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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1910

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Cardiff Proposition. the Miners Favourable. May Lead to Settlement. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 March 1910 · page 5

The coalowners at Cardiff have submitted a revised proposal to the miners, which has been favourably received…

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Miners' Eight Hours. Effect of the Act. Dislocation of Trade. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 March 1910 · page 5

Speaking in South Shields, Sir Wal[?]er Runciman, President of the Board of Education, declared that the Miners Eight Hours Act had already…

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West Australian Mining. Oroya Companies. an Amalgamation. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 March 1910 · page 5

The Oroya Exploration Company, in West Australia, with a capital of £150,000 has been registered. The shareholders will adopt an…

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Canadian Mining Strike. Proposal to Import Men. Labour Opposition. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 March 1910 · page 5

Labour circles in Canada are exasperated by the fact that the Dominion Coal and Iron Company, in Nova Scotia, is arranging to import a…

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Coal-mining in Britain. Royal Commission's Findings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 March 1910 · page 6

The Royal Commission which was appointed in June, 1906, to inquire generally into coal-mining methods in Great Britain, has issued its second report, in it, a…

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British Mining Trouble. Hope of Settlement. Advice of the Federation. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 March 1910 · page 5

The coal-mining outlook is now more hopeful, and there are indications that the threatened strike will be averted…

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England's Greatest Colliery Disaster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 March 1910 · page 5

Great colliery disasters still occur, America furnishing many tragedies. The greatest disaster that ever happened in the British Empire was two weeks before…

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Great Canadian Gold Rush

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 March 1910 · page 3

The rush to Klondyke promises to be a small affair compared with that which has started to the newly-discovered goldfields in New Oatario, described as "A…

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Mining Matters. Wages Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 March 1910 · page 4

The Miners' Wages Board will meet again at the Newcastle Courthouse at eleven o'clock to-day. The board sat last on the 13th March, and then adjourned to…

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American Mining Trouble. Owners' Terms Rejected. Great Strike Feared. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 March 1910 · page 5

The coal-mining trouble in the United States is becoming acute. The United Mineworkers have unanimously decided to reject the terms…

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British Mining Trouble. the Crisis Ending. Fire at Radcliffe Colliery. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1910 · page 5

The result of the conference at Cardiff of the representatives of the South Wales miners and coalowners indicates the probable ending of the crisis…

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The Mining Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1910 · page 4

While it is satisfactory to know that the miners' wages board has resumed its sittings, and that there is now every prospect of its addressing itself…

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Mining Matters. Delegate Board Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1910 · page 5

The delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation met again yesterday at the Trades fall. In the absence of the vice-president, Mr. R. Cameron, who…

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Miners' Wages Board. Local Grievances. to Be Considered Locally

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1910 · page 4

The miners' wages board Gludge Str[?] president, and Messrs. H .S. [?] Paterson, employers, and [?] respectively),…

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Miners' Wages Board. Local Settlement. Further Evidence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 April 1910 · page 5

The miners wages board (Judge Scholes president, and Messrs. H. S. Forsyth and J. Paterson, employers' and employees' representatives respectively)…

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Mine Engine-drivers. the East Greta Company. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 April 1910 · page 4

Mr. W. Sparke, of the firm of Messrs. Sparke and Millard, of Newcastle, made application to the Engine-driving and Firing (Coast) Wages Board this…

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British Mining Trouble. Advice of the Federation. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 April 1910 · page 5

The conference of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain has advised the South Wales miners to accept the modified proposals of the coal owners…

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Young Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 April 1910 · page 6

The quarterly meeting of the Young Wallsend miners was held on Thursday, Mr. J. Whitfield presiding. Correspondence read, and the apology of…

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West Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 April 1910 · page 7

A meeting of the "West Wallsend miners was held in the Federal Hall on Thursday evening: Mr. J. Wright presided…

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Mine Engine Drivers. the East Greta Company. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 April 1910 · page 4

The hearing was continued to-day by the Engine-driving and Ferry) Coast Wages Board of the application by Mr. W. Sparke, of the firm of Mess.s. Sparke…

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