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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1911

1,195 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 60

The Coal Vend. Documentary Evidence. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1911 · page 4

The hearing of the Commonwealth prosecutions against what is known as the Coal Vend and the Steamship Companies was continued before Mr. Justice Issacs,…

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South African Politics. Miners' Phthisis Bill. Capetown

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1911 · page 5

The short bill dealing with phthisis among miners, introduced by General J. Smuts, Minister for Mines, into the Union House of Assembly, and which…

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Welsh Mining Dispute. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 5

The Miners' Federation of Great Britain have decided to ask the Cambrian Combine to arbitrate in the Ely pit dispute…

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The Coal Vend. Evidence Entered Upon. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 4

The hearing of the Commonwealth prosecutions against what is known as the Coal Vend and the Steamship Companies was continued before Mr. Justice Isaacs,…

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Pelaw-main Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 6

The difficulty at Pelaw-Main continues. The men claim that the presence of two skips in a bord, apart altogether from the rule of the federation, is an…

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Seaham Colliery. Annual Meeting. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 6

The annual general meeting of the shareholders, in the Seaham Colliery Company, Limited, was held this afternoon. The report of the directors for the year…

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Broken Hill Junction Mine. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 5

Two lively meetings of the Broken Hill Junction Company were hold to-day. The first was the fifth ordinary meeting at which Mr. W. Riechers, one of…

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Mining Matters. Arbitration Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 6

The Colliery Proprietors' Association and the Colliery Employees' Federation have agreed to the appointment of his Honor Judge Scholes as chairman of the…

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The Coal Vend. Case for the Crown. Mr. Wheeler's Evidence. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 4

The hearing of the Commonwealth prosecutions against what is known as the Coal Vend and the Steamship Companies was continued before Mr. Justice Isaac,…

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Shortland Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 May 1911 · page 6

There does not appear to be any immediate prospects of the trouble at Shortland Colliery being adjusted unless it is referred to a board somewhat on the same lines as…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 May 1911 · page 4

A good fortnight was experienced at majority of the collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland districts for the term [?] on Saturday, and there are substantial…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 May 1911 · page 5

A meeting of the Glebe Miners' Ledge was held in Simpson's Hall, Merewether, on Saturday evening. Mr. J. Lloyd was in the chair…

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Pelaw-main Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1911 · page 5

There is no change in the position of affairs at Pelaw-Main Colliery. The colliery proprietors have informed the federation that they will not go on with the…

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Stanford-merthyr Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1911 · page 5

A meeting of the Stanford-Merthyr Miners' Lodge was held on the 30th of April, when Mr. T. White tendered his resignation as chairman. The resignation…

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Mining Matters. Trouble at Teralba

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1911 · page 5

The four mines in the Teralba district— Pacific, Northern Extended, Rhondda, and Northumberland—were idle yesterday, the trouble being a further reduction in the…

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The Coal Vend. Case for the Crown. Mr. Wheeler's Evidence. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1911 · page 5

The hearing of the Commonwealth prosecutions against what is known as the Coal Vend and the Steamship Companies was continued before Mr. Justice Isaacs,…

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Cessnock Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 May 1911 · page 4

Subscriptions have been invited in London for 275,000 shares of £1 each in the Cessnock Collieries, Ltd. The company has been formed to acquire, develop, and…

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Maitland Mining District. to Theatrical Managers and Others

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 May 1911 · page 6

The "Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate" is the only Daily Newspaper circulating extensively throughout the whole…

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Mining Matters. Delegate Board Meeting. Teralba and Pelaw-main

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 May 1911 · page 4

A special meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held yesterday, at the Trades Hall, the chief business being consideration of…

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The Coal Vend. Case for the Crown. Mr. Wheeler's Evidence. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 May 1911 · page 5

The hearing of the Commonwealth prosecutions against what is known as the Coal Vend and the Steamship Companies was continued before Mr. Justice Isaacs,…

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