Matters. Settling Difficulties

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 5

The difficulty has been met by an arrangement for the time being. The sum of ?£248 1s 6d was received yesterday by the executive of the…

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Hetton Colliery Difficulty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1910 · page 4

Mr. John Carruthers, secretary of Hetton Miners' Lodge, writes as follows in reference to the statement of the management that the mine was idle a[?]…

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Kangiara Mine Shares. New Trial Refused. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1910 · page 5

Before Judge Backhouse, in the Sydney District Court to-day, John M'Laughlin, defendant in the action, De Lauret v. M'Laughlin, applied to have the verdict…

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Mining Matters. the Imprisoned Delegates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1910 · page 4

News was received from Melbourne yesterday that the application on behalf of the Federated Engine-drivers and Firemen's Association is not likely to be…

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