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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1911

1,195 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 50 of 60

Mining Matters. Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 October 1911 · page 5

The majority of the collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland districts had a good fortnight for the term ended on Saturday. Out of 33, the returns in…

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British Coal Mining. Unproductive Conference. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 October 1911 · page 5

The colliery proprietors and the miners have held a conference, but failed to find a national basis for the settlement of wages for abnormal…

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West Wallsend. Colliery Provident Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 October 1911 · page 5

The annual dinner in connection with the Seaham No. 1 Colliery Wheelers' and Daymen's Yearly Fund was held in the Federal Hall West Wallsend, on…

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The Miners' Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 October 1911 · page 6

Sir,—In your issue of the 27th September, appeared a letter over the name of Mr. Joseph Longworth, wherein he puts up the proverbial straw man for the…

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Month's Coal Export

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 October 1911 · page 4

The export of coal from Newcastle to places beyond the State during the month of September shows a falling off of nearly 47,000 tons as compared with the…

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World's Coal Supply. Estimate to Be Made

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 October 1911 · page 5

It is interesting to learn, says the "Colliery Guardian," that the subject of coal in to receive considerable attention at the twelfth International Geological…

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Disappearance of Gold. East Rand Inquiry. Capetown

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 October 1911 · page 5

The Commission appointed to inquire into the disappearance of £60,000 worth of gold from the East Rand Proprietary mine during…

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Whitburn Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1911 · page 7

The quarterly meeting of the Whitburn Lodge was held at Greta on Sunday. Mr. A. D. Jones presided. Correspondence was dealt with from Mr…

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Mining Matters. the Wheelers' Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1911 · page 5

Immediately after the Wallsend wheelers had decided to return to work, the executive of the Colliery Employees' Federation. In [?]ment of a promise…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 October 1911 · page 11

The quarterly meeting of the Glebe miners was held on Monday evening, in Simpson's Hall, Merewether, Mr. J. Lloyd presiding…

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Minmi Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 October 1911 · page 6

A special meeting of the Back Creek and Duckenfield Lodge was held in Pool's hotel Minimi, on Tuesday evening, Mr, W.M'Blane presided…

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Collapse of a Mining Shaft. Brisbane

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

In reply to the Under Secretary for Mines, who telegraphed to Charton Tower to-day for details of the collapse of the shafr at the Marshall Queen Mino,…

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British Fuel Supplies. Exhaustion of Coal. Sir William Ramsay's Views

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 October 1911 · page 6

The eighty-first annual meeting of the British Association was opened at Portsmouth on the 30th August, under the presidency of Sir William Ramsay. In his…

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House of Representatives. Importation of Coal-miners. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 October 1911 · page 4

Mr. M'DONALD, the Speaker of the House of Representatives took the chair at half-past ten o'clock this morning. Mr. B. SMITH (N.S.W.) asked if the…

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Colliery Employees' Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 October 1911 · page 2

Sir,—In reply to the letter of Mr. W. North, which appeared in your issue of the 2nd. inst. I might mention that when I dealt with the mining Industry and…

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British Miners. Northumberland Supported. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 October 1911 · page 5

A conference of the Miners' Federation at Southport resolved to support the Northumberland miners' demands for an Increased minimum wage end…

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Gold Cross of the Kremlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 October 1911 · page 3

In collecting mementoes of the Napoleonic invasion for the centenary celebrations in Moscow next year, attention (says the St. Petersburg correspondent…

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Popular Mine Manager. Presentations to Mr. A. Ross

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 October 1911 · page 5

Mr. A. Ross, who for the last twenty years has occupied the position of manager of the Newcastle-Wallesend Collieries, and has now resigned to retire into…

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Whitburn Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 October 1911 · page 7

A special meeting of the Whitburn miners was held at Grota on Sunday, Mr. A. D. Jones presiding. The meeting was called for the purpose…

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Minmi Miners. the Wallsend Levy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 October 1911 · page 6

The quarterly meeting of the Back Creek and Duckenfield Lodge was held in Peel's hall, Minmi, on Thursday evening. Mr. W. M'Blano presiding. Messrs. W…

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