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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1911

1,195 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 60

State Coal Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 2

I notice by to-day's cablegrams that the Australian Labour party has made the nationalisation of the coal mines a plank in its platform. Meantime our…

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Minmi Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 6

A meeting of the Back Creek and Duckenfield Lodge was held in Peel's Hall, Minmi, on Thursday evening. There was a large attendance, and Mr…

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Miners' Accident Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 4

The reports of actuarial experts who were appointed to investigate the Miners' Accident Relief Fund make it clear that on the present scale of…

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Broken Hill South Mine. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 4

The annual general meeting of the Broken Hill South Sliver Mining Company was held to-day. Mr. Molesworth Green presided, act…

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Mining Matters. Delegate Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 5

The delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation met again yesterday at the Trades Hall, Newcastle. There was a full attendance of officers and…

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The Colliery Employees' Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 February 1911 · page 7

Sir,—The present depression in the Northern coal trade and the keen distress that must be existing in many homes remind me to some extent of the…

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South Wales Miners. Cost of Strikes. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 February 1911 · page 5

The executive of the South Wales Miners' Federation has resolved to make a further levy of one shilling a month, which will bring the total up…

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Our Sydney Letter. Newcastle's Troubles.—a Judge on Centralisation.—mr. M'gowen Not Averse to "Borrowing."—mean Offerings to the Plate.—machine Versus Man.—the Position of Certain Mines. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 February 1911 · page 4

The story we had this week of the lack of employment in Newcastle was sorry reading. In criticising it, one local authority said: "No one was aware of it."…

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Case for the Miners. Executive Officers' Views

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1911 · page 5

Mr. D. Watson, president of the Colliery Employees' Federation, when seen yesterday afternoon, said he had spoken to Mr. F. Brennan over the telephone,…

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The Coal Vend. Proposed Dissolution. Deprecated by Mr. Edden. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1911 · page 4

A suggestion recently made that the coal vend should be dissolved does not meet with the approval of Mr. Edden, the Minister for Mines…

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Colliery Employees' Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 March 1911 · page 2

Sir,—I have read with considerable impatience the letters appearing under the above heading but the letter of Mr. J. Longworth is in many respects very…

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State Coal Mine. to Be Opened Near Lithgow. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 March 1911 · page 6

A suitable area for the establishment at a State coalmine in the western district has been found. It is part of 40,250 acres, of Crown land near Lithgow, which…

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The Coal Vend. Mr. Edden's Statement. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 March 1911 · page 6

Mr. Hughes, the Federal Attorney-General, on arrival in Sydney from Melbourne to-day, referred to the statement made by Mr. Edden, the Minister…

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Minmi Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1911 · page 7

The Back Creek and Duckenfield miners met in Peel's Hall, Minmi, on Monday evening. There was a large attendance, including Mr. D. Watson, district…

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Colliery Proprietors. Important Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1911 · page 4

An important meeting of the members of the Hunter River District Colliery Proprietors' Defence Association was held yesterday at the offices of the…

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Teralba Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 4

A meeting of the Pacific miners was held at the pit mouth on Tuesday morning, is order to consider a letter that had been received from the manager. Mr. G. Duorie,…

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Greta Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 4

The troubles at Whitburn Colliery with regard to the wheelers giving in their notices over the matters of preference to outsiders in the filling of coal and in…

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Seaham Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Soaham miners was hold in the Federal Hall West Wallsend, on Wednesday evening Mr. W. Brownice presided…

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The Miners' Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 7

Sir,—I have noticed in your issue of Thursday that Mr. P. Bowling has made some Important statements, one of which ho stated that he had been told that a…

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Mining Matters. Mining Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 4

When seen yesterday, to regard to the report that the colliery proprietors to not intend to meet the representatives of the Colliery Employees' Federation in…

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