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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1910

1,356 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 33 of 68

Miners' Wages Board. Evidence Continued

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 May 1910 · page 5

The Miners' Wages Board (Judge Scholes, chairman, and Messrs, H. S. Forsyth and J. Paterson, employers and employees' representatives respectively) sat…

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Mining Commission. Reappointed in Britain. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 May 1910 · page 5

King George has approved of the reconstruction of the Royal Commission on Mines. Sir Henry Cunynghame, Legal…

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Price of Coal Gas. the Newcastle Company. New Works at Hamilton. Iii

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 May 1910 · page 5

Newcastle is more favourably situated, so far as the obtaining of good gas coal is concerned, than the great majority of towns in Australia. And so It is…

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Shortland Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 6

Messrs. J. Barnett and J. Usher made an inspection of Shortland Colliery on the 13th instant, and report as follows:—Left hand sale: Intake, 9300ft per min., team…

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Collieries Wages Board. Boilermakers' Claims

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 6

The Newcastle Collieries (Newcastle and Maitland, Workers not Miners)Wages Board at again yesterday at the Newcastle Courthouse. Mr. W. Edmunds is…

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Durham Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 5

The Durham miners met last night at Hogg's Hotel, Adamstown, Mr. T. Sheedy presiding. An appeal was received from…

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Deductions From Miners' Wages

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 7

Sir,—Seeing that Mr. D. Germyn has so far failed to answer the questions contained in my letter of the 19th instant, asking him in which part of the Mining…

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Killingworth Miners. the Relief Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 5

A meeting of the members of the Killingworth Miners' Lodge was held last night in the Killingworth Hall, Mr. C. Faith, chairman of the lodge, presided and there…

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Miners' Wages Board. Evidence Continued

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 5

The Miners' Wages Board (Judge Scholes, chairman, and Messrs. H. S. Forsyth and J. Paterson, employers and employees representatives respectively) sat…

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Shortland Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 7

A deputation, consisting of Messrs. R. Cameron and B. Rees, representing the Colliery Employees' Federation, and Messrs. J. Buckley and R. Wallace,…

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Electric Mine Locomotives

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 13

For the very excellent reason that bare electric wires are not allowed in British coal mines, we do not use electric mine locomotives, states the…

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Elermore Vale Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 2

The Elermore Vale Miners' Lodge met on Thursday evening, Mr. R. Steward presiding. A member appealed against a fine of 12s…

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The Coal Vend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 4

The notification of the issue of the writs against colliery owners and shipping companies (details of which are published elsewhere), caused some discussion in…

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"Gold Buyers' Act."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 3

Certain legal proceedings lately have drawn general attention to the trade of dealing in gold, and when pending litigation is finished, we are promised, so I…

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Miners' Wages Board Evidence Continued

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 5

The Miners' Wages Board (Judge Scholes, chairman, and Messrs. H. S. Forsyth and J. Paterson, employers and employees representatives respectively) sat…

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Colliery Wages Board. Boilermakers' Claims. Engine-drivers' Application

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 5

The text of the application made to the Newcastle Collieries (Newcastle and Maitland Workers not Miner's) Board by the, United Society of Boiler-makers' and Iron…

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Labour Orator on the Coal Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 7

Mr. Robert Semple, the president and organiser of the New Zealand Federation of Labour, had been addressing the coalminers at Green Island (near Dunedin)…

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Mining Matters. Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 May 1910 · page 4

Owing to all the pits in the Newcastle and Maitland districts ceasing work on the day of the King's funeral, ten days represent full time for the fortnight…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 May 1910 · page 6

The Wallsend Miners' Lodge met on Friday evening, Mr. T. Johnson presiding. In the minutes was a matter…

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Dudley Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 May 1910 · page 4

A meeting of Dudley Miners' Lodge will be hold at Adamstowa this morning to deal with local and general business. One of the chief items is the consideration of…

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