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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1910

1,356 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 25 of 68

Work at the Collieries

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

The fortnight ended on Saturday consisted of nine working days, owing to the Easter holidays, and 35 out of the 40 mines in the Newcastle and Maitland districts…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 April 1910 · page 6

A meeting of the Wallsend miners was held on Friday evening at the school of arts. Mr. T. Richardson presided. Mr. R. Cameron (acting president) was…

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Commercial News. Metals and Mining Scrip. Sales of Wheat Cargoes. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 April 1910 · page 5

Bar silver Was quoted yesterday at 2s 6½ per ounce standard Stocks of tallow amount to 3107 tons. The imports during the past month totalled…

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Colliery Inspection

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 April 1910 · page 7

At the last meeting of the Wallsend Miners" Lodge, the cheek-inspector, Mr. J. Means, submitted the check-inspector's report as follows:—…

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Shortland Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 April 1910 · page 6

The quarterly meeting of Shortland Miners' Lodge was held last night at Probert's hotel, Adamstown: Mr. J. Usher presided over a large meeting…

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Neath Colliery. Machine Rates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 April 1910 · page 4

Coal-cutting machines were started is two section of Neath Colliery yesterday A deputation waited upon the manager on Friday to discuss the question of the price…

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Hetton Colliery. Bore Through to Stockton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 April 1910 · page 4

A meeting of the members of Hetton Lodge was held yesterday morning at the lodge-room Wickham. Mr. J. Philips chairman of the lodge, presided, and there…

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Ebbw-main Miners. the Special Levies

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 April 1910 · page 7

A meeting of the Ebbw-Main miners was held at Greta on Sunday morning, to hear the report of the delegate, Mr. E. Redgrove, of the delegate board's…

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Mining Matters. Delegates Released

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 April 1910 · page 4

Eight other delegates of the thirteen who were fined £100, in default to be imprisoned for two months, by Judge Heydon, were released from Maitland Gaol…

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South Coast Miners. a Conference Probable. Sydney

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

A meeting of the Southern Collieries (Miners') Wages Board was held in Sydney to-day. There were present: Mr. W. Edmonds (chairman). Dr. Robertson, and…

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Ebbw-main Miners

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

A special meeting of the Ebbw-Main miners was held at the school of arts. Greta, on Monday evening, in connection with the levies mode by the delegate board…

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Miners' Wages Board. Stockton Borehole Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 April 1910 · page 4

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

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Northumberland Strike. Hardships of Miners. Small Tradesmen Ruined. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 April 1910 · page 5

There is the direst poverty in hundreds of homes in Northumberland, as the result of the coalminers' strike. This has now lasted three months,…

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Glebe Miners

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

A special meeting of the Glebe Miners' Lodge was held in Warner's hall, Merewether, on Monday evening. Mr. R. Powell in the chair. There was a good attendance…

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Miners' Wages Board. Stockton Borehole Dispute. Miners' Case Opened

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 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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Coal Charter Revision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1910 · page 4

In connection with the coal trade from Virgina (U.S.) to Manila, San Francisco, and other ports on account of the American Government, there seems to be…

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State Gold Yield. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1910 · page 5

The return furnished by the Under-secretary for Mines shows that the gold yield recorded for this State for the month of March is 20,759 ounces crude, equal to…

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Queensland Gold Yield. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1910 · page 5

The gold yield of Queensland for the month of March was 37,151 ounces, an increase of 1434 ounces us compared with March of last year…

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Seaham Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 April 1910 · page 3

A meeting of the Seaham miners was held on Wednesday evening. Mr. W. Brownlee presided. The secretary read the reports of the…

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Coal Nationalisation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 April 1910 · page 4

The Victorian Government, while it professes itself opposed to the policy of the Labour party, is contemplating two undertakings which may fairly be…

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