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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1910

1,356 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 55 of 68

Collieries Wages Board. Engine-drivers' Application

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 October 1910 · page 4

The Newcastle Collieries (Newcastle and Maitland Workers not Miners) Wages Board sat again yesterday, at the council chambers, Watt-street. Mr. W…

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Navy of the Future. Oil Fuel Versus Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 October 1910 · page 2

The use of motor engines in battleships has come up for discussion this week it the form of a Portsmouth rumour that the next Dreadnought to be built there will be…

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Miners' Conference. Osborne Judgment. Federation's Attitude. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 October 1910 · page 5

The Miners' Federation Conference was opened in Edinburgh yesterday by the president, Mr. Enoch Edwards, M.P…

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Dispute Over Coal Lands. Bouffier V. Trevor-jones. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 October 1910 · page 5

An application arising out of the case of Bouffier v. Trevor-Jones was heard by Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson, the Chief Judge in Equity, to-day…

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Mining Matters. Powlett Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 October 1910 · page 5

A deputation representing the miners' union met Mr. Broome, the general manager of the Victorian State mine at Powlett, on Tuesday. The old contract price…

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Los Angeles Outrage. Quartz Miners Suspected. Vancouver

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 October 1910 · page 5

It is believed that the Los Angeles dynamitards were expert quartz miners from Northern California. Detectives are searching the…

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Mining Matters. Powlett Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 5

The cavil for places in the Victorian State mine took place on Wednesday, and passed off quietly. There were 70 bords in the cavil, and as six men work in each…

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Minmi Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Back Creek and Duckenfield Lodge was held on Thursday evening in Peel's hotel, Minmi. There was a large attendance, and Mr. W. Laird…

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The Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 2

The fact that all the big coal miners unions on the West Coast of the South Island have cancelled their registration under the Arbitration Act is alarming…

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Greedy for Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 13

Comment has been made on the fact that in quite a number of cases recently where deaths in the slums have been reported of solitary old people of both sexes,…

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Fatality at Moonta Mine. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 4

A telegram from Moonta states that the earth shocks experienced in the underground workings of the Moonta mine since 1900 have recurred after a lapse…

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Explosion in a Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 October 1910 · page 5

A great explosion occurred in the Starkville mine, at Trinidad, in Colorado, yesterday. It is reported that a hundred miners are entombed…

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Killingworth Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 October 1910 · page 6

The quarterly meeting at the Killingworth Miners Lodge was held last week, Mr. J. Richmond presided. The meeting was poorly attended…

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Powlett Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 October 1910 · page 5

During July, August and September, the total quantity of coal taken by the Victorian Railway Department from the State mine at Powlett was 19,270 tons. In…

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Mining Matters. Abermain Grievances

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 October 1910 · page 5

The board of concillation, which was agreed to a couple of weeks ago in respect of the grievances at Albermain Colliery, met yesterday afternoon at the…

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Coal and Shale Workers. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 October 1910 · page 5

The central council of the Federated Coal and Shale Workers Association has held a meeting at the Trades Hall, at which representatives were present from…

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Miners' Risks. British Statistics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 October 1910 · page 3

The annual report of the Chief Inspector of Mines was published on Wednesday (writes T. Good in the London "Daily News" of August 14th). Of the statistics…

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A School of Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 October 1910 · page 4

The decision of the Government to establish a school of mines in Broken Hill is pre-eminently a step in the right direction. Mining is an…

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Newcastle Sewer Miners. Application for Board. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 October 1910 · page 4

In the Industrial Court this morning, Mr. Craft, on behalf of the Newcastle Sewer Miners, applied for the formation of a wages board to regulate the rates of…

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New Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 October 1910 · page 7

The New Lambton miners met last night at Russell's hotel, Adamstown, Mr. F. Watson presiding. Mr. F. Rushton resigned his position as…

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