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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1910

1,356 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 36 of 68

Miners' Meetings. New Lambton and Shortland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 June 1910 · page 6

A combined meeting of the New Lambton and Shortland Miners' Lodges was held last night, at Russell's Hotel. Adamstown, for the purpose of considering a dirt…

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Mining Matters. Delegate Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 June 1910 · page 5

The delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation met again yesterday at the Trades Hall. Mr. R. Cameron, vice-president, was in the chair…

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Northern Territory Mining. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 June 1910 · page 5

There was a big rise to-day in the price of Mount Maroomba shares on the Melbourne Stock Exchange. This is a silver mine, situtated in…

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Miners' Wages Board. the Minmi Case. Men's Contention Upheld

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 June 1910 · page 4

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

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Coal-carrying at Cessnock. Alleged Breach of Agreement. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 June 1910 · page 6

N. A. Ormsby proceeded against R. W. Gibbs and J. M. Bolton, carrying on business as Bolton and Company, before Mr. Justice Sly to-day, claiming £600 in…

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Rescue Work in Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 June 1910 · page 3

Dr. Haldane, is a recent lecture to the Institute of Mining Engineers of Great Britain, said there were three possible ways of protecting the men from…

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Miners' Wages Board. Maitland Conditions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 June 1910 · page 5

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

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Killingworth Miners. the Dirt Scale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 June 1910 · page 3

A meeting of the Killingworth Miners. Lodge was held on Wednesday night, Mr. C. Faith in the chair. The secretary read the result of the…

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Safety of Miners. Rescue Stations. Whitehaven Disaster. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 June 1910 · page 5

Mr. Winston Churchill the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, and formerly President of the Board of Trade, has discussed with…

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The Railway Murder. Cash-bag Discovered. in a Colliery Air-shaft. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 June 1910 · page 5

The cash-bag which was stolen when Mr. John Innes Nesbit, cashier to the Stobswood Colliery Company, was murdered in a railway carriage…

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Coal Company at Cessnock. Alleged Breach of Agreement. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 June 1910 · page 6

The hearing was continued to-day at No. 2 Jury Court before Mr. Justice [?] of the case in which N. A. Ormshy proceeded against R. W. Gibbs and J. M…

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Mining Matters. Colliery Development

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 June 1910 · page 4

There is much dissatisfaction with regard to the contract system in operation at Hoddon-Greta Colliery. The delegate board passed a resolution on Thursday…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 June 1910 · page 4

Work at the Newcastle and Maitland collieries for the fortnight ended on Saturday, was fair, Some of the pits, chiefly those in the Maitland district…

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Colliery Accident. a Gallery Collapses. Several Men Injured. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 June 1910 · page 5

A violent shock occurred at Gelsenkirchen in Germany, apparently following an explosion in No. 3 shaft in the Consolidation mine…

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Victorian Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 June 1910 · page 4

The opening of a State coalmine by the Victorian Government promises to prove a very interesting experiment. From tin economic Point of view, the…

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Industrial Court. Colliery Workers' Award. Union Seeks Appeal. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 June 1910 · page 4

Judge Heydon, the President of the industrial Court, was engaged to-day in hearing an application by Mr. Croft, on behalf of the Colliery Mechanics' Mutual…

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Coal-carrying at Cessnock. Action for Damages. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 June 1910 · page 5

The hearing was continued to-day of the action in which Netterville Arran Ormsby against Robert Warran Gibbs and John M'Leed Bolton, trading as Gibbs,…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 June 1910 · page 6

The Glebe miners met Warner's Hall on Monday evening, Mr. R. Powell in the chair. The appeal from Stanford-Merthyr Lodge…

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Industrial Court. Colliery Workers' Award. Union Seek Appeal. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 June 1910 · page 4

Judge Heydon, the President of the industrial Court, continued the hearing to-day of the application by Mr. Croft on behalf of the Colliery Mechanics' Mutual…

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Coal-carrying at Cessnock. Verdict for Plaintiff. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 June 1910 · page 5

Mr. Justice Sir and a jury of four to-day concluded the action brought by Notteville Arran Ormsby against Robert Warren Gibbs and John…

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