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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1911

1,195 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 52 of 60

Labour Troubles. Collieries Thrown Idle. Railway Difficulty. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 October 1911 · page 5

The Cambrian Collieries, at Clydach Vale, Wales, have again been thrown into idleness, The haulers declined to descend the…

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Aberdare Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 October 1911 · page 6

A special meeting of the Aberdare Miners' Lodge was held in Hampton's Hall on October 16th. Mr. J. Cain, the president occupied the chair, and there was…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 October 1911 · page 11

A special meeting of the Glebe miners was held in Simpson's Hall on Monday evening. Mr. J. Lloyd presided. The delegate, Mr. M. O'Hagen, read…

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Dudley Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 October 1911 · page 5

A special meeting of Dudley, Miners' Lodge was held last night a Russell's Hotel, Adamstown, Mr. J. Dunkley in the chair…

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Mining Matters. Delegate Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 October 1911 · page 6

The quarterly meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation will be held to-morrow, when important business will come before the…

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Notes on News. London, September 10. Our Coal Supply

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 October 1911 · page 7

At the present rate of working our coal supply will be exhausted in one hundred and seventy-five years. So says Sir William Ramsay, perhaps the most…

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Minmi Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1911 · page 5

A special meeting of the Back Creek and Duckenfield Lodge was held in Peel's Hall, on Monday evening. Mr. W. M'Blane presided…

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Victorian State Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1911 · page 5

There has been considerable criticism in Victoria recently, as to the management of the State coal mine at Powlett. The Railway Commissioners of that State…

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Colliery Difficulty. a Wheeler's Trouble. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1911 · page 5

Six thousand five hundred miners are idle as a result of the haulers' strike at the Cambrian collieries, at Clydach Vale, in Wales…

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Pelaw-main Miners. a Delicate Position

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1911 · page 5

The position which has arisen at Pelaw-Main in connection with working of machines in deficient places has reached a critical stage…

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Miners and Labour. Men Still Loyal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1911 · page 6

Speaking yesterday to a representative of the "Newcastle Morning Herald," Mr. D. Watson, president of the Colliery Employees' Federation, said he had found,…

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Mining Matters. Request for Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1911 · page 5

No meeting of the Colliery Proprietors' Defence Association has been held since the receipt of the letter from the Colliery Employees' Federation, asking for at…

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Pelaw-main Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 October 1911 · page 4

Two of the machine men returned to work yesterday despite the decision of the lodge. The other four absented themselves as directed by resolution…

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Price for Powlett Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 October 1911 · page 4

In the Victorian Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. Mr. A. A. Billson in reply to at question by Mr. M'Catcheon as to whether the Railway Commissioners had…

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Waste in Use of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 October 1911 · page 4

Mr. H Davies the Glamorgan (Wales) director of mining Instruction, when distributing prizes at Pontneury[?] recently, referred to the address…

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Welsh Miners Stop Work. Question of Unionism. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 October 1911 · page 5

In accordance with notices previously tendered, 3000 miners at Bargoed have gone on strike on the non-unionist question…

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Mining Matters. Delegate Board. Anti-militarism

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 October 1911 · page 4

The quarterly meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held yesterday, at the Trades Hall. Mr. D. Watson, president of the…

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Mining Matters. Delegate Board. Federation of Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 October 1911 · page 5

The delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation met again yesterday, at the Trades Hall. Mr. D. Watson, president, was in the chair, and the other…

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Whitburn Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 October 1911 · page 3

A special meeting of the Whitburn miners was held at Greta on Thursday evening, Mr. A. D. Jones in the chair. The meeting was called to receive and…

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Mining Confrence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 October 1911 · page 5

As already mentioned, the Colliery Proprietors' Association has infornied the Colliery Employcon' Federation that the latter's request for a conference,…

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