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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1911

1,195 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 53 of 60

Welsh Mining Strike. Referred to the Federation. London

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

[?] miners at Bargood, in Wales, who went out on strike have decided to resume work and to await the general treatment by the Miners'…

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Mining Disaster. Twelve Men Drowned. Washington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 October 1911 · page 5

At Hibernia, New Jersey, a blast destroyed the partition between two shafts in the iron mines of the Wharlten Steel Co…

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Whitburn Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 October 1911 · page 3

The Whitburn (Greta) miners' meeting, which was adjourned on Thursday evening last, was resumed on Sunday morning, when the deputation reported their…

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Coal for Italy. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 October 1911 · page 5

The Italian Government has ordered 150,000 tons of Welsh coal for war purposes…

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Mining Explosion. Forty-four Killed. Rome

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 October 1911 · page 5

An explosion of gas his occurred in a sulphur mine at Trabonella, in Sicily, Forty-four miners were killed,…

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Plight of the Navy. No Coal or Food. Pekin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 October 1911 · page 5

Admirals Sa Chen Pang and Juf Cheng have issued a joint despatch. They state that though the Imperialists were at first successful at…

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Costly Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 October 1911 · page 9

It might be said that in these days gold mining is about as expensive a way of making money as one could devise. It is often necessary to put a fortune…

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Barrier Miners' Association. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 October 1911 · page 5

According to the quarterly balance-sheet the revenue of the Amalgamated Miners' Association for the past three months totalled £3450…

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Demands of Miners. Strike at Birmingham. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 October 1911 · page 5

The executive of the South Wales Miners' Federation have submitted a revised demand for a minimum wage at "abnormal" places…

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Mining Disasters. Many Deaths Occasioned. Vancouver

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 October 1911 · page 5

Nine miners were killed and ten others wounded owing to the explosion of keg of powder in a mine at Harrisburg, in the United States…

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German Miners. Berlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 October 1911 · page 5

At a meeting of the Miners' Union at Bochum, in Germany, the speakers declared that if a general strike takes place in England the German miners…

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Saving in Coal. Germany Leads the Way

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 October 1911 · page 4

The British Foreign Office and Board of Trade have issued a joint report on the trade and industries of Germany, by Consul-General Sir Francis Oppenhelmer. The…

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Mining Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 5

No reply has yet been received by the Colliery Employees' Federation to the request for a conference with the proprietors, without the condition laid down…

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Eastern Coal Trade. Chinese Activity

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 4

Commencing on the coal trade of the East, the "Colliery Guardian" says:—"Japan is very likely to see a famine in small coal and an abundance in lump…

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Mining Matters. Delegate Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 5

A special meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held yesterday at the Trades Hall, Newcastle. Mr. D. Watson presided, and Mr…

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Robbery of Bar Gold. Lead Substituted. Berne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 5

A case of gold bars, valued at £5200, was abstracted from a consignment by train from London to the National Bank of Switzerland…

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West Wallsend Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 5

Some difficulty occurred yesterday at West Wallsend Colliery, between the wheelers and the management. However, an understanding was soon arrived at,…

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New Victorian Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 5

Good progress is being made with the opening up of the colliery at Kilcunda, Victoria, and it is expected, says the "Mining Standard," that coal from this company…

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Co-operative Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 7

A meeting of the Co-operative Miners Lodge was hold on Thursday evening, at the Plattsburg Mechanics' Institute, Mr. E. Parkes presiding…

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Mining Matters. Mining Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 5

A meeting of the Colliery Proprietors' Defence Association was hold yesterday at the offices of the association, Watt-street. The business of chief interest…

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