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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1910

1,356 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 49 of 68

Alleged Combine. Coal and Shipping Trade. Nature of the Charges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 2

The Commonwealth law authorities have served upon the coal and shipping companies which are alleged to constitute the combination known separately as…

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Collieries Board. General Evidence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 4

The sittings of the Newcastle Collieries (Newcastle and Maitland Workers not Miners) Wages Board were resumed yesterday at the Council Chambers,…

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Abermain Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 6

A special meeting of the Abermain miners was held on the Abermain Reserve on Sunday morning. Mr. R. Howe occupied the chair, and there was a fair…

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Burwood Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 5

Considerable interest was taken in the election of two miners' weighmen at Burwood Colliery yesterday. There were six candidates, and the voting resulted…

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Collieries Boar General Evidence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 August 1910 · page 4

The sittings of the Newcastle collieries (Newcastle and Maitland [?] not Miners) Wages Board were [?] yesterday at the Council [?]…

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Collieries' Board. General Evidence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1910 · page 4

The sittings of the Newcastle Collieries (Newcastle and Maitland Workers, not Miners) Wages Board were resume yesterday at the Council Chambers…

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Arrest of a Mine Manager. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1910 · page 5

A sensation has been caused by the arrest of Charles Byrne, formerly mining manager' of the Tarcoola Blocks Gold-mining Company, but now a resident of…

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Collieries Board. General Evidence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 September 1910 · page 4

The sittings of the Newcastle Collieries (Newcastle and Maitland Workers, not Miners) Wages Board were resumed yesterday at the council chambers,…

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Minmi Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 September 1910 · page 5

A special meeting of the Back Crook and Duckenfield Miners' Lodge was held is Pool's Hall on Thursday afternoon. W. Laird presided…

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The Mining Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 September 1910 · page 3

Sir,—My attention has been drawn to a public statement by Mr. Brennan, the secretary to the Colliery Employees' Federation, appearing in Monday's issue of…

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Colliery Difficulty. Welsh Miners Giving Notice. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 September 1910 · page 5

Many of the men employed in several of the Welsh collieries have ceased work, in order to compel the non-unionists to join the federation…

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Collieries Board. General Evidence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 September 1910 · page 4

The sittings of the Newcastle Collieries (Newcastle and Maitland Workers, not Miners) Wages Board were resumed yesterday at the council chambers,…

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Seaham Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 September 1910 · page 7

The monthly meeting of the Seaham miners was held in the Federal Hall, West Wallsend on Wednesday evening. Mr. W. Brownlie presided, and there was only…

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Burwood Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 September 1910 · page 5

Burwood miners met last night, at the Premier Hotel, Broadmeadow, Mr. T. Sayers presiding. The chairman stated that the meeting…

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The Mining Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 September 1910 · page 2

A large deputation from the New Zealand Miners' Federation, which has been meeting here, has just been in to the Prime Minister's room, to place a number of…

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South African Politics. Pretension of Mining Houses. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 September 1910 · page 5

General Botha, the Prime Minister of United South, Africa, speaking at Pretoria, said he regretted the references made to the raid by Dr…

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Work at the Collieries

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

The output of the collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland districts for the fortnight ended on Saturday was about 260,000 tons, and of this quantity 216,000…

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Victoria's State Mine

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

There was trouble with the wheelers in Victorian State mine at Powlett on Thursday afternoon, and at one time they threatened to lay the pit idle. When the…

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Mining Matters. the Wages Board

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

Nominations closed on Saturday for a representative of the Colliery Employees Federation on the Miners Wages Board Only two nominations have…

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Chinese Coal. Shipped to San Francisco. London

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

A first shipment of Chinese coal consisting of 5000 tons, has reached San Francisco, to test the market…

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