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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1910

1,356 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 43 of 68

Mining Matters. Victorian Coalmines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 July 1910 · page 4

A petition to the Victorian State Parliament from the miners employed at the State coalmine has been forwarded to Melbourne. It will be presented through…

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Mining Disaster. in the Transvaal. Fifteen Men Killed. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 July 1910 · page 5

A shocking disaster, due to the ignition of a case of gelatine, occurred in the Simmer East Deep Mine, in the Transvaal…

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Centenary Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 July 1910 · page 5

Mr. W. Bower, acting treasurer of the Colliery Employees' Federation, left for Curlewis last night. He will inquire into present conditions there, and will also…

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Colliery Mechanics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 July 1910 · page 6

A meeting of the Colliery Mechanics' Association was held at the Grand Central Hotel, West Maitland, on Saturday The president, Mr. R. Emanuels,…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 July 1910 · page 5

The average number of days worked at the collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland districts for the fortnight ended on Saturday was not as high as the…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 July 1910 · page 5

A meeting of the Wallsent Miners' Lodge was hell in the school of arts, on Friday evening. Mr. T. Johnson presiding…

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Victorian State Mine. Spoon Feeding Objected To

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 July 1910 · page 5

At the annual meeting of the Chamber of Mines of Victoria, in Melbourne, on Thursday, Mr. H. E. Rowe, the president, stated that the production of coal in…

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Mining Matters. the Wages Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 July 1910 · page 5

The application for the dissolution of the Newcastle and Maitland Collierles (Miners) Wages Board, with a view to to constituting it by the appointment of…

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Seaham Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1910 · page 5

A combined meeting of the two Seahams—West Wallsend and Killingworth Lodges—was held near the Holmesville railway platform on Sunday morning last. Mr. W…

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Reported Gold Discovery. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1910 · page 5

The discovery of gold in two distinct places on the west, coast on Eyre's Peninsula is causing excitement in that locality…

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Miners' Wages Board. Mr. Paterson's Position. Application to the Court. Decision Reserved. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1910 · page 5

In the Industrial Court this morning, before the President, Judge Heydon, Mr. Watt, instructed by Messrs. Reid and Reid, of Newcastle, made application, on behalf…

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Mining Matters. Powlett Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 July 1910 · page 4

The dirt question in the West Wallsend district is still unsettled, and a meeting of the members of the for lodges of Seaham, Seaham No. 2, West Wallsend, and…

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Colliery Mechanics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 July 1910 · page 6

Application is being made by the Colliery Mechanics' Mutual Protective Association, Hunter River district, before the Newcastle Collieries (Newcastle and…

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Wallarah Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 July 1910 · page 5

The quarterly meeting of the Wallarah Miners' Lodge was held at Tobin's Hall, Catherine Hill Bay, on Saturday night, Mr. J. Bassett presiding…

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Sea Pit Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 July 1910 · page 7

The Sea Pit Miners' Lodge mat in Cogan's Hotel, on Monday evening. Mr. H. Oxley presided. A number of appeals from various…

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Spanish Miners' Strike. Men Without Funds. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 July 1910 · page 5

The miners in the Bilbao district, Spain, who recently went on strike are without funds. The employers decline discussion…

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New Goods Rates. Effect on Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 July 1910 · page 4

The new schedule of rates for go[?]is carried on the railways came into operation on 1st July, Yesterday, colliery gents were informed that the new rates will…

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Teralba District. a Pretty Situation. Coal Deposits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 July 1910 · page 5

The township of Teralba, which is the centre of a coalmining district that will become more widely known as the years go by, is situate on a slope overlooking…

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Sale of Coal Lands. Bouffier V. Trevor Jones. the Judgment. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 July 1910 · page 4

Judgment was delivered by Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson in the Equity Court to-day, his the case in which Martin Bouffler and Grace Bouffler (administratrix of the…

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Centenary Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 July 1910 · page 7

Sir,—I noticed In your issue of the 15th instant a letter signed by Mr. Cohen, the chairman of the Centenary Coal Company, in which he states that…

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