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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1910

1,356 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 68

Hetton Miners' Relief

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 6

The combined committee of Hetton miners and the waterside workers at Carrington is no longer in existence. The balance of the money in hand was…

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Mining Difficulty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 7

Sir,—In a paragraph in Friday's paper referring to trouble at Speers' Point, it alludes to three brothers who are living at Warner's Bay, and are filling chitter…

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Victorian State Colliery Manager Appointed. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 6

The State Cabinet has decided to appoint Mr. G. H. Broome as manager of the State colliery on the Powlett River. Mr. Broome is now acting manager of…

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The Mining Situation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 4

The situation with regard to the difficulty in the coal trade is now becoming somewhat complicated. His Honor Judge Scholes yesterday laid…

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Bellbird Coal. Free Labourers at Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 6

The firm responsible for the removal of a large quantity of coal from Bellbird Colliery to Cessnock railway yard and thence per rail to Sydney, has succeeded…

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Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Maitland Waterworks. Coal Supply

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 6

The trouble at Stanford-Merthyr was renewed yesterday, when another effort was made to have coal loaded in railway trucks for the Maitland waterworks. Mr…

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Mining Crisis. Charge Against Leaders Hearing Continued. Evidence for the Defence. Mr. Hughes in the Box. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 5

The hearing was continued before Judge Rogers in the District Court to-day of the information against Peter Bowling, president of the Northern Colliery…

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Coal for Waterworks. Miners Refuse to Handle It

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1910 · page 5

A combined meeting of the Pelaw-Main, Stanford-Merthyr, and Heddon-Greta Miners' Lodges was held at Kurri Kurri yesterday morning, when the proposal that coal…

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Durham Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1910 · page 5

The Durham Miners' Lodge met yesterday at Russell's hotel, Adamstown, when Mr. T. Sheedy presided over a large meeting…

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Coal to Philippines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1910 · page 4

Tender forms for the supply of 65,000 tons of coal for the use of the American Government in the Philippine Islands have been received by the American…

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Coal From India

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1910 · page 6

The steamer Quito, bound from Calcutta to Sydney, with a cargo of coal, passed Seal Pocks at 4.30 p.m. yesterday. She should arrive at the southern port early…

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British V. German Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1910 · page 4

Various Hamburg associations interested in shipping and in the coal trade have forwarded to Berlin a strong protest against the proposed reduction of railway…

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The Mining Situation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1910 · page 4

In the course of the application yesterday for an extension of the time in which to pay the fines imposed on industrial lines, an affidavit was…

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The Mining Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1910 · page 7

Sir,—"Hush-a-ba[?] my baby, strikes are barbaric," I suppose the people [?] Africa were barbarians in resisting the wishes of the British, and the British…

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Bellbird Coal. Free Labourers at Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1910 · page 5

Two improvised lorries are in use at Cessnock to carry the coal from Bellbird Colliery to the Hetton Company's trucks at Cessnock railway station, and each…

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Commercial News. Lead and Mining Scrip. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1910 · page 5

The closing price of lead yesterday was £13 3s 9d per ton, a fall of 1s 3d. At the wool auctions last evening there was a good sale, competition being keen…

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Mining Crisis. Charge Against Leaders the Hearing Continued. Adjourned Until Thursday. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1910 · page 5

The hearing was continued before Judge Rogers in the District Court to-day of the information against Peter Bowling, president of the Northern Colliery…

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Waterworks Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1910 · page 6

The Stanford-Merthyr coal will be loaded into the coal hoppers from the coal heaps on the sidings without any unnecessary delay, and under the protection…

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Coal and Chitter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1910 · page 5

The filling of coal from the small pits around Newcastle, and also in one or two collieries in the district, is being briskly carried on. Most of the coal is…

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Shortland Miners. a Ballot Urged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1910 · page 5

The Shortland miners met yesterday at Probert's Hotel, Adamstown, for the purpose of dealing with the minutes of the quarterly delegate meeting. Mr. R…

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