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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1912

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Wonthaggi Coal Strike. Deliveries of Slack Ceased. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 5

With the continuance of the, strike all deliveries of slack coal by the management of the State mine to its customers have come to an end. At present there is…

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Queensland Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 5

Owing to the fact that the orders fluctuated considerably during the past six months, the sales of coal by the Bluff Colliery Co., Ltd., Queensland, decreased…

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Mining Matters. Wallsend Pit Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 5

The Wallsend C Pit was laid idle yesterday owing to the refusal of a wheeler to go out of a C Pit district to wheel in one of the jubile districts. From what…

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Wonthaggi Coal Strike. Premier to Be Approached. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 5

At the request of Sir Alexander Peacock Mr. Murray, the Premier, has agreed to receive a deputation in relation to the Wonthaggi coal miners'…

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Wonthaggi Coal Trouble. Miners Refuse Work. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1912 · page 4

At a meeting held to-day at Wonthaggi, The miners refused an offer from Mr. Broome, the general manager, to fill Stack it the rate of 7d a ton…

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A Miners' Member

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1912 · page 3

One of the speeches which attracted most attention during the Commons' debate on the Minimum Wage Bill was that of Mr. Stephen Walsh, a miners' agent,…

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Coal for the Railways

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1912 · page 9

Coal was not used in the locomotives of the Government railways until 1861, For come years after the first line was opened, billet wood was used as a fuel in the…

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Mining Matters. the Joint Committee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1912 · page 4

The joint committee on mining disputed met again yesterday at the offices of the Colliery Proprietors' Association. Mr. C. Hibble, chairman of the committee,…

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Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Pelaw-main Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1912 · page 6

The members of the Pelaw-Main Miners' Lodge met at the Empire Hall on Sunday. Mr. R. Herron Presided over a good attendance. The minutes of the…

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Berlin Murder Trial. Sensational Scene. the Lust for Gold. Berlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1912 · page 5

The trial commenced to-day of the locksmith named Trenkler, who in February last confessed to having broken into a jeweller's shop in the…

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N.s. Wales. Coal Resources

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 5

"The Cool Resources of New South Wales" is the title of small book (by Mr. E. F. Pittman, Government Geologist and Under-Secretary for Mines),…

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Australian Gold Yields. New South Wales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 5

A return furnished by the Under-secretary for Mines shows that the gold yield recorded for New South Wales for the month of April was 17,853 ounces…

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System of Weighing Coal. an Old Complaint. Mr. Edden's Remedy. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 5

Mr. Edden, the Minister for Mines, was asked by a representative of the "Newcastle Morning Herald" to-day it he could give a general outline of the…

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SEAHAM No. 1 COLLIERY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 3

The following report was submitted to the Seaham miners' meeting by the district inspector, Mr. J. Barnett, rand the local check inspector, Mr. J. Quian, of…

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Victorian Coal Trouble. the Miners' Earnings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 4

A deputation of representatives of the business people of Wonthaggi waited on Mr. Murray, the Premier, to-day, and urged the appointment of a special wages…

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New Zealand Gold Mine. £4,500,000 in Dividends. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 5

At a meeting of the shareholders of the Walhi Gold-mining Company, Limited, the chairman of directors stated that this Now Zealand mine had paid…

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Coal Export

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 9

The export of coal from Newcastle to places beyond the State shows an increase of nearly 18,000 tons as compared with the corresponding week of last…

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The Coal Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 7

The main feature of the coal strike this week has been the miners' ballot as to whether or not they should return to work pending the appointment of the…

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Miners and the Public

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 15

What do the public care about the miners, so long as they get all the comforts and advantages which coal brings them. If they must have coal, the,…

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Admiralty Coal Supplies. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 5

The Admiralty, anticipating a strike of seamen, in consequence of the dispute with the P. and O. Company, has placed large orders for coal at…

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