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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1911

1,195 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 59 of 60

Mining Matters. Killingworth Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 December 1911 · page 6

It is now officially announced that an inquiry, into the cause of and circumstances attending the explosion which occurred at Killingworth Colliery on the…

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British Broken Hill Mine. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 December 1911 · page 5

A largely attended meeting of the shareholders in the British Broken Hill Company was hold this afternoon to [?] statements from the directors and air…

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VICTORIAN v. N.S.W. COAL

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 December 1911 · page 6

The Melbourne Harbour Trust discussed at its last meeting the question whether it should use the coal from the State mine for running its plant…

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Victorian State Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 December 1911 · page 4

The report and balance-sheet of the Victorian State coalmine for the year ended June 30th was criticised at the last meeting of the Chamber of Mines…

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Mining Matters. Important Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 December 1911 · page 4

Some time ago a motion was curried by the Colliery Employees' Federation of the Northern District to the effect that the other coalminers federations…

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British Miners. the Threatened Strike. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 December 1911 · page 5

The Scottish Miners' Federation, representing 100,000 men, has instructed its delegates to the Miners' Federation Congress to support the proposal for a…

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American Coal Trade. Cut-throat Competition. Washington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 December 1911 · page 5

There Is serious danger, of an Industrial panic throughout the United States. This is likely, according to a…

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Colliery Rescue Stations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 December 1911 · page 4

The carefully considered statement of Mr. A. A. Atkinson, chief inspector of collieries in New South Wales, on the value of rescue stations in the…

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Whitburn Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 December 1911 · page 6

A special meeting of the Whitburn miners was held at Greta on Sunday. Correspondence was read form Mr. T. J. Pearce, Abermain, asking the lodge to…

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Miners' Accident Fund and Children

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 December 1911 · page 7

Sir,—After the last actuarial examination of this fund, some months ago now, Mr. Edden, the Minister for Mines, according to your report at the time, said…

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Working Thick Coal. Commission's Report. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 December 1911 · page 5

Mr. Edden, the Minister for Mines, laid upon the table of the Legislative Assembly to-night the reports of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire…

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British Coal Miners. Modified Proposals, London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 December 1911 · page 5

A conference of coal-miners has been held, at which it is understood the minimum wage proposals were modified…

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Miners' Accident Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 December 1911 · page 3

Sir,—On reading the "Newcastle Morning Herald" today. I saw what I have been expecting, a complaint from a parent as to the miners accident…

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Miners' Residence Areas

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 December 1911 · page 4

The recommendation of the Royal Commission which inquired into the conditions under which certain residence areas are occupied on mineral…

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Barrier Difficulty. Mines Close Down. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 December 1911 · page 6

Practically all tire mines are closed down. This is in consequence of the following resolution which has been passed by the…

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Mining Situation. National Strike. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 5

A conference of miners, representing 700,000 men, is discussing the minimum wage question. Delegates from South Wales,…

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Rescue Work in Mines. History of the Apparatus. Practical Side of the Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 5

In connection with the recent conferences on the subject of the establishment of rescue stations on the Hunter-River coalfields, an interesting paper was…

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Colliery Employees. Election for 1912. Present Officers Returned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 5

The final returns in connection with the election of district president and general secretary of the Colliery Employees' Federation for 1912 were counted…

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Labour Troubles. Mining Difficulty. a General Ballot. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 5

A conference of miners which has been held on the question of a minimum wage, has resolved to take a ballot on January 10th, and if a two-thirds…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 December 1911 · page 5

The output of coal from the collieries of Newcastle and Maitland for the fortnight ended on Saturday exceeded a quarter of a million tons, and this is almost a record…

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