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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1910

1,356 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 68

Colliery Disaster. Cage Chain Breaks. Eight Miners Killed. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 5

A disaster has occurred at a colliery near Coatbridge, in Lanarkshire. Owing to the snapping of a chain a cage was precipitated to a depth of…

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Teralba Mines. Filling Coal at Pacific. Men Leave Rhondda

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 5

Some excitement was caused in Newcastle yesterday morning by a report that there had been a demonstration at Teralba against men who were, filling coal…

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Colliery Mechanics. the Wages Board. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 5

The sitting of the Colliery Mechanics Wages Board was resumed is Denham-chambers to-day. Mr. H. A. Mitchell appeared for the employees, and Mr…

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The Mining Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 4

The hope will be very generally entertained that the proposals for the settlement of the coal strike which are now reported as about to be…

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Maitland Mining District. a Word to Advertisers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 6

THE "NEWCASTLE MORNING HERLALD AND MINERS' ADVOCATE" is the recognised PEOPLE'S PAPER THROUGHOUT the whole of the…

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British Coal Strike. Durham Men Working. Lockout Relief. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 5

Three-fourths of the miners in Durham are working. It is expected that the dissatisfaction at the eight-hour system will be…

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Mining Crisis. Conciliation Proposals. the Southern Meeting. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 5

Mr. A. Gray, the secretary to the Coal and Shale Workers' Association, stated to-night that he had written to Mr. Morgan, the secretary to the Illawarra Miners'…

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Coal Export

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 9

The continuance of the strike prevents the export of coal, only 200 tons, being taken for beyond the State. Several small vessels have loaded, taking in…

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The Coal Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 13

As you know, our State coal mine strike is at an end, and the miners now seem to have settled down to steady work once more. The strike trouble was settled…

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Mining Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 7

Sir,—I do not think "Justice No. 2" has any right to interfere with the Newcastle Coal-trimmers' Federal Union, as I am sure that the officials of that body…

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Colliery Mechanics. the Wages Board. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 4

The sitting of the Colliery, Mechanics' Wages Board was resumed in Denham-chambers to-day. Mr. W. Edmunds is chairman, and the other members of the…

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Queensland Miners. Conciliation Boards. Lawyers Excluded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 6

Mr. D. Gledson, secretary of the Queensland Colliery Employees' Union, was in Newcastle yesterday, and was present during the morning at the meeting…

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Commercial News. Bank Rate Lowered. Metals and Mining Scrip. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 4

Bar sliver was yesterday quoted at [?] 0 1-8d per ounce standard. The closing price of lead yesterday w[?] £13 13s 9d per ton…

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Mining Crisis. Situation Complicated. Meeting of Congress. Southern Delegates Withdraw. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 5

A complicated but interesting situation has arisen in connection with the Industrial trouble. Yesterday Mr. Gray, the secretary to the Coal and Shale Workers'…

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The Coal-mining Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 4

The southern miners, on the advice of Mr. Bowling, on Saturday determined to invite the managers of the local mines to endeavour to arrive at an…

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Mining Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 7

Sir,—Mr. Bowling at the first mass meeting held in Newcastle, at the beginning of this strike, made a statement, at which he said that it would not…

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Sydney Coal-lumpers. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 5

A crowded meeting of the Sydney coal-lumpers was held at the institute, Dawes Point, yesterday, when the following resolutions were passed:—…

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Filling of Coal. a Teralba Incident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 5

Additional police, in charge of Sub-inspectors Brooks and M'Hardy, had been sent out to Teralba on Friday by Inspector Goulder, in order to prevent any…

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Mining Crisis. Meeting in the South. Proposal for Settlement. Wollongong

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 5

A largely attended meeting of miners was held at Bulli on Saturday to hear an address by Mr. Bowling, in which he promised to outline his policy for an…

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Our Sydney Letter. the Balmain Colliery and Its Work.—interest in the Imperial Elections.—the Floods and the Funds.—sir George Reid and Sir Henry Parkes.—the Penalty for Flying the Union Flag on the Water.—our Very Extraordinary Weather. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 January 1910 · page 6

The Balmain colliery liquidator says that the report that they are raising a large quantity of coal there is incorrect. He has to keep the mine in order, and…

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